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May 30 – American distance runner Steve Prefontaine dies in a car accident in Eugene, Oregon. June. June 1 – President Ford meets with President Sadat of Egypt for peace talks in the Middle East in Salzburg, Austria, where he famously tumbles on the last steps out of Air Force One.
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- Sony Introduces Betamax Videotapes and Matsushita / Jvc Introduce Vhs.
- First Blockbuster Movie, Jaws, Is Released
- Spanish Dictator Franco Dies.
- Ira Attacks UK
- Patty Hearst
- Apollo and Soyuz Joint Mission
- More News and Key Events from 1975
More Information for Betamax Videotapes. During May of 1975, electronics manufacturer Sony released their Betamax video cassette recording system for sale in Japan. The system originally retailed for several thousand dollars and not long after the release other companies began selling their own systems using a different format, the VHS (Video Home ...
One of the very first blockbuster films, Jaws, is released during June. More Information for Jaws The hit film Jaws had its theatrical release in June of 1975. It was one of the first blockbuster films and at the time of its release it had become the highest grossing film of all time. The film was directed by Steven Spielberg and starred Richard Dr...
Spanish Dictator Franco Dies. More Information for Franco's Death. General Francisco Franco, the dictatorial leader of Spain, died at the age of 82 in November of 1975. Franco had taken power as Spain’s head of state in 1939 after his Nationalist forces defeated the Republic during the Spanish Civil War. Franco’s early regime was characterized by h...
An IRA hit squad takes refuge and hostages at Balcombe Street in central London The IRA bombs London Hilton Hotel In Park Lane The IRA murders Ross McWhirter the co-founder of the Guinness Book of Records
Patty Hearst becomes Most Wanted and is arrested for armed robbery. More Information for Patty Hearst. Newspaper heiress Patty Hearst is found in a San Francisco apartment and arrested for armed robbery in September of 1975. She had been kidnapped in Berkeley, California on February 4, 1974 and in April of 1974 she sent letters to the media stating...
NASA launches the first joint United States and Soviet Union space flight during July News Events. The mission objective was to dock a U.S. Apollo module with a Soviet Soyuz 19. This was the final space flight of an Apollo module, a program that had ended in 1972. The two spacecraft launched on the same day, the Soyuz mission returned to Earth afte...
Suriname Suriname Gains Independence From Netherlands Suez Canal reopens The Suez Canal reopensfor the first time since the Six-Day War Morocco "The Green March" "The Green March" with 350,000 unarmed Moroccans cross the border into the Spanish controlled area of Western Sahara demanding the return of Moroccan Sahara Desert U.S. Unemployment Rate T...
v. t. e. The fall of Saigon [9] was the capture of Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, by North Vietnam on 30 April 1975. The event marked the end of the Vietnam War and the collapse of the South Vietnamese state, leading to a transition period and the formal reunification of Vietnam into the Socialist Republic of Vietnam under communist rule ...
American supercentenarians are citizens or residents of the United States who have attained or surpassed 110 years of age. As of January 2015, the Gerontology Research Group (GRG) had validated the longevity claims of 782 American supercentenarians.
Famous People in 1975. Betty Ford Time Person of the Year; Daniel Johns Oscar for Best Actor; Louise Fletcher Oscar for Best Actress; Pete Rose Sportsperson of the Year; Stevie Wonder Grammy for Album of the Year
