Historical Events In 1975
Oct 11 "Saturday Night Live" premieres with guest host George Carlin
Oct 09 Emperor Hirohito of Japan visits SF
Jul 29 Ford became first US pres to visit Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz
Jul 15 Soyuz 19 & Apollo 18 launched; rendezvous 2 days later
Jul 17 Ringo Starr & Maureen Cox divorce
Jul 29 Military staged coup in Nigeria
Jul 22 The House of Representatives approves a measure to restore the US citizenship of Robert E. Lee, Confederate General during the Civil War.
Jul 24 Apollo 18 returns to Earth
Jul 22 House of Reps votes to restore citizenship to Gen Robert E Lee
Jul 30 Teamsters Pres Jimmy Hoffa disappears in suburban Detroit still not found
Jul 25 "A Chorus Line," longest-running Broadway show (6,137), premiers
Jul 05 Arthur Ashe wins men's single championship at Wimbeldon
Jul 08 Pres Ford announced hell seek Republican nomination for pres
Jul 05 Cape Verde Is gain independence after 500 years of Portuguese rule
Jul 19 Apollo & Soyuz linked in orbit for 2 days, separate
Jul 11 L Chernykh discovers asteroid #2489 Suvorov
Jul 26 Soyuz 18B returns to Earth
Jul 12 Sao Tom‚ e Prˇncipe gains independence from Portugal (Nat'l Day)
Jul 09 In Western Minnesota a 5.0 earthquake was the largest historical quake in Minnesota
Jul 12 Sao Tome and Principe declare independence
Jul 07 TV soap opera "Ryan's Hope" premieres
Jul 13 8.5" (21.6 cm) of rainfall, Dover, Delaware (state record)
Jul 01 All U.S. naval gunfire training activities at the Puerto Rican island of Culebra were terminated through a joint Washington-San Juan agreement, ending a controversy that had dragged on for years
Jul 06 near Wetaskiwin Alberta, a hailstone weighing 249 grams falls(almost 9 oz. for those still Imperial measures)
Jul 01 Felix Aguilar Observatory discovers asteroid #2680
Jul 17 The US and USSR link up in space, with the Apollo Soyuz mission
Jul 14 EPCOT Center (Florida) plans announced
Jul 08 Quake damages over 2,000 temples in Pagan, Burma. 20-foot-high seated Buddha of Thandawgya decapitated
Jul 17 Apollo 18 & Soyuz 19 make first US/USSR linkup in space
Jul 04 Bundy victim (?) Nancy Baird disappears from Layton, Utah
Jul 11 Army of life-size terracotta soldiers discovered in China
Jul 06 Comoros declare independence from France (most of them)
Jul 15 The US and USSR launch the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project spacecraft
Mar 21 Ethiopia ends monarchy after 3000 years
Mar 12 Vietcong conquer Ban me Thuot South Vietnam
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