Page 11: Historical Events In 1975
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
Jul 29 Ford became inaugural US pres to visit Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz 


Jul 29 James [Benjamin] Blish, sci-fi author (Star Trek Reader), dies at 54 


Jul 29 Military staged coup in Nigeria 


Jul 30 Teamsters Pres Jimmy Hoffa disappears in suburban Detroit still not are discovered 


Aug 01 Helsinki Agreement, on human rights, signed by over 35 nations 


Aug 01 Helsinki Pact guaranteeing boundaries, rights signed by 35 nations. 


Aug 01 Howard Joslin, actor (Quebec, Detective Story), dies at 68 


Aug 03 500 drown when 2 river boats collide and sink in China's West River 


Aug 03 Louisiana Superdome is dedicated. 


Aug 03 Ruth Lee, actress (Middleton Family at 1939 World's Fair), dies at 79. 


Aug 04 John Baragrey, actor (Gamera), dies at 57. 


Aug 07 Typhoon Nina in China killing 229000 people. 


Aug 07 Typhoon Nina—contributed to Banqiao Dam failure in China killing 229000 people. 


Aug 08 Julian "Cannonball" Alderly, saxophonist/bandleader, dies of a stroke at 46. 


Aug 09 1st NFL game in Louisiana Superdome, Houston beats Saints 13-7. 


Aug 09 Dimitri D Shostakovitch, composer (Sun Over Motherland), dies at 68. 


Aug 11 Anthony C McAuliffe, US gen/commandant 101st div (Nuts!), dies at 77 


Aug 11 US vetoes proposed admission of North and South Vietnam to UN. 


Aug 14 Joris Baers, Flemish bibliographer (founder Boekengids), dies at 87. 


Aug 15 Mujibur Rahiman, Pakistani sheik, killed in a military coup at 53 


Aug 17 Sig Arno, Hamburg Germany, actor (My Friend Irma), dies at 80 


Aug 20 Il-62 crashes south of Damascus, Syria, killing 126. 


Aug 20 Viking 1 launched toward orbit around Mars, soft landing. 


Aug 21 3 truck pile up results in the deaths of 10, injures 26 on French highway 


Aug 23 Hank Patterson, actor (Fred Ziffel-Green Acres), dies at 87. 


Aug 24 Charles H Revson, US cosmetic magnate, dies at 69. 


Aug 24 Royal Commission in Australia finds women in public service work in poor conditions and are underpaid and had limited promotion prospect. 


Aug 25 Frans van Amelsvoort, choir conductor, dies at 75. 


Aug 26 Cullen Landis, entertainer, dies at 80. 


Aug 27 Emperor Haile Selassie, depossed Ethiopian emperor, strangled at 83. 


Aug 27 Veronica and Colin Scargill (England) complete tandem bicycle ride, a record 18020 miles around the world. 


Aug 29 Eamon de Valera, Irish president (1937..59), dies at 92. 


Aug 29 Star in Cygnus goes nova becoming 4th brightest in sky 


Aug 31 Pierre Blaise, French actor (Lacombe Lucien), dies at 24. 


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