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Events

January

• January 1 - Watergate scandal: John N. Mitchell, H. R. Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman are found guilty of the Watergate cover-up
• January 2 - The Federal Rules of Evidence are approved by Congress
• January 5 - The Tasman Bridge in Tasmania, Australia, is struck by the bulk ore carrier Lake Illawarra, killing twelve people.
• January 7 - OPEC agrees to raise crude oil prices by 10%.
• January 8 - Ella Grasso becomes Governor of Connecticut, becoming the first woman to serve as a Governor in the United States who did not succeed her husband
• January 10 - Japanese soldier Teruo Nakamura surrenders on the Indonesian Island of Morota
• January 11 - Czech strongman Eric Roubinek seizes control of the central committee of the Czech Communist Party for 19 and 3/4 hours.
• January 14 - 17 year old heiress Lesley Whittle is kidnapped from her home in Shropshire, England by the Black Panther.
• January 20 - Michael Ovitz founds Creative Artists Agency
• January 29 - Weather Underground bombs US State Department main office in Washington D.C.
• January - Altair 8800 is released, sparking the era of the microcomputer

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February

• February 4 - The first successfully predicted earthquake occurred in Haicheng, Liaoning, China.
• February 9 - The Soyuz 17 Soviet spacecraft returns to Earth.
• February 11 - Margaret Thatcher defeats Edward Heath for the leadership of the UK Conservative Party in the United Kingdom.
• February 21 - Watergate scandal: Former United States Attorney General John N. Mitchell and former White House aides H. R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman are sentenced to between 30 months and 8 years in prison
• February 23 - In response to the energy crisis, daylight saving time commences nearly two months early in the United States.
• February 26 - a fleeing IRA terrorist shoots and kills off-duty London police officer Stephen Tibble, 22, as he gives chase
• February 27 - Movement 2 June kidnaps West German politician Peter Lorenz. He is released on March 4 after most of the kidnappers' demands are met
• February 28 - A major tube train crash at Moorgate station, London kills 43 people.
• February 28 - In Lomé, the capital of Togo, the European Economic Community and 46 African, Caribbean and Pacific countries sign a financial and economic treaty, known as the first Lomé Convention.

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Daylight saving time (DST), often referred to as daylight savings time, is a widely used system of adjusting the official local time forward, usually one hour, from its official winter standard time for the duration of the spring and summer months. ... February 26 is the 57th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... The West Cork Flying Column during the War of Independence. ... The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) (commonly referred to by its former official name of the Metropolitan Police, or colloquially as The Met; often referred to in legislation as the Police of the Metropolis) is the Home Office (territorial) police force responsible for Greater London, England, with the exception of the... Police Constable Stephen Andrew Tibble QPM (1953 – February 26, 1975) was a police constable in the London Metropolitan Police who was killed by an Irish Republican Army gunman whom Tibble was chasing through Barons Court, London. ... 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March

• March 1 - Color television transmissions begin in Australia
• March 4 - Charlie Chaplin is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
• March 6 - Algiers Accord - Iran and Iraq announce a settlement over their border dispute.
• March 6 - A bomb explodes in the Paris offices of the Springer Press. The "6 March Group" (connected to the Red Army Faction) demands amnesty for the "Baader-Meinhof Group"
• March 7 - The body of teenage heiress Lesley Whittle, kidnapped seven weeks earlier by the Black Panther is discovered in Staffordshire, England
• March 8 - United Nations begin sponsoring the International Women's Day.
• March 9 - Construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System begins
• March 10 - Vietnam War: North Vietnamese troops attack Ban Me Thout, South Vietnam, on their way to capturing Saigon.
• March 15 - In Brazil, the Estado da Guanabara (State of Guanabara) merges with the state of Rio de Janeiro, under the name of Rio de Janeiro. The state's capital moves from the city of Niterói to the city of Rio de Janeiro.
• March 25 - King Faisal of Saudi Arabia is shot and killed by a nephew with a history of mental illness - the killer is beheaded on June 18.
• March 28 - A fire in the maternity wing at Kucic Hospital in Rijeka, Yugoslavia, kills 25 babies

