T3A guy Posted March 30, 2009 Report Posted March 30, 2009 1968 - Liberal stundent rioted cuz they were ghey.
T3A guy Posted March 30, 2009 Report Posted March 30, 2009 1969 nothing, funny year.1970 millions commit suicide because they don't have a funny year anymore.
Slidell Posted March 30, 2009 Report Posted March 30, 2009 1971 - Martin Luther king jr dies LOL That is so @$@%@ funny,whats wrong with you? 1972
blacklabelfosho Posted March 30, 2009 Report Posted March 30, 2009 1973 - first cell phone call was placed by Martin Cooper
yungbol Posted March 30, 2009 Report Posted March 30, 2009 (edited) 1975 * [[January]] - [[Altair 8800]] is released, sparking the era of the [[microcomputer]].* [[January]] - [[Volkswagen]] introduces the [[Volkswagen Golf|Golf]], its new front-wheel-drive economy car, in the United States and Canada as the Volkswagen Rabbit.* [[January 1]] - [[Watergate scandal]]: [[John N. Mitchell]], [[H. R. Haldeman]] and [[John Ehrlichman]] are found guilty of the Watergate cover-up.* [[January 1]] - Work is abandoned on the British end of the [[Channel Tunnel]].{{Month3|1|2|0}}* [[January 2]] - The [[Federal Rules of Evidence]] are approved by the [[united States Congress]].* [[January 5]] - The bulk ore carrier ''[[MV Lake Illawarra]]'' strikes the [[Tasman Bridge]] in [[Tasmania]], [[Australia]], killing 12.* [[January 6]] - ''[[Wheel of Fortune (US daytime game show)|Wheel of Fortune]]'' premieres on [[NBC]].* [[January 6]] - ''[[AM America]]'' makes its television debut on ABC.* [[January 7]] - [[OPEC]] agrees to raise [[crude oil]] prices by 10%.* [[January 8]] - [[Ella Grasso]] becomes [[Governor of Connecticut]], the first woman U.S. governor who did not succeed her husband.* [[January 8]] - U.S. President [[Gerald Ford]] appoints Vice President [[Nelson Rockefeller]] to head a special commission looking into alleged domestic abuses by the [[CIA]].* [[January 10]] - Japanese soldier [[Teruo Nakamura]] surrenders on the [[indonesia]]n island of Morota.* [[January 12]] - [[super Bowl IX]]: The [[Pittsburgh Steelers]] defeat the [[Minnesota Vikings]] 16-6 at [[Tulane Stadium]] in [[New Orleans, Louisiana]].* [[January 14]] - Heiress [[Lesley Whittle]], 17, is kidnapped from her home in [[shropshire]], England by [[Donald Neilson]].* [[January 15]] - [[international Women's Year]] is launched in Britain by [[Princess Alexandra]] and [[barbara Castle]].* [[January 15]] - [[Portugal]] grants independence to [[Angola]].* [[January 20]] - In [[Hanoi]], [[North Vietnam]], the Politburo approves the final military offensive against [[south Vietnam]].* [[January 20]] - [[Michael Ovitz]] founds the [[Creative Artists Agency]].* [[January 29]] - The [[Weatherman (organization)|Weather Underground]] bombs the U.S. [[state Department]] main office in [[Washington, D.C.]]. ===February==={{Month3|2|5|0}}* [[February 1]] - The [[intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation]] is launched, becoming the first TV network in the [[Philippines]].* [[February 4]] - The [[1975 Haicheng earthquake|Haicheng earthquake]], the first successfully [[Earthquake prediction|predicted earthquake]], kills 2,041 and injures 27,538 in [[Haicheng, Liaoning]], [[China]]. * [[February 9]] - The ''[[soyuz 17]]'' crew ([[Georgi Grechko]], [[Aleksei Gubarev]]) returns to Earth after 1 month aboard the ''[[salyut 4]]'' space station.* [[February 11]] - [[Margaret Thatcher]] defeats [[Edward Heath]] for the [[Conservative Party (UK) leadership election, 1975|leadership]] of the [[Conservative Party (UK)|UK Conservative Party]] in the [[united Kingdom]].* [[February 11]] - Colonel [[Richard Ratsimandrava]], President of [[Madagascar]], is assassinated.