Microsoft Founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen in Albuquerque, April 4, 1975

The Japanese Red Army takes more than 50 hostages at the AIA Building housing several embassies in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The hostages include the U.S. consul and the Swedish Chargé d'affaires. The gunmen win the release of five imprisoned comrades and fly with them to Libya. Date: August 4, 1975 Read more on Wikipedia →…

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…

Dibbles Bridge coach crash near Grassington, in North Yorkshire, England, kills 33 – the highest ever death toll in a road accident in the United Kingdom. Date: May 27, 1975 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 27 📅 Events on this day in 1975 📅 On This Day (Today) More events…

Sony introduces the Betamax videocassette recorder. Date: May 10, 1975 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 10 📅 Events on this day in 1975 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1975TOPS-10 12-Bit Field Overflow Causes Crashes January 4, 1975Failed Portuguese Far-Left Coup Attempt, November 25, 1975NASA Launches Viking 1…

Israeli-Palestinian conflict: the United Nations General Assembly passes Resolution 3379, determining that Zionism is a form of racism. Date: November 10, 1975 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 10 📅 Events on this day in 1975 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1975Alvor Agreement Ends Angolan War of Independence,…

The Zapruder film of the assassination of John F. Kennedy is shown in motion to a national TV audience for the first time by Robert J. Groden and Dick Gregory. Date: March 6, 1975 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 6 📅 Events on this day in 1975 📅 On This…