History of 1975

During the year of 1975 the following events have happened in our world's history.

January 01, 1975 - International Women's Year
January 05, 1975 - Salyut 4 with crew of 2 is launched for 30 days
January 11, 1975 - Soyuz 17 is launched
January 15, 1975 - Space Mountain opens
January 22, 1975 - Lansat 2 an Earth Resources Technology Satellite is launched
January 25, 1975 - 10th hat trick in Islander history - Denis Potvin's 1st
February 01, 1975 - Lorne Henning scored in 3rd Islander penalty shot
February 08, 1975 - Caps only got one shot in a period against the Islanders
February 09, 1975 - Soyuz 17 returns to Earth
March 07, 1975 - Senate revises filibuster rule - allows 60 senators to limit debate
March 14, 1975 - Susan Hayward dies at 56
March 15, 1975 - Wrestler Antonino Rocca dies at 49
March 16, 1975 - US Mariner 10 makes 3rd & final fly-by of Mercury
March 22, 1975 - Walt Disney World Shopping Village opens
March 29, 1975 - Only 2nd time Islanders beat Rangers
May 01, 1975 - Islander Parise & Potvin score within 14 seconds in playoffs Flyers 5-Isles 4 - Semi Finals- Flyers hold 2-0 lead
May 04, 1975 - Flyers 1-Isles 0-Semis-Flyers hold 3-0 lead-Isles held to 14 shots
May 07, 1975 - Flyers 3-Isles 4 (OT) - Semi Finals- Flyers hold 3-1 lead
May 09, 1975 - Brian Oldfield shot puts 22.86 m (world record)
May 11, 1975 - Israel signs an agreement with European Economic Market
May 11, 1975 - Flyers 1-Isles 2 - Semi Finals- Series tied at 3 games
May 13, 1975 - Flyers 4-Isles 1 - Semi Finals- Flyers win semi finals 4-3
May 15, 1975 - 11th Mayor's Trophy Game - Yanks beat Mets 9-4
May 16, 1975 - Japanese Junko Tabei became 1st woman to reach Mt Everest's summit
May 24, 1975 - Soyuz 18B is launched
May 27, 1975 - Paul McCartney releases "Venus & Mars"
June 05, 1975 - Suez Canal reopens (after 6 Day War caused it to close)
June 06, 1975 - British voters decide to remain on Common Market
June 08, 1975 - Soviets launch Venera 9 to Venus
June 14, 1975 - USSR launches Venera 10 for Venus landing
June 15, 1975 - Soyuz 19 launched
June 18, 1975 - Saudi Prince Faisal Ibn Mussed Abdul Aziz beheaded in Riyadh shopping center parking lot for killing his uncle the king
June 21, 1975 - Soyuz 19 returns to Earth
June 24, 1975 - 113 killed in Eastern Boeing 727 crash at JFK
June 25, 1975 - Mozambique gains independence from Portugal (National Day)
June 26, 1975 - Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi declared a state of emergency
July 01, 1975 - WEDway PeopleMover inaugurated
July 05, 1975 - Cape Verdes Islands independence after 500 years of Portuguese rule
July 06, 1975 - Comoros gain independence from France (most of them).
July 08, 1975 - Pres Ford announced he'd seek Republican nomination for pres
July 12, 1975 - Sao Tom‚ e Pr¡ncipe gains independence from Portugal (Nat'l Day).
July 14, 1975 - EPCOT Center plans announced
July 15, 1975 - Soyuz 19 and Apollo 18 launched; rendezvous 2 days later.
July 17, 1975 - Apollo-Soyus; 1st US/USSR linkup in space
July 21, 1975 - Billy Martin fired as manager of Tx Rangers
July 24, 1975 - Apollo 18 returns to Earth
July 26, 1975 - Soyuz 18B returns to Earth
August 01, 1975 - Billy Martin replaces Bill Virdon as manager
August 01, 1975 - Helsinki Pact guaranteeing boundaries rights signed by 35 nations
August 02, 1975 - Billy Martin named manager of NY Yankees (1st time)
August 20, 1975 - Viking 1 launched toward orbit around Mars soft landing
September 09, 1975 - Viking 2 launched toward orbit around Mars soft landing.
September 16, 1975 - Papua New Guinea gains independence from Australia (National Day)
October 01, 1975 - Reunion Island no longer prints stamps France takes over production
October 09, 1975 - Andrei Sakharov wins Nobel Peace Prize
October 09, 1975 - Emperor Hirohito of Japan visits SF
October 10, 1975 - Israel formally signs Sinai accord with Egypt
October 11, 1975 - Islander's Bryan Trottier's 1st career hat trick
October 11, 1975 - Saturday Night Live premiers
October 21, 1975 - Venera 9 1st craft to orbit the planet Venus launched
October 22, 1975 - Soviet spacecraft Venera 9 lands on Venus
October 22, 1975 - Cincinnati Reds win 1st World Series in 35 years
October 23, 1975 - Islander Glenn Resch's 5th shut-out opponent - Flyers 3-0
October 25, 1975 - USSR Venera 10 made day Venus landing
October 30, 1975 - NY Daily News ran headline `Ford to City: Drop Dead'
November 02, 1975 - Ed Giacomin return to Mad Sq Garden as a Red Wing beats Rangers 6-4
November 10, 1975 - Ore ship Edmund Fitzgerald lost in a storm on Lake Superior
November 10, 1975 - PLO leader Yasser Arafat speaks at UN
November 11, 1975 - Portugal grants Angola independence (Natl Day)
November 12, 1975 - Supreme Court Justice William O Douglas retired after 36 years
November 20, 1975 - Spain's Gen. Francisco Franco dies in Madrid at 82
November 25, 1975 - Netherlands grants Surinam independence (Natl Day)
November 26, 1975 - Fed jury found Lynette Fromme guilty of attempted assassination
November 29, 1975 - Kilauea Volcano erupts in Hawaii
December 02, 1975 - Lao People's Democratic Republic founded (National Day)
December 07, 1975 - 10th Islander shut-out opponent - Glenn Resch 3-0 vs Sabres
December 10, 1975 - Andrei Sakharov's wife Yelena Bonner accepts his Nobel Peace Prize
December 11, 1975 - 1st class postage rises from 10› to 13›
December 11, 1975 - Great Yankee trade getting Willie Randolph Dock Ellis & Ken Brett from Pirates for George 'Doc' Medich
December 17, 1975 - 1st time Islanders shut-out Rangers 3-0 - Billy Smith's 5th
December 23, 1975 - Congress passes Metric Conversion Act
December 29, 1975 - 11 killed 75 hurt by terrorist bomb at LaGuardia Airport in NYC
December 30, 1975 - Democratic Republic of Madagascar founded