Page 13: Historical Events In 1975
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
Sep 30 5 drown in flash flood of sewer and water tunnel (Niagara Falls NY). 


Oct 01 Al Jackson, rock drummer (Booker T and The MG's), dies at 39. 


Oct 01 Britain grants internal self-government to Seychelles 


Oct 01 Ellice Islands split from Gilbert Islands, take name "Tuvalu". 


Oct 01 Reunion Island formally ends prints stamps, France takes over production 


Oct 02 Wade Crosby, actor (Sign of Wolf, Tales of Robin Hood), dies at 70 


Oct 03 Bauke Tuinstra, Fries notary/writer (Ealse and I), dies at 75. 


Oct 04 Joan Whitney Payson, owner of New York Mets, dies at 72 


Oct 06 Henry Calvin, actor (Sgt Garcia-Zorro), dies at 57 


Oct 08 Alberto Hemsi, composer, dies at 78. 


Oct 09 Emperor Hirohito of Japan visits SF. 


Oct 09 In this year, Soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov claims Nobel Peace Prize. 


Oct 10 Lillian Walker, dies at 88 


Oct 10 Liz Taylor's 6th marriage (re-marries Richard Burton) 


Oct 11 "Saturday Night Live" premieres with guest host George Carlin 


Oct 14 Pres Ford escapes injury when his limousine is struck broadside 


Oct 17 Vittorio Gui, Italian composer (Batture d'aspetto), dies at 90 


Oct 18 Al Lettieri, actor (Beautiful but Deadly, Don is Dead), dies at 47 


Oct 21 Mexico City's inaugural major subway accident takes 26 lives 


Oct 21 Venera 9, inaugural craft to orbit the planet Venus launched 


Oct 22 Arnold Toynbee, English historian/cultural sociologist, dies at 86 


Oct 22 Soviet spacecraft Venera 9 soft-lands on Venus. 


Oct 22 World Football League disbands 


Oct 23 Barboura Morris, actor (Wasp Woman, Machine-Gun Kelly), dies at 43 


Oct 24 Ismail Erez, Turkish ambassador, killed by car bomb in Paris. 


Oct 25 Frank Puglia actor (Black Orchid, Jungle Book), dies at 83 


Oct 25 USSR's Venera 10 makes day-side Venus landing. 


Oct 26 Anwar Sadat is recorded as becoming the inaugural Egyptian president to visit the United States 


Oct 27 Rex Stout, US detective writer (Nero Wolfe), dies at 88 


Oct 29 John Scott Trotter, orch leader (George Gobel Show), dies at 67 


Oct 29 Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffer results in the deaths of inaugural 


Oct 30 John Bucyk, Boston, became 7th NHLer to score 500 goals 


Oct 30 NY Daily News runs headline "Ford to City Drop Dead" 


Oct 30 NY Daily News runs headline "Ford to City: Drop Dead" 


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