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Donald Neilson (born Donald Nappey on August 1, 1936, nicknamed the Black Panther) was a jobbing builder who turned to crime when his business failed to make money—and became a murderer, kidnapper and Britains most wanted man. ... Staffordshire (abbreviated Staffs) is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. ... March 8 is the 67th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (68th in Leap years). ... United Nations - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... International Womens Day 2006 logo. ... March 9 is the 68th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (69th in Leap years). ... Map of the pipeline The Trans-Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS), usually called the Alyeska Pipeline in Alaska or the Alaska Pipeline elsewhere, is a major U.S. oil pipeline connecting oil fields in northern Alaska to a sea port where the oil can be shipped to the Lower 48 states... March 10 is the 69th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (70th in Leap years). ... Combatants Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) United States of America South Korea Thailand Australia New Zealand the Philippines Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) National Liberation Front (Viet Cong) Strength ~1,200,000 (1968) ~420,000 (1968) Casualties South Vietnamese dead: 1,250,000+ US dead: 58,226 US wounded... The Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRVN), or less commonly, Vietnamese Democratic Republic (Vietnamese: Việt Nam Dân Chủ Cá»™ng Hòa), also known as North Vietnam, was proclaimed by Ho Chi Minh in Hanoi, September 2nd1945 and was recognized by the Peoples Republic of China and the... Official language Vietnamese Capital Saigon Last President Duong Van Minh Last Prime Minister Vu Van Mau Area  - Total  - % water 173,809 km² N/A Population  - Total  - Density 19,370,000 (1973 est. ... Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnamese: Thành Chí Minh) is the largest city in Vietnam, located near the delta of the Mekong River. ... 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Yugoslavia (Jugoslavija in all south Slavic languages, in Macedonian and Serbian Cyrillic Југославија) is a term used for three separate but successive political entities that existed during most of the 20th century on the Balkan Peninsula in Europe. ...

April

• April 3 - Bobby Fischer refuses to play in a chess match against Anatoly Karpov, giving Karpov the title.
• April 4 - Vietnam War: The first military Operation Babylift flight, C5A 80218, crashes 27 minutes after takeoff killing 138 on board; 176 survive the crash.
• April 9 - Asia's first professional basketball league, the Philippine Basketball Association played it's first game at the Araneta Coliseum.
• April 13 - An attack by Palestinians on a church in Ain El Remmeneh, Lebanon sparks over 15 years of civil war.
• April 17 - Pol Pot proclaims the "Democratic Republic of Kampuchea" in Cambodia and becomes its Prime Minister (1975–1979).
• April 24 - Six Red Army Faction terrorists take over West German embassy in Stockholm, take 11 hostages and demand the release of the group's jailed members. Shortly after they are captured by Swedish police.
• April 25 - Vietnam War: As North Vietnamese forces close in on the South Vietnamese capital Saigon, the Australian Embassy is closed and evacuated, almost ten years to the day since the first Australian troop commitment to South Vietnam.
• April 30 - Vietnam War: The Vietnam War ends as Communist forces take Saigon and South Vietnam surrenders unconditionally.

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May

• May 5 - The Busch Gardens Williamsburg theme park opens in Virginia.
• May 12 - Mayaguez incident: Khmer Rouge forces in Cambodia seize the American merchant ship SS Mayaguez in international waters.
• May 15 - Mayaguez incident: The American merchant ship Mayaguez, seized by Cambodian forces, is rescued by U.S. Navy and Marines. 38 Americans are killed.
• May 16 - India annexes Sikkim.
• May 16 - Junko Tabei becomes the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
• May 25 - Indianapolis 500-Mile Race: Bobby Unser wins for a second time in a rain-shorted 174 lap, 435 mile (700.06 km) race.
• May 28 - 15 West African countries sign the Treaty of Lagos, creating the Economic Community of West African States.
• May 30 - 1972 Olympic runner Steve Prefontaine dies in a car accident.

