March 2, 1975 (Sunday)
- Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran declared the kingdom to be a one-party state, with the new "Rastakhiz (Resurgence) Party" to be led by Prime Minister Amir-Abbas Hoveyda.
- Central African Republic President Jean-Bedel Bokassa, in power since 1965, declared himself President-for-life. A year later, he would declare himself to be an Emperor.
- A bomb planted at a bus terminal in Nairobi, Kenya, killed 27 people and injured almost 100.
- Born: Kim Jung-eun, South Korean actress and producer, in Seoul
- Died: J. M. Kariuki, Kenyan politician, was kidnapped from the Nairobi Hilton Hotel by bodyguards of Kariuki's political opponent, Kenyan President Jomo Kenyatta and murdered. His body was found three days later in a valley of the Ngong Hills.
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“Would it be possible to stand still on one spot more majestically—while simulating a triumphant march forward—than it is done by the two English Houses of Parliament?”
—Alexander Herzen (1812–1870)