Year (''' MCMLXXV ''') was a Common Year Starting On Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar .
Year 1975 was declared ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations .
- February 1 - The Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation is launched, becoming the first TV network in the Philippines .
- February 4 - The first successfully Predicted Earthquake occurs in Haicheng , Liaoning , China .
- February 9 - The '' Soyuz 17 '' crew ( Georgi Grechko , Aleksei Gubarev ) returns to Earth after 1 month aboard the '' Salyut 4 '' space station.
- February 11 - Margaret Thatcher defeats Edward Heath for the Leadership of the UK Conservative Party in the United Kingdom .
- February 11 - Colonel Richard Ratsimandrava , President of Madagascar , is assassinated.
- February 13 - A "Turkish Federated State of North Cyprus" is declared as an unsuccessful first step to international recognition of a Turkish Cypriot Separatist State in Cyprus .
- February 13 - Fire breaks out in the World Trade Center .
- John N. Mitchell , and former White House aides H. R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman , are sentenced to between 30 months and 8 years in prison.
- February 23 - In response to the Energy Crisis , Daylight Saving Time commences nearly 2 months early in the United States .
- February 26 - A fleeing Irish Republican Army member shoots and kills off-duty London police officer Stephen Tibble , 22, as he gives chase.
- February 27 - The Movement 2 June kidnaps West German politician Peter Lorenz. He is released on March 4 after most of the kidnappers' demands are met.
- February 28 - A Major Tube Train Crash at Moorgate Station , London kills 43 people.
- February 28 - In Lomé , Togo , the European Economic Community and 46 African, Caribbean and Pacific countries sign a financial and economic treaty, known as the first Lomé Convention .
- March 1 - Color Television transmissions begin in Australia .
- March 1 - Aston Villa win the English League Cup at Wembley , beating Norwich City 1-0 in the final.
- March 4 - Charlie Chaplin is knighted by Elizabeth II Of The United Kingdom .
- March 4 - First television coverage of a Canadian parliamentary committee.
- and Iraq announce a settlement in their border dispute.
- March 6 - A bomb explodes in the Paris offices of the Springer Press . The 6 March Group (connected to the Red Army Faction ) demands amnesty for the Baader-Meinhof Group .
- March 7 - The body of teenage heiress Lesley Whittle , kidnapped 7 weeks earlier by the Black Panther , is discovered in Staffordshire , England.
- March 8 - The United Nations proclaims International Women's Day .
- March 9 - Construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System begins.
- ese troops attack Ban Me Thuot , South Vietnam , on their way to capturing Saigon .
- March 10 - '' The Rocky Horror Show '' opens on Broadway in New York City with 4 performances.
- March 11 - The leftist military government in Portugal defeats a rightist coup attempt.
- President Nguyen Van Thieu orders the Central Highlands evacuated. This turns into a mass exodus involving troops and civilians, (the ''Convoy of Tears'').
- March 15 - In Brazil , the Estado Da Guanabara (State of Guanabara) merges with the state of Rio De Janeiro , under the name of Rio De Janeiro . The state's capital moves from the city of Niterói to the city of Rio De Janeiro .
- March 22 - ''Ding-a-dong'' by Teach-In (music by Dick Bakker, text by Will Luikinga and Eddy Ouwens) wins the 20th Eurovision Song Contest 1975 for the Netherlands .
- March 25 - King Faisal of Saudi Arabia is shot and killed by a nephew with a history of Mental Illness ; the killer is beheaded on June 18 . ( King Khalid succeeds Faisal.)
- March 28 - A fire in the maternity wing at Kucic Hospital in Rijeka , Yugoslavia , kills 25 babies.
- April 3 - Bobby Fischer refuses to play in a Chess match against Anatoly Karpov , giving Karpov the title.
- flight, C5A 80218, crashes 27 minutes after takeoff, killing 138 on board; 176 survive the crash.
- April 9 - Asia 's first professional Basketball league, the Philippine Basketball Association , plays its first game at the Araneta Coliseum .
- killed by the Kataeb militia during an attack on their bus in Ain El Remmeneh, Lebanon , the incident triggered the Lebanese civil war.
- April 13 - A Coup D'état In Chad led by the military overthrows and kills the President François Tombalbaye .
- April 17 - Following the Khmer Rouge capture of Phnom Penh , Pol Pot proclaims the '' Democratic Republic Of Kampuchea '' in Cambodia and becomes its Prime Minister (1975- 1979 ).
- April 24 - Six Red Army Faction terrorists take over West German embassy in Stockholm , take 11 hostages and demand the release of the group's jailed members; shortly after, they are captured by Swedish police. (See 1975 Occupation Of The West German Embassy )
- forces close in on the South Vietnam ese capital Saigon , the Australia n Embassy is closed and evacuated, almost 10 years to the day since the first Australian troop commitment to South Vietnam.
- , resulting in mass evacuation of Americans and South Vietnamese. As the capital is taken, South Vietnam surrenders unconditionally.
- August 1 - The Helsinki Accords , which officially recognize Europe 's national borders and respect for human rights, are signed in Finland .
- August 5 - U.S. President Ford posthumously pardons Robert E. Lee , restoring full rights of citizenship.
- August 8 - The Banqiao Dam , in China's Henan Province , fails after a freak typhoon; over 200,000 people perish.
- August 8 - Samuel Bronfman , son of the president of Seagram 's, is kidnapped in Purchase, New York .
- August 11 - British Leyland Motor Corporation comes under British government control.
- August 11 - Governor Mário Lemos Pires of Portuguese Timor abandons the capital Dili , following a UDT coup and the outbreak of civil war between UDT and Fretilin .
- August 15 - The Birmingham Six are wrongfully sentenced to life imprisonment in Great Britain .