* [[February 13]] - A "Turkish Federated State of North Cyprus" is declared as an unsuccessful first step to international recognition of a [[Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus|Turkish Cypriot separatist state]] in [[Cyprus]].* [[February 13]] - Fire breaks out in the [[World Trade Center]].* [[February 21]] - [[Watergate scandal]]: Former [[united States Attorney General]] [[John N. Mitchell]], and former [[White House]] aides [[H. R. Haldeman]] and [[John Ehrlichman]], are sentenced to between 30 months and 8 years in prison.* [[February 23]] - In response to the [[1973 energy crisis|energy crisis]], [[daylight saving time]] commences nearly 2 months early in the [[united States]].* [[February 26]] - A fleeing [[Provisional Irish Republican Army]] member shoots and kills off-duty London police officer [[stephen Tibble]], 22, as he gives chase.* [[February 27]] - The [[Movement 2 June]] kidnaps [[West Germany|West German]] politician [[Peter Lorenz]]. He is released on [[March 4]] after most of the kidnappers' demands are met.* [[February 28]] - A [[Moorgate tube crash|major tube train crash]] at [[Moorgate station]], [[London]] kills 43 people.* [[February 28]] - In [[Lomé]], [[Togo]], the [[European Economic Community]] and 46 African, Caribbean and Pacific countries sign a financial and economic treaty, known as the first [[Lomé Convention]]. ===March==={{Month3|3|5|0}}* [[March 1]] - [[Aston Villa F.C.|Aston Villa]] wins the [[Football League Cup]] at [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley]], beating [[Norwich City F.C.|Norwich City]] 1-0 in the final.* [[March 4]] - [[Charlie Chaplin]] is knighted by [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom]].* [[March 4]] - A Canadian parliamentary committee is televised for the first time. * [[March 6]] - [[1975 Algiers Agreement|Algiers Accord]]: [[iran]] and [[iraq]] announce a settlement in their border dispute.* [[March 6]] - A bomb explodes in the Paris offices of the [[Axel Springer AG|Springer Press]]. The 6 March Group (connected to the [[Red Army Faction]]) demands amnesty for the [[baader-Meinhof Group]].* [[March 7]] - The body of teenage heiress [[Lesley Whittle]], kidnapped 7 weeks earlier by the [[Donald Neilson|Black Panther]], is discovered in [[staffordshire]], England.* [[March 8]] - The [[united Nations]] proclaims [[international Women's Day]].* [[March 9]] - Construction of the [[Trans-Alaska Pipeline System]] begins.* [[March 10]] - [[Vietnam War]]: [[North Vietnam]]ese troops attack [[ban Me Thuot]], [[south Vietnam]], on their way to capturing [[saigon]]. * [[March 10]] - ''[[The Rocky Horror Show]]'' opens on [[broadway (New York City)|Broadway]] in [[New York City]] with 4 performances.* [[March 10]] - ''[[shinkansen]]'' opens between [[Osaka]] and [[***uoka, ***uoka|***uoka]].* [[March 11]] - The leftist military government in [[Portugal]] defeats a rightist coup attempt.* [[March 13]] - [[Vietnam War]]: [[south Vietnam]] [[Nguyen Van Thieu|President Nguyen van Thieu]] orders the [[Tây Nguyên|Central Highlands]] evacuated. This turns into a mass exodus involving troops and civilians (the ''Convoy of Tears'').* [[March 15]] - In [[brazil]], the [[Guanabara State|Estado da Guanabara]] (State of Guanabara) merges with the state of [[Rio de Janeiro]], under the name of [[Rio de Janeiro]]. The state's capital moves from the city of [[Niterói]] to the city of [[Rio de Janeiro]].* [[March 22]] - ''Ding-a-dong'' by Teach-In (music by **** Bakker, text by Will Luikinga and Eddy Ouwens) wins the 20th [[Eurovision Song Contest 1975]] for the [[Netherlands]].