Bobby Fischer Refuses Karpov Match, Karpov Becomes World Champion, April 3, 1975

The Särkänniemi Amusement Park opens in Tampere, Finland. Date: May 1, 1975 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 1 📅 Events on this day in 1975 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1975Rahima Banu, Last Natural Smallpox Case in Bangladesh, October 16, 1975SS Edmund Fitzgerald Sinks in Lake Superior…

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. Date: July 17, 1975 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 17 📅 Events on this day in 1975 📅 On This Day (Today)…

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:…

Mozambique achieves independence from Portugal. Date: June 25, 1975 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 25 📅 Events on this day in 1975 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1975Bobby Fischer Refuses Karpov Chess Match, World Champion Title Awarded April 3, 1975Pine Ridge Shootout Kills FBI Agents, Leonard Peltier…

European Space Agency is established. Date: May 30, 1975 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 30 📅 Events on this day in 1975 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1975Limazo Riots in Lima, Peru Suppressed by Military Dictatorship, February 5, 1975Microsoft Founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen in…

Turkish Airlines Flight 345 crashes into the Sea of Marmara near Istanbul Yeşilköy Airport, killing 42. Date: January 30, 1975 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 30 📅 Events on this day in 1975 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1975Wave Hill Walk-Off Begins: Gurindji Land Rights Protest, August…