Tasman Bridge Collision Kills Twelve in Tasmania, January 5, 1975
Date: January 5, 1975
Date: January 5, 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 β π Other events on August 23 π Events…
Cape Verde gains its independence from Portugal. Date: July 5, 1975 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on July 5 π Events on this day in 1975 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1975Voyageurs National Park Established by U.S. Congress, April 8, 1975Muhammad Ali Defeats Joe Frazier in Manila Boxing Match,…
At Brampton Centennial Secondary School, student Michael Slobodian kills two people and injures 13 others before committing suicide. Date: May 28, 1975 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on May 28 π Events on this day in 1975 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1975Beirut Bus Massacre Begins Lebanese Civil War,…
Coup of 25 November 1975, a failed military coup d'Γ©tat by Portuguese far-left activists seeking to hijack the Portuguese transition to democracy to establish a communist regime. Date: November 25, 1975 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on November 25 π Events on this day in 1975 π On This Day (Today) More…
Gays in the military: US Air Force Tech Sergeant Leonard Matlovich, a decorated veteran of the Vietnam War, appears in his Air Force uniform on the cover of Time magazine with the headline "I Am A Homosexual". He is given a general discharge, later upgraded to honorable. Date: September 8, 1975 Read more on Wikipedia…
India's first satellite Aryabhata launched in orbit from Kapustin Yar, Russia. Date: April 19, 1975 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April 19 π Events on this day in 1975 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1975Sony Introduces Betamax Videocassette Recorder, May 10, 1975Democratic Kampuchea Captures SS Mayaguez, May 12,…