* [[March 25]] - [[Faisal of Saudi Arabia|King Faisal]] of [[saudi Arabia]] is shot and killed by his nephew; the killer is beheaded on [[June 18]]. ([[King Khalid]] succeeds Faisal.)* [[March 28]] - A fire in the maternity wing at Kucic Hospital in [[Rijeka]], [[Yugoslavia]], kills 25 people. ===April==={{Month3|4|1|0}}* [[April 3]] - [[bobby Fischer]] refuses to play in a [[chess]] match against [[Anatoly Karpov]], giving Karpov the title.* [[April 4]] - [[Vietnam War]]: The first military [[Operation Babylift]] flight, C5A 80218, crashes 27 minutes after takeoff, killing 138 on board; 176 survive the crash. * [[April 4]] - Bill Gates founds [[Microsoft]] in [[Albuquerque, New Mexico]]. * [[April 9]] - [[Asia]]'s first professional [[basketball]] league, the [[Philippine Basketball Association]], plays its first game at the [[Araneta Coliseum]].* [[April 13]] - [[bus massacre]]: The [[Kataeb]] militia kills 27 [[Palestinians]] during an attack on their bus in Ain El Remmeneh, [[Lebanon]], triggering the Lebanese civil war.* [[April 13]] - A [[Chadian coup of 1975|coup d'état in Chad]] led by the military overthrows and kills President [[François Tombalbaye]].* [[April 17]] - Following several weeks succesful fightning, the [[Communist]] [[Khmer Rouge]] guerilla forces captures of [[Phnom Penh]], prompting a forcible [[evacuation|mass evacuation]] of the city.* [[April 24]] - Six [[Red Army Faction]] terrorists take over the West German embassy in [[stockholm]], take 11 hostages and demand the release of the group's jailed members; shortly after, they are captured by Swedish police. (See [[West German embassy siege]])* [[April 25]] - [[Vietnam War]]: As [[North Vietnamese Army]] forces close in on the [[south Vietnam]]ese capital [[saigon]], the [[Australia]]n Embassy is closed and evacuated, almost 10 years to the day since the first Australian troop commitment to South Vietnam.* [[April 30]] - [[Vietnam War]]: The [[Fall of Saigon]]: The Vietnam War ends as Communist forces take [[saigon]], resulting in mass evacuations of Americans and South Vietnamese. As the capital is taken, [[south Vietnam]] surrenders unconditionally. ===May==={{Month3|5|3|0}} <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. -->* [[May 5]] - The [[busch Gardens Williamsburg]] [[Theme Park]] opens in [[Virginia]].* [[May 12]] - [[Mayaguez incident]]: [[Khmer Rouge]] forces in [[Cambodia]] seize the [[united States]] merchant ship [[sS Mayaguez|SS ''Mayaguez'']] in international waters.* [[May 15]] - [[Mayaguez incident]]: The American merchant ship Mayaguez, seized by Cambodian forces, is rescued by the U.S. Navy and Marines; 38 Americans are killed.* [[May 16]] - [[sikkim]] accedes to [[india]] after a referendum.* [[May 16]] - [[Junko Tabei]] becomes the first woman to reach the summit of [[Mount Everest]].* [[May 25]] - [[indianapolis 500]]: [[bobby Unser]] wins for a second time in a rain-shorted 174 lap, 435 mile (696 km) race.* [[May 27]] - The Dibble's Bridge coach crash near [[Grassington]], [[North Yorkshire]], [[England]] results in 32 deaths (the highest ever toll in a United Kingdom road accident).* [[May 28]] - Fifteen [[West Africa]]n countries sign the [[Treaty of Lagos]], creating the [[Economic Community of West African States]]. ===June==={{Month3|6|6|0}}* [[June 5]] - The [[suez Canal]] opens for the first time since the [[six-Day War]].* [[June 5]] - The [[united Kingdom]] votes yes in a [[united Kingdom referendum, 1975|referendum]] to stay in the [[European Community]].* [[June 9]] - The [[Order of Australia]] is awarded for the first time.* [[June 10]] - In [[Washington, DC]], the [[united States President's Commission on CIA activities within the United States|Rockefeller Commission]] issues its report on [[CIA]] abuses, recommending a joint congressional oversight committee on intelligence.