Date: April 30, 1975
Prince Juan Carlos I of Spain becomes acting head of state, taking over for the country's ailing dictator, Gen. Francisco Franco. Date: October 30, 1975 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 30 📅 Events on this day in 1975 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1975Bobby Fischer Refuses Karpov…
Takeo Miki makes the first official pilgrimage to Yasukuni Shrine by an incumbent prime minister on the anniversary of the end of World War II. 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…
Laotian Civil War: The Pathet Lao seizes the Laotian capital of Vientiane, forces the abdication of King Sisavang Vatthana, and proclaims the Lao People's Democratic Republic. Date: December 2, 1975 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 2 📅 Events on this day in 1975 📅 On This Day (Today) More events…
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…
Fire at One World Trade Center (North Tower) of the World Trade Center in New York. Date: February 13, 1975 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 13 📅 Events on this day in 1975 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1975100,000 Armenians Gather in Beirut for Armenian Genocide Commemoration,…
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) More events from 1975Papua New Guinea Joins the United Nations, October 10, 1975São Tomé and Príncipe Independence from Portugal, July 12,…