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June

• June 5 - The Suez Canal opens for the first time since the Six-Day War
• June 5 - The United Kingdom votes yes in a referendum on staying in the European Community
• June 9 - Order of Australia (OA) awarded for 1st time
• June 19 - Lord Lucan found guilty in absentia of the murder of the nanny Sandra Rivett
• June 25 - Mozambique gains independence from Portugal
• June 26 - Two FBI agents and one member of AIM die in a shootout in Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota

June 5 is the 156th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (157th in leap years), with 209 days remaining. ... 1881 drawing of the Suez Canal. ... Combatants Israel Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Iraq Commanders Yitzhak Rabin, Moshe Dayan, Uzi Narkiss, Israel Tal, Ariel Sharon Abdel Hakim Amer, Abdul Munim Riad, Sharif Zaid Ibn Shaker, Hafez al-Assad Strength 50,000 troops (264,000 including mobilized reservists); 197 combat aircraft Egypt 150,000 troops; Syria 75,000; Jordan... June 5 is the 156th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (157th in leap years), with 209 days remaining. ... The United Kingdom referendum of 1975 was a postlegislative referendum held on 5 June 1975 in the whole of the UK over whether there was support for the UK to stay in the European Economic Community, which the UK had entered in 1973, under the Conservative government of Edward Heath. ... The European Community (EC), most important of three European Communities, was originally founded on March 25, 1957 by the signing of the Treaty of Rome under the name of European Economic Community. ... June 9 is the 160th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (161st in leap years), with 205 days remaining. ... Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, wearing on her left shoulder the Order of Australias Sovereign Badge. ... June 19 is the 170th day of the year (171st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 195 days remaining. ... Earl of Lucan was a title in the Irish peerage which has been possessed by two related Irish families in creations of 1634 and 1795. ... In Absentia is the eighth studio album by British progressive rock band Porcupine Tree, first released in September 24, 2002. ... June 25 is the 176th day of the year (177th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 189 days remaining. ... June 26 is the 177th day of the year (178th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 188 days remaining. ... The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is a Federal police force which is the principal investigative arm of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ). ... The American Indian Movement (AIM), is an American Indian movement in the United States that burst on the international scene with its seizure of the Bureau of Indian Affairs headquarters in Washington, D.C., in 1972 and the 1973 standoff at Wounded Knee, South Dakota, on the Pine Ridge Indian... Oglala Sioux tribal flag Pine Ridge Indian Reservation is an Oglala, Lakota Native American reservation located in the U.S. state of South Dakota. ... Official language(s) English Capital Pierre Largest city Sioux Falls Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 17th 199,905 km² 340 km 610 km 1. ...

July

• July 1 - Postmaster-General's Department is disaggregated into the Australian Telecommunications Commission (trading as Telecom Australia) and the Australian Postal Commission (trading as Australia Post).
• July 4 - Sydney newspaper publisher Juanita Nielsen disappears, and is presumed to have been murdered.
• July 5 - Cape Verde gains independence after 500 years of Portuguese rule
• July 6 - The Comoros declare their independence from France
• July 9 - The National Assembly of Senegal passes a law that will pave way for a (albeit highly restricted) multi-party system.
• July 12 - São Tomé and Príncipe declare independence from Portugal
• July 17 - Apollo-Soyuz Test Project: An American Apollo and a Soviet Soyuz spacecraft dock with each other in orbit marking the first such link-up between spacecraft from the two nations
• July 31 - In Detroit, Michigan, Teamsters Union president Jimmy Hoffa is reported missing.

