WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO APRIL 1975
Find out what all happened January to April 1975

A crucial by-election is held in Kankesanthurai, Sri Lanka. (6. February 1975)

The Cambodian Civil War ends. The Khmer Rouge captures the capital Phnom Penh and Cambodian government forces surrender. (17. April 1975)

Bangladeshi Marxist leader Siraj Sikder is arrested and dies while in police custody. (2. January 1975)

Bobby Fischer refuses to play in a chess match against Anatoly Karpov, giving Karpov the title of World Champion by default. (3. April 1975)

Fall of Saigon: Communist forces gain control of Saigon. The Vietnam War formally ends with the unconditional surrender of South Vietnamese president Duong Van Minh. (30. April 1975)

A fire at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Power Plant in Decatur, Alabama causes a dangerous reduction in cooling water levels. (22. March 1975)

Vietnam War: North Vietnamese and Viet Cong guerrilla forces establish control over Ban Me Thuot commune from the South Vietnamese army. (11. March 1975)

Haicheng earthquake (magnitude 7.3 on the Richter scale) occurs in Haicheng, Liaoning, China. (4. February 1975)

Faisal of Saudi Arabia is shot and killed by a mentally ill nephew. (25. March 1975)

Ella T. Grasso becomes Governor of Connecticut, the first woman to serve as a Governor in the United States other than by succeeding her husband. (8. January 1975)

Construction of the CN Tower is completed in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It reaches 553.33 metres (1,815.4 ft) in height, becoming the world's tallest free-standing structure. (2. April 1975)

8 people in South Korea, who are involved in People's Revolutionary Party Incident, are hanged. (9. April 1975)

Algiers Accord: Iran and Iraq announce a settlement of their border dispute. (6. March 1975)

India's first satellite, Aryabhata, is launched. (19. April 1975)

The first game of the Philippine Basketball Association, the second oldest professional basketball league in the world. (9. April 1975)

A bomb blast at Samastipur, Bihar, India, fatally wounds Minister of Railways Lalit Narayan Mishra. (2. January 1975)

Teenage heiress Lesley Whittle is kidnapped by Donald Neilson, aka "the Black Panther". (14. January 1975)

Riots break in Lima, Peru after the police forces go on strike the day before. The uprising (locally known as the Limazo) is bloodily suppressed by the military dictatorship. (5. February 1975)

First meeting of the Homebrew Computer Club (5. March 1975)

The Soyuz 17 Soviet spacecraft returns to Earth. (9. February 1975)