In Hanoi, North Vietnam, the Politburo approves the final military offensive against South Vietnam.

January 19 â The 6.8 M sKinnaur earthquake affected Himachal Pradesh in India with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX ( Violent), killing 47.

January 18 â The United States Atomic Energy Commission is divided between the Energy Research and Development Administration and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, partly in response to the 1973 oil crisis.

Steel roller coasterSpace Mountain (Magic Kingdom) opens at Walt Disney World in Florida, becoming one of the park's most popular attractions into the 21st century.

International Women's Year is launched in Britain by Princess Alexandra and Barbara Castle.

Alvor Agreement: Portugal announces that it will grant independence to Angola on November 11.

January 14 â Heiress Lesley Whittle, 17, is kidnapped from her home in Shropshire, England by Donald Neilson.

January 10 â * February 9 â The flight of Soyuz 17 with the crew of Georgy Grechko and Aleksei Gubarev) aboard the Salyut 4 space station.

President Gerald Ford appoints Vice President Nelson Rockefeller to head a special commission looking into alleged domestic abuses by the CIA.

governor who does not succeed her husband.

Ella Grasso becomes Governor of Connecticut, the first female U.S.

January 7 â OPEC agrees to raise crude oil prices by 10%.

AM America makes its television debut on ABC.

Game show Wheel of Fortune premieres on NBC.

January 6 â United States television debuts:.

January 5 â Tasman Bridge disaster: The Tasman Bridge in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, is struck by the bulk ore carrier MV Lake Illawarra, killing 12 people.

A bomb blast at Samastipur, Bihar, India, fatally wounds Lalit Narayan Mishra, Minister of Railways.

Bangladesh revolutionary leader Siraj Sikder is killed by police while in custody.

The Federal Rules of Evidence are approved by the United States Congress.

Malawi changes its capital city from Zomba to Lilongwe.

Haldeman and John Ehrlichman are found guilty of the Watergate cover-up. Watergate scandal (United States): John N.Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham join Fleetwood Mac.Volkswagen introduces the Golf, its new front-wheel-drive economy car, in the United States and Canada as the Volkswagen Rabbit.Altair 8800 is released, sparking the microcomputer revolution.Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1975.ġ975 (MCMLXXV)was a common yearstarting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1975th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 975th year of the 2nd millennium, the 75th year of the 20th century, and the 6th year of the 1970s decade.It was also declared the International Women's Year by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Establishments and disestablishments categoriesġ975 in various calendars Gregorian calendar

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