Date: January 8, 1975
Southwest Face expedition members become the first persons to reach the summit of Mount Everest by any of its faces, instead of using a ridge route. Date: September 24, 1975 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on September 24 ๐ Events on this day in 1975 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events…
ApolloโSoyuz 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. Date: July 17, 1975 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on July 17 ๐ Events on this day in 1975 ๐ On This Day (Today)…
In Bangladesh, a joint force of people and soldiers takes part in an uprising led by Colonel Abu Taher that ousts and kills Brigadier Khaled Mosharraf, freeing the then house-arrested army chief and future president Major General Ziaur Rahman. Date: November 7, 1975 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on November 7 ๐ …
Faisal of Saudi Arabia is shot and killed by his nephew. Date: March 25, 1975 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on March 25 ๐ Events on this day in 1975 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1975Jimmy Hoffa Disappears from Michigan Restaurant Parking Lot, July 30, 1975North Vietnamese Army Captures…
At Brampton Centennial Secondary School, student Michael Slobodian kills two people and injures 13 others before committing suicide. Date: May 28, 1975 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on May 28 ๐ Events on this day in 1975 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1975Timor-Leste Declares Independence from Portugal, November 28,…
Riots break out in Lima, Peru after the police forces go on strike the day before. The uprising (locally known as the Limazo) is bloodily suppressed by the military dictatorship. Date: February 5, 1975 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on February 5 ๐ Events on this day in 1975 ๐ On This…