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Highlights of 1975:
Local
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Bill Gates was arrested
in 1975 for speeding and driving without a license.
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Drew Barrmore was born on February 22nd, 1975 in Los Angeles California.
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Television station KNTV in San Jose airs the first condom commercial in broadcast history. The ad is shelved soon after its first airing due to initial viewer response, then revived as a majority of households approve the spot.
National
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President Ford escapes
assassination twice within 17 days
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Sarah Jane Moore, attempted
to kill President Ford.
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Deborah L. Butler was
being held without bond on a two-count federal complaint accusing her of
threatening the President and attempted assassination.
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Viking U.S. 1975 First successful Mars landers which conducted search-for-life
experiments and returned first television pictures from Martian surface. In July, NASA closes down the Apollo program and its "throw away" spacecraft in favor of the space shuttle project. The 17th launch of an Apollo ship in July marks the end of an unforgettable era in space exploration.
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John N. Mitchell, H.R.
Haldeman, and John D. Ehrlichman are sentenced to prison for conspiring
to obstruct justice in the Watergate investigation.
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The busing of 21,000 students
is ordered in Boston to achieve racial balance in the public schools
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The Supreme Court rules
that paddling of unruly students is acceptable under certain circumstances.
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More than $4 million is
spent on research by the National Cancer Institute to study the relationship
between diet and cancer
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President Ford meets with
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos to renew American use of strategic
air and naval bases in the Philippines.
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The John A. Roebling Suspension
Bridge that spans the Ohio River was built for $1.9 million between 1856
and '67.A model for the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City, it was placed
on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.
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Vice President Nelson
Rockefeller said his commission had found no widespread pattern of illegal
activities at the Central Intelligence Agency.
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KENNEDY NEPHEW LINKED
TO KILLING STAMFORD, Conn. -- A key prosecution witness against Kennedy
nephew Michael Skakel admitted in court Wednesday he was using heroin
when he told a grand jury Skakel had confessed to the 1975 murder of a
neighbor.
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Leonard Peltier, a Native
American activist convicted of killing two FBI agents in 1975.
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ONLY A SONG REMAINS OF
THE EDMUND FITZGERALD DULUTH, Minn. -- Nov. 10 began as a rather typical
Monday as the sun rose over Lake Superior in 1975.
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The states controlled
speed limits until 1974, when the federal government, as a fuel-saving
measure during a nationwide gas crisis, placed a temporary national cap
on roadway speeds at 55 mph.
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The laser printer was invented.
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The push-through tab on a drink can was invented.
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World
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THE SHADOW OF WAR ON APRIL 30, 1975, AMID SEARING IMAGES
OF HELICOPTERS IN FLIGHT, AMERICA AT LAST LEFT VIETNAM. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS
LATER, THE HEALING GOES ON. . .
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The president of South Vietnam, Duong Van Minh, surrenders to the Communists.
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Angola gains its independence from Portugal after centuries
of foreign rule.
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Margaret Thatcher is the first woman elected to lead Britain's
Conservative Party.
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King Faaisal of Saudi Arabia is assassinated by a crazed
nephew.
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The president of South Vietnam, Duong Van Minh, surrenders
to the Communists. Pol Pot Takes Over Cambodia On April 17, Communist forces captured Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia. The new communist regime was headed by Pol Pot, who ruthlessly tried to remake Cambodia. He implemented the forced relocation of millions of people, resulting in the deaths of at least hundreds of thousands of individuals. The world stood by as the deaths mounted.
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Communist Capture South Vietnam On April 30, communist forces captured Saigon, ending the Vietnam War. The North Vietnamese began their offensive in early March when they captured Ban Me Thuot, the capital of Dariac province. The North Vietnamese attack was spearheaded by tanks and other heavy forces. As the North Vietnamese forces advanced, the South Vietnamese Army disintegrated. The United States' only intervention was to airlift key South Vietnamese personnel to safety.
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Mayaguez A US-registered merchant vessel was seized by the Cambodians and towed to Cambodia. The US responded by sending a 1,000-man force to free the Mayguez and its crew. The US forces arrived to find the crew gone. The Cambodians subsequently agreed to release the US personnel, but there had been a loss of 38 crewmen dead in the episode.
1975 Mozambique Gains Independence A further consequence of the changes in government policy in Portugal was the granting of independence to Mozambique on June 25. A Marxist state, with Samora Moises Machel as President, was declared.
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Egypt reopened the Suez Canal to international shipping,
eight years after it was closed because of the 1967 war with Israel.
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More than 40 people were killed in London's Underground when
a subway train smashed into the end of a tunnel.
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PARIS -- International terrorist Carlos the Jackal went back
to court Tuesday -- as a witness in the trial of a German leftist accused
of taking part in a bold attack on an OPEC oil ministers conference 25
years ago.The Venezuelan-born Carlos, well-dressed and smiling, testified
that he plotted the Dec. 21, 1975, attack on the meeting in Vienna that
left three people dead.
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Helsinki Accords Thirty-five nations signed the Helsinki Accords. The Accords recognized the borders of Europe as they had been at the end of the World War II, thus recognizing Soviet domination of the Baltic States (Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania). All nations, however, agreed to promote personal liberties in their own countries.
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Franco Dies, Juan Carlos Takes Over On November 20, Francisco Franco died. This ended a dictatorship that had lasted since the Spanish Civil War.
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Soviets Buy Grain from the US The Soviet Union began buying grain from the United States to prevent famine. The US soon signed a long-term contract for the sale of grain.
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Angola Gains Independence Angola declared its independence from Portugal. Two separate governments were proclaimed: the Soviet-backed Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) and the National Union for Total Independence of Angola (UNITA). A civil war ensued, during which the MPLA accepted Cuban troops to support its cause. UNITA received aid from South Africa, which hurt its cause in the West.
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Civil War In Lebanon In April, civil war broke out in Beirut. The war was triggered when 25 Palestinian Arabs were killed by Phalange-Lebanese Christian militiamen. The conflict spread throughout Beirut, which was soon divided into Christian and Muslim sectors. The Muslims quickly attained the upper hand in the conflict. In June 1976, however, the Syrian Army intervened on behalf of the Christians.
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King Faisel Assassinated King Faisal ibn Abd-al-Aziz of Saudi Arabia was assassinated by his half brother, Faisal ibn Musad ibn Abd-al-Aziz. The King was succeeded by Crown Prince Khalid. The assassin was publicly beheaded.
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Suez Canal Reopened On June 5, the Suez Canal was reopened. The reopening followed the second disengagement agreement between Israel and Egypt, under which Israel pulled its forces further from the Canal Zone. For their part, the Egyptians pledged to open the Canal and rebuild the Canal cities.
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