* [[June 19]] - [[Richard Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan]] is found guilty [[in absentia]] of the murder of nanny Sandra Rivett.* [[June 25]] - Prime Minister [[indira Gandhi]] declares [[indian Emergency (1975 - 77)|a state of emergency]] in [[india]], suspending civil liberties and elections.* [[June 25]] - [[Mozambique]] gains [[independence]] from [[Portugal]].* [[June 26]] - Two [[FBI]] agents and 1 [[American Indian Movement|AIM]] member die in a shootout, at the [[Pine Ridge Indian Reservation]] in [[south Dakota]]. ===July==={{Month3|7|1|0}}* [[July 1]] - The [[Postmaster-General's Department]] is disaggregated into the [[Australian Telecommunications Commission]] (trading as [[Telecom Australia]]) and the [[Australian Postal Commission]] (trading as [[Australia Post]]).* [[July 4]] - [[sydney]] newspaper publisher [[Juanita Nielsen]] disappears, and is presumed to have been murdered.* [[July 5]] - [[Cape Verde]] gains independence after 500 years of Portuguese rule.* [[July 6]] - The [[Comoros]] declare their independence from [[France]].* [[July 9]] - The National Assembly of [[senegal]] passes a law that will pave way for a [[multi-party system]](albeit highly restricted).* [[July 12]] - [[são Tomé and PrÃncipe]] declare independence from [[Portugal]].* [[July 17]] - [[Apollo-Soyuz Test Project]]: An American [[Apollo program|Apollo]] and Soviet [[soyuz spacecraft]] dock in [[orbit]], marking the first such link-up between spacecraft from the 2 nations.* [[July 31]] - In [[Detroit, Michigan]], [[Teamsters Union]] president [[Jimmy Hoffa]] is reported missing. ===August==={{Month3|8|4|0}}* [[August 1]] - The [[Helsinki Accords]], which officially recognize [[Europe]]'s national borders and respect for human rights, are signed in [[Finland]].* [[August 5]] - [[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[Gerald R. Ford|Ford]] posthumously pardons [[Robert E. Lee]], restoring full rights of citizenship.* [[August 8]] - The [[banqiao Dam]], in China's [[Henan Province]], fails after a freak typhoon; over 200,000 people perish.* [[August 8]] - [[samuel Bronfman]], son of the president of [[seagram]]'s, is kidnapped in [[Purchase, New York]].* [[August 11]] - [[british Leyland]] Motor Corporation comes under British government control.* [[August 11]] - Governor [[Mário Lemos Pires]] of [[Portuguese Timor|Portuguese]] [[East Timor]] abandons the capital [[Dili]], following a [[Timorese Democratic Union|UDT]] coup and the outbreak of civil war between UDT and [[Fretilin]].* [[August 15]] - The [[birmingham Six]] are wrongfully sentenced to life imprisonment in [[Great Britain]].* [[August 15]] - President [[Mujibur Rahman]] of [[bangladesh]] is killed during a coup.* [[August 20]] - [[Viking program]]: [[NASA]] launches the ''[[Viking 1]]'' planetary probe toward [[Mars (planet)|Mars]].* [[August 24]] - Officers responsible for the military coup in [[Greece]] in 1967 are sentenced to death in [[Athens]]. The sentences are later commuted to [[life imprisonment]]. ===September==={{Month3|9|0|0}}* [[september 5]] - In [[sacramento, California]], [[Lynette Fromme]], a follower of jailed cult leader [[Charles Manson]], attempts to assassinate U.S. President [[Gerald Ford]], but is thwarted by a [[united States Secret Service|Secret Service]] agent.* [[september 5]] - The [[The London Hilton on Park Lane|London Hilton]] hotel is bombed by the [[Provisional Irish Republican Army]]; 2 people are killed and 63 injured.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/5/newsid_2499000/2499203.stm 1975: London Hilton bombed]</ref>* [[september 6]] - A Richter Scale 6.7 magnitude [[earthquake]] kills at least 2,085 in [[Diyarbakir]] and [[Lice, Turkey]].