July 1 is the 182nd day of the year (183rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 183 days remaining. ... PMG manhole in a city street, Perth, Western Australia. ... The Australian Telecommunications Commission, trading as Telecom Australia, was established on July 1, 1975 after the disaggregation of the Postmaster-Generals Department. ... Telecom Australia was the trading name of the Australian Telecommunications Commission (later renamed the Australian Telecommunications Corporation, which in turn was merged with OTC on 1 February 1992 to form the Australian and Overseas Telecommunications Corporation or AOTC). ... The Australian Postal Commission was established on July 1, 1975 after the disaggregation of the Postmaster-Generals Department. ... Australia Post is the government-owned postal service of Australia. ... July 4 is the 185th day of the year (186th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 180 days remaining. ... This article is about the Australian city. ... Juanita Nielsen (1937 – ?) was an Australian journalist who was allegedly kidnapped and murdered on 4 July 1975. ... July 5 is the 186th day of the year (187th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 179 days remaining. ... July 6 is the 187th day of the year (188th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 178 days remaining. ... July 9 is the 190th day of the year (191st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 175 days remaining. ... A multi-party system is a type of party system. ... July 12 is the 193rd day (194th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 172 days remaining. ... July 17 is the 198th day (199th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 167 days remaining. ... The Apollo-Soyuz Test Project was the first joint flight of the US and Soviet space programs. ... Description Role: Earth and Lunar Orbit Crew: 3; CDR, CM pilot, LM pilot Dimensions Height: 36. ... Soyuz TMA-6 spacecraft approaching International Space Station Soyuz 19 spacecraft as seen from Apollo CM Soyuz spacecraft of the Apollo Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) Early 7K-OK Soyuz at National Space Centre, Leicester, England Soyuz (Soyus, Союз, union) is a series of spacecraft designed by Sergey Korolev for the Soviet... In physics, an orbit is the path that an object makes, around another object, whilst under the influence of a source of centripetal force, such as gravity. ... July 31 is the 212th day (213th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 153 days remaining. ... Nickname: Motor City Motto: Speramus Meliora; Resurget Cineribus (Latin for, We Hope For Better Things; It Shall Rise From the Ashes) Official website: www. ... The International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers of America, commonly known as the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) or simply the Teamsters, is one of the largest labor unions in the United States. ... James Riddle Jimmy Hoffa (born 14 February 1913, disappeared 30 July 1975) was a noted American labor leader who is also well-known in popular culture for the mysterious circumstances surrounding his still-unexplained disappearance and presumed death. ...

August

• August 8 - The Banqiao Dam, in China's Henan Province, fails after a freak typhoon. Over 200,000 people perish.
• August 8 - Samuel Bronfman, son of the president of Seagrams, is kidnapped in Purchase, New York
• August 11 - British Leyland comes under British government control
• August 11 - Mário Lemos Pires, Governor of Portuguese Timor, abandons the capital Dili following UDT coup and outbreak of civil war between UDT and Fretilin.
• August 15 - Birmingham Six wrongfully sentenced to life imprisonment
• August 15 - Mujibur Rahman, president of Bangladesh, is killed during a coup
• August 20 - Viking program: NASA launches the Viking 1 planetary probe toward Mars
• August 24 - Officers responsible for the military coup in Greece in 1967 are sentenced to death in Athens. The sentences are later commuted to life imprisonment
• August 25 - Rock music artist Bruce Springsteen releases his third album, Born To Run, widely regarded as one of the greatest of all time

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September

• September 5 - In Sacramento, California, Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, a follower of incarcerated cult leader Charles Manson, attempts to assassinate U.S. President Gerald Ford, but is thwarted by a Secret Service agent.
• September 14 - Rembrandt's painting "The Night Watch" is slashed a dozen times at a gallery in Amsterdam.
• September 15 - The French department of Corse, comprising the entire island of Corsica, is divided into two departments: Haute-Corse and Corse-du-Sud.
• September 18 - Fugitive Patricia Hearst is captured.
• September 20 - End of term for Tuanku Al-Mutassimu Billahi Muhibbudin Sultan Abdul Halim Al-Muadzam Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Badlishah as the 5th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia.
• September 21 - Sultan Yahya Petra ibni Almarhum Sultan Ibrahim Petra, Sultan of Kelantan becomes the 6th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia.
• September 22 - President Gerald Ford survives a second assassination attempt, this time by Sara Jane Moore
• September 30 - Hughes Helicopters (later McDonnell-Douglas, now Boeing IDS) AH-64 Apache made its first flight.

