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)
Microsoft is founded as a partnership between Bill Gates and Paul Allen in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Date: April 4, 1975 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 4 📅 Events on this day in 1975 📅 On This Day (Today)
Bobby Fischer refuses to play in a chess match against Anatoly Karpov, giving Karpov the title of World Champion by default. Date: April 3, 1975 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 3 📅 Events on this day in 1975 📅 On This Day (Today)
Vietnam War: Operation Babylift, a mass evacuation of children in the closing stages of the war begins. Date: April 3, 1975 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 3 📅 Events on this day in 1975 📅 On This Day (Today)
Vietnam War: Thousands of civilian refugees flee from Quảng Ngãi Province in front of advancing North Vietnamese troops. Date: April 2, 1975 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 2 📅 Events on this day in 1975 📅 On This Day (Today)
Construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System begins. Date: March 27, 1975 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 27 📅 Events on this day in 1975 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Biological Weapons Convention comes into force. Date: March 26, 1975 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 26 📅 Events on this day in 1975 📅 On This Day (Today)
Faisal of Saudi Arabia is shot and killed by his nephew. Date: March 25, 1975 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 25 📅 Events on this day in 1975 📅 On This Day (Today)
A fire at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Power Plant in Decatur, Alabama, causes a dangerous reduction in cooling water levels. Date: March 22, 1975 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 22 📅 Events on this day in 1975 📅 On This Day (Today)
Vietnam War: Ho Chi Minh Campaign: North Vietnamese troops attack Ban Mê Thuột in the South on their way to capturing Saigon in the final push for victory over South Vietnam. Date: March 10, 1975 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 10 📅 Events on this day in 1975 📅 On…