* [[september 14]] - [[Elizabeth Seton]] is canonized, becoming the first American [[Roman Catholic]] saint. * [[september 14]] - [[Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn|Rembrandt]]'s painting "[[Night Watch (painting)|The Night Watch]]" is slashed a dozen times at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.* [[september 15]] - The [[France|French]] department of [[Corse]], comprising the entire island of [[Corsica]], is divided into two departments: [[Haute-Corse]] and [[Corse-du-Sud]].* [[september 16]] - [[Papua New Guinea]] gains its independence from [[Australia]].* [[september 18]] - Fugitive [[Patricia Hearst]] is captured in [[san Francisco]].* [[september 19]] - General [[Vasco Goncalves]] is ousted as Prime Minister of [[Portugal]].* [[september 20]] - The term of [[Tuanku Al-Mutassimu Billahi Muhibbudin Sultan Abdul Halim Al-Muadzam Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Badlishah]], as the 5th [[Yang di-Pertuan Agong]] of [[Malaysia]], ends.* [[september 21]] - [[sultan Yahya Petra ibni Almarhum Sultan Ibrahim Petra]], [[sultan]] of [[Kelantan]], becomes the 6th [[Yang di-Pertuan Agong]] of [[Malaysia]].* [[september 22]] - U.S. President [[Gerald Ford]] survives a second assassination attempt, this time by [[sara Jane Moore]] in [[san Francisco]].* [[september 27]] - [[Francoist Spain]] executes five [[ETA]] and [[Frente Revolucionario Antifascista y Patriótico|FRAP]] members, the last executings in [[spain]] to date.* September 27 - The [[Norwood Football Club]] beats the [[Glenelg Football Club]] in the [[sANFL]] Australian Rules Football Grand Final.* [[september 28]] - The [[spaghetti House siege]] takes place in London.* [[september 30]] - The [[Hughes Helicopters]] (later [[McDonnell-Douglas]], now [[boeing IDS]]) [[AH-64 Apache]] makes its first flight. ===October==={{Month3|10|2|0}}* [[October 1]] - ''Thrilla in Manila'': Muhammad Ali defeats Joe Frazier in a boxing match in Manila, Philippines. * [[October 2]] - A blast at an explosives factory kills 6 in Beloeil, Quebec. * [[October 9]] - A bomb explosion outside the [[Green Park tube station]] near [[Piccadilly]] in London kills 1 and injures 20.* [[October 11]] - [[National Broadcasting Company|NBC]] airs the first episode of ''[[saturday Night Live]]'' ([[George Carlin]] is the first host; [[billy Preston]] and [[Janis Ian]] the first musical guests).* [[October 16]] - [[balibo Five|Five]] [[Australia]]n-based [[journalist]]s are killed at [[balibo]] by [[indonesia]]n forces, during their incursion into [[Portuguese Timor]].* [[October 22]] - [[1975 World Series]]: The [[Cincinnati Reds]] defeat the [[boston Red Sox]] 4-3.* [[October 27]] - [[Robert Poulin]] kills 1 and wounds 5 at [[st. Pius X High School (Ottawa)|St. Pius X High School]] in [[Ottawa]], [[Canada]] before shooting himself.* [[October 29]] - [[Peter Sutcliffe]] (the "Yorkshire Ripper") commits his first murder, Wilma McCann.* [[October 30]] - [[Juan Carlos I of Spain]] becomes acting [[Head of State]] after dictator [[Francisco Franco]] concedes that he is too ill to govern. ===November==={{Month3|11|5|0}} <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --><!-- Deleted image removed: [[image:Fraser with Kerr.jpg|thumb|200px|Sir John Kerr, Governor-General of Australia with newly appointed Prime Minister of Australia, Malcolm Fraser.]] -->* [[November 3]] - An independent audit of [[Mattel]], one of the [[united States]]' largest [[toy]] manufacturers, reveals that company officials fabricated [[press release]]s and financial information to "maintain the appearance of continued corporate growth."