ČSA Flight 540 Crashes Near Damascus, Killing 126 — August 20, 1975

The start of the Wave Hill walk-off by Gurindji people in Australia, lasting eight years, a landmark event in the history of Indigenous land rights in Australia, commemorated in a 1991 Paul Kelly song and an annual celebration. Date: August 23, 1975 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 23 📅 Events…

Bangladeshi leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is killed along with most members of his family during a military coup. Date: August 15, 1975 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 15 📅 Events on this day in 1975 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1975Jerry Brown Signs California Farmworkers Collective Bargaining…

Governor of California Jerry Brown signs the California Agricultural Labor Relations Act into law, the first law in the United States giving farmworkers collective bargaining rights. Date: June 4, 1975 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 4 📅 Events on this day in 1975 📅 On This Day (Today) More events…

East Timor: Governor Mário Lemos Pires of Portuguese Timor abandons the capital Dili, following a coup by the Timorese Democratic Union (UDT) and the outbreak of civil war between UDT and Fretilin. Date: August 11, 1975 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 11 📅 Events on this day in 1975 📅…

The final act of the CSCE meeting is signed in Helsinki, Finland. Date: August 1, 1975 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 1 📅 Events on this day in 1975 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1975North Vietnamese Capture Trường Sa Islands, April 29, 1975State of Uttar Pradesh v….

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…