September 5 is the 248th day of the year (249th in leap years). ... Nickname: City of Trees Official website: http://www. ... Lynette Alice Squeaky Fromme (born October 22, 1948) is an American criminal. ... Charles Manson Charles Milles Manson (born November 12, 1934) is an American career criminal and was the leader of a group known as The Family, in the late 1960s and early 1970s. ... Motto: E pluribus unum (1789 to present) (Latin: Out of Many, One) In God We Trust (1956 to present) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. Largest city New York Official language(s) None at federal level; English de facto Government • President • Vice President Federal republic George W... Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr. ... Because of both the secrecy of secret services and the controversial nature of the issues involved there is some difficulty in separating the definitions of secret service, secret police, intelligence agency etc. ... September 14 is the 257th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (258th in leap years). ... This article is about the Dutch painter. ... Night Watch (1642) Night Watch or The Night Watch or De Nachtwacht is the common name of one of the most famous paintings by Rembrandt, more properly titled the Company of Frans Banning Cocq and Willem van Ruytenburch. It was not the practice to title paintings back then, but the... September 15 is the 258th day of the year (259th in leap years). ... This article is about the Mediterranean island. ... Capital Ajaccio Land area¹ 8,680 km² Regional President ² Ange Santini (UMP) (since 2004) Population  - Jan. ... Haute-Corse is a French département. ... Corse-du-Sud is a French département. ... September 18 is the 261st day of the year (262nd in leap years). ... Patricia Campbell Hearst, also Patty Hearst (born February 20, 1954), now known as Patricia Hearst Shaw, is a granddaughter of William Randolph Hearst. ... September 20 is the 263rd day of the year (264th in leap years). ... Tuanku Al-Mutassimu Billahi Muhibbudin Sultan Abdul Halim Al-Muadzam Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Badlishah (born 1924) in Alor Star, Kedah was the fifth Yang di-Pertuan Agong (roughly equivalent to King) of Malaysia from September 21, 1970 to September 20, 1975, and Sultan of Kedah. ... Flag of the Supreme Head of Malaysia Yang di-Pertuan Agong, a Malay title usually translated as Supreme Head, Supreme Ruler or Paramount Ruler, is the official title of the constitutional head of state of the federation of Malaysia. ... September 21 is the 264th day of the year (265th in leap years). ... In full, Sultan Yahya Petra ibni Almarhum Sultan Ibrahim Petra (1917 - March 29, 1979 in Kota Bharu, Kelantan) was the sixth Yang di-Pertuan Agong (roughly equivalent to King) of Malaysia from September 21, 1975 - March 29, 1979, and Sultan of Kelantan. ... A sultan (Arabic: سلطان) is an Islamic title, with several historical meanings. ... State Motto: Berserah kepada Tuhan Kerajaan Kelantan (English : Submit to God, government of Kelantan Capital Kota Bharu Sultan Tuanku Ismail ibni al-Marhum Sultan Yahya Petra Chief minister Tuan Guru Dato Haji Nik Aziz Nik Mat Area 14,922 km² Population 1. ... Flag of the Supreme Head of Malaysia Yang di-Pertuan Agong, a Malay title usually translated as Supreme Head, Supreme Ruler or Paramount Ruler, is the official title of the constitutional head of state of the federation of Malaysia. ... September 22 is the 265th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (266th in leap years). ... Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr. ... Sara Jane Moore (born 1930 in Charleston, WV) tried to assassinate US President Gerald Ford on September 22, 1975 outside the St. ... September 30 is the 273rd day of the year (274th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 92 days remaining. ... Hughes Helicopters was a major manufacturer of military helicopters, now part of The Boeing Company. ... A DC-10, a McDonnell Douglas airplane design McDonnell Douglas was a major American aerospace manufacturer, producing a number of famous commercial and military aircraft. ... Categories: Stub | Defence companies | Boeing | U.S. aircraft manufacturers ... Boeing AH-64 Apache The Boeing IDS AH-64 Apache Helicopter is the US Armys principal attack helicopter, the successor to the AH-1 Cobra. ...

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