* [[November 3]] - The first petroleum pipeline opens from [[Cruden Bay]] to [[Grangemouth]], Scotland.* [[November 6]] - The [[Green March]] begins: 300,000 unarmed [[Morocco|Moroccans]] converge on the southern city of [[Tarfaya]] and wait for a signal from King [[Hassan II of Morocco]] to cross into [[Western Sahara]].* [[November 10]] - [[united Nations General Assembly Resolution 3379]]: By a vote of 72-35 (with 32 abstentions), the [[united Nations]] General Assembly approves a resolution equating [[Zionism]] with [[racism]]. The resolution provokes an outcry among Jews around the world.* [[November 10]] - The 729-foot-long freighter ''[[sS Edmund Fitzgerald]]'' sinks during a storm 17 miles from the entrance to [[Whitefish Bay]] on [[Lake Superior]], killing all 29 crew on board (an event immortalized in song by [[Gordon Lightfoot]]).* [[November 10]] - Lev Leshchenko revives ''[[Den Pobedy]]'', one of the most popular [[World War II]] songs in the [[uSSR]].* [[November 11]] - [[Angola]] becomes independent from [[Portugal]]; [[civil war]] soon erupts.* [[November 11]] - [[Australian constitutional crisis of 1975]]: [[Governor-General of Australia]] Sir [[John Kerr (Governor-General)|John Kerr]] dismisses the government of [[Gough Whitlam]] and commissions [[Malcolm Fraser]] as [[Prime Minister of Australia|Prime Minister]].* [[November 11]] - The first annual [[Vogalonga]] rowing "race" is held in [[Venice]], [[italy]].* [[November 14]] - [[spain]] abandons [[Western Sahara]].* [[November 20]] - Former [[California]] Governor [[Ronald Reagan]] enters the race for the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] presidential nomination, challenging incumbent President [[Gerald Ford]].* [[November 20]] - Spanish dictator [[Francisco Franco]] dies in [[Madrid]]. * [[November 22]] - [[Juan Carlos I of Spain|Juan Carlos]] is declared [] following the death of dictator [[Francisco Franco]].* [[November 25]] - [[suriname]] gains independence from the [[Kingdom of the Netherlands]].* [[November 25]] - The [[irish Republican Army]] is outlawed in the [[united Kingdom]].* [[November 27]] - [[Ross McWhirter]], co-founder of the [[Guinness Book of Records]], is shot dead by the [[Provisional Irish Republican Army]] for offering reward money to informers.* [[November 28]] - [[Portuguese Timor]] declares its independence from [[Portugal]] as [[East Timor]].* [[November 29]] - The name "Micro-soft" (for [[microcomputer]] [[software]]) is used by [[bill Gates]] in a letter to [[Paul Allen]] for the first time ([[Microsoft]] becomes a [[registered trademark]] on [[November 26]], [[1976]]).* [[November 29]] - While disabled, the submarine tender ''[[uSS Proteus (AS-19)]]'' discharges radioactive coolant water into [[Apra Harbor]], Guam. A Geiger counter at 2 of the harbor's public beaches shows 100 millirems/hour, 50 times the allowable dose. ===December==={{Month3|12|0|0}}* [[December 2]] - The communist [[Pathet Lao]] takes power in [[Laos]].* [[December 3]] - The wreck of the ''[[HMHS Britannic]]'' is found in the [[Kea Channel]] by [[Jacques Cousteau]].* [[December 8]] - [[New York City]] is approved for bailout of 2.3 billion each year through to [[1978]].So 6.9 billion total. * [[December 7]] - [[indonesia]] [[indonesian invasion of East Timor|invades]] [[East Timor]].* [[December 21]] - Six people, including [[ilich RamÃrez Sánchez|Carlos (the Jackal)]], kidnap delegates of an [[OPEC]] conference in [[Vienna]].* [[December 29]] - A bomb explosion at [[LaGuardia Airport]] kills 11. ---- wikipedia - source of information. Edited March 30, 2009 by yungbol
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