Beirut Bus Massacre Begins Lebanese Civil War, April 13, 1975

At the opening of a new railway line, a bomb blast at Samastipur, Bihar, India, fatally wounds Lalit Narayan Mishra, Minister of Railways. Date: January 2, 1975 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 2 📅 Events on this day in 1975 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1975Patriotic Union…

Two FBI agents and a member of the American Indian Movement are killed in a shootout on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota; Leonard Peltier is later convicted of the murders in a controversial trial. Date: June 26, 1975 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 26 📅 Events on…

Vietnam War: A United States Air Force Lockheed C-5A Galaxy transporting orphans, crashes near Saigon, South Vietnam shortly after takeoff, killing 172 people. Date: April 4, 1975 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 4 📅 Events on this day in 1975 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1975Bobby Fischer…

Eastern Air Lines Flight 66 encounters severe wind shear and crashes on final approach to New York's JFK Airport killing 113 of the 124 passengers on board, making it the deadliest U.S. plane crash at the time. This accident led to decades of research into downburst and microburst phenomena and their effects on aircraft. Date:…

Watergate scandal: Former United States Attorney General John N. Mitchell and former White House aides H. R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman are sentenced to prison. Date: February 21, 1975 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 21 📅 Events on this day in 1975 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…