- August 15 - President Mujibur Rahman of Bangladesh is killed during a coup.
- launches the '' Viking 1 '' planetary probe toward Mars .
- August 24 - Officers responsible for the military coup in Greece in 1967 are sentenced to death in Athens . The sentences are later commuted to Life Imprisonment .
- August 25 - Rock Music ian Bruce Springsteen releases his third album, '' Born To Run ''.
- August 29 - An unusual occurrence- a lunar and solar eclipse, the stock markets crashed, earthquakes, volcanos and tornados devastated the world. The world would never be the same again........
- August 30 - Noted Catholic religious educator, author and professor Philip A. Franco is born in Brooklyn, New York.
- October 1 - Thrilla in Manila: Muhammad Ali defeats Joe Frazier in a boxing match in Manila, Philippines.
- October 9 - A bomb explosion outside Green Park Tube Station near Piccadilly in London kills 1 and injures 20.
- October 11 - NBC airs the first episode of '' Saturday Night Live '' ( George Carlin is the very first host; Billy Preston and Janis Ian the very first musical guests).
- October 11 - Bill Clinton marries Hillary Rodham , whom he met at Yale Law School . His wife will remain known by her maiden name for a few years.
- October 16 - Five Australia n-based Journalist s are killed at Balibo by Indonesia n forces, during an incursion into Portuguese Timor .
- October 21 - Carlton Fisk of the Boston Red Sox hits a home run in Fenway Park , in the 12th inning of the 6th game of the 1975 World Series against the Cincinnati Reds , to win what many consider the greatest World Series game of all time.
- October 22 - Cincinnati Reds defeat Boston Red Sox 4-3 to win 1975 World Series .
- October 27 - Robert Poulin , 18, begins shooting at St. Pius X High School in Ottawa , Canada and then shoots himself, killing 1 and wounding 5.
- October 29 - Peter Sutcliffe (the "Yorkshire Ripper") commits his first murder, Wilma McCann.
- October 30 - Juan Carlos I Of Spain becomes acting Head Of State after dictator Francisco Franco concedes that he is too ill to govern.
- November 3 - An independent audit of Mattel , one of the United States ' largest Toy manufacturers, reveals that company officials fabricated Press Release s and financial information to "maintain the appearance of continued corporate growth."
- November 3 - The first petroleum pipeline opens from Cruden Bay to Grangemouth , Scotland.
- converge on the southern city of Tarfaya and wait for a signal from King Hassan II Of Morocco to cross into Western Sahara .
- General Assembly approves a resolution equating Zionism with Racism . The resolution provokes an outcry among Jews around the world.
- November 10 - The 729-foot-long freighter '' SS Edmund Fitzgerald '' sinks during a storm 17 miles from the entrance to Whitefish Bay on Lake Superior , killing all 29 crew on board (an event immortalized in song by Gordon Lightfoot ).
- November 10 - Lev Leshchenko revives '' Den Pobedy '', one of the most popular World War II songs in the USSR .
- November 11 - Angola becomes independent from Portugal ; Civil War soon erupts.
- Sir John Kerr dismisses the government of Gough Whitlam and commissions Malcolm Fraser as Prime Minister .
- November 11 - The first annual Vogalonga rowing "race" is held in Venice , Italy .
- November 14 - Spain abandons Western Sahara .
- November 18 - General Vasco Goncalves is ousted as Prime Minister of Portugal .
- November 20 - Former California Governor Ronald Reagan enters the race for the Republican presidential nomination, challenging incumbent President Gerald Ford .
- November 21 - The rock group Queen releases the album '' A Night At The Opera '', including their hit single " Bohemian Rhapsody ."
- November 22 - Juan Carlos is declared King Of Spain following the death of dictator Francisco Franco .
- November 25 - Suriname gains independence from the Kingdom Of The Netherlands .
- November 25 - The Irish Republican Army is outlawed in the United Kingdom .
- November 27 - Ross McWhirter , co-founder of the Guinness Book Of Records , is shot dead by the Provisional Irish Republican Army for offering reward money to informers.
- November 28 - Portuguese Timor declares its independence from Portugal as East Timor .
- November 29 - The name "Micro-soft" (for Microcomputer Software ) is used by Bill Gates in a letter to Paul Allen for the first time ( Microsoft becomes a Registered Trademark on November 26 , 1976 ).
- November 29 - While disabled, the submarine tender '' USS Proteus (AS-19) '' discharges radioactive coolant water into Apra Harbor , Guam. A Geiger counter at 2 of the harbor's public beaches shows 100 millirems/hour, 50 times the allowable dose.
- January - Volkswagen introduces the Golf , its new front-wheel-drive economy car, in the United States and Canada as the Volkswagen Rabbit.
- In New Zealand , Maori leader Whina Cooper leads a march of 5000 people in support of Maori claims to their land.
- The Third Cod War between UK and Iceland lasted between November 1975 - June 1976.
- Government of Colombia announces finding of Ciudad Perdida .
- Spanish army quits Spanish (Western) Sahara. Sahrawi Republic (RASD) is created. Morocco invades ex-Spanish Western Sahara.
- First use of the term Fractal .
- Victoria (Australia) abolishes capital punishment.
- South Australia becomes first Australian state to decriminalize homosexual acts between consenting adults.
- Some members of Jehovah's Witnesses , based on the group's chronology,''The Watchtower'', 15 August 1968, p.494-501; ''Awake!'', 22 May 1969, p.15; ''The Watchtower'', 15 March 1980, p.17, para.5-6 thought that Armageddon would happen in 1975 and a few of them sold their houses and businesses to prepare for the new world paradise which they believe will exist when Jesus sets up God's Kingdom on earth.
The following are references to year 1975 in fiction: (unknown).
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