Page 10: Historical Events In 1975
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
Jul 06 Comoros declare independence from France (most of them) 


Jul 06 near Wetaskiwin Alberta, a hailstone weighing 249 grams falls(almost 9 oz. for those still Imperial measures). 


Jul 06 Otto Skorzeny, German/Austrian SS (Mussolini/Ardennen), dies. 


Jul 07 Barbara Brown 


Jul 07 TV soap opera "Ryan's Hope" premieres. 


Jul 08 Pres Ford announced hell seek Republican nomination for pres. 


Jul 08 Quake damages over 2000 temples in Pagan, Burma. 20-foot-high seated Buddha of Thandawgya decapitated. 


Jul 09 In Western Minnesota a 5.0 earthquake was the largest historical quake in Minnesota 


Jul 10 Achiel H van Acker, Belgian premier (1945-46, 1954-58), dies at 77. 


Jul 11 Army of life-size terracotta soldiers discovered in China. 


Jul 11 Kurt Pinthus, writer, dies at 89 


Jul 11 L Chernykh discovers asteroid #2489 Suvorov. 


Jul 12 Sao Tome and Principe declare independence 


Jul 12 Sao Tom‚ e Pr¡ncipe gains independence from Portugal (Nat'l Day). 


Jul 13 8.5" (21.6 cm) of rainfall, Dover, Delaware (state record) 


Jul 13 Owen Wynne, cricketer (6 Tests for S Africa 1948-50), lost at sea 


Jul 14 EPCOT Center (Florida) plans announced 


Jul 14 Zutty Singleton, US jazz drummer, dies at 77 


Jul 15 Charles Weidman, US dancer/choreographer (Fables for Our Time), dies. 


Jul 15 Soyuz 19 and Apollo 18 launched; rendezvous 2 days later 


Jul 15 The US and USSR launch the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project spacecraft. 


Jul 17 Apollo 18 and Soyuz 19 make inaugural US/USSR linkup in space. 


Jul 17 Modoc, the elephant, dies at age 78 (oldest known nonhuman mammal) 


Jul 17 Ringo Starr and Maureen Cox divorce. 


Jul 17 The US and USSR link up in space, with the Apollo Soyuz mission. 


Jul 18 Federico Ghisi, composer, dies at 74 


Jul 19 Apollo and Soyuz linked in orbit for 2 days, separate 


Jul 21 Billy West, actor (Jimmy the Gent, Jealousy), dies at 82 


Jul 22 House of Reps votes to restore citizenship to Gen Robert E Lee. 


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 25 "A Chorus Line," longest-running Broadway show (6137), premiers 


Jul 26 Leigh Whipper, actor (Hidden Eye, Jungle Queen), dies at 98. 


Jul 26 Soyuz 18B returns to Earth 


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