WHAT ALL HAPPENED MARCH TO OCTOBER 1975
Find out what all happened March to October 1975

Papua New Guinea joins the United Nations. (10. October 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)

Vietnam War: Operation Baby Lift – A United States Air Force Lockheed C-5A Galaxy transporting orphans, crashes near Saigon, South Vietnam shortly after takeoff; 172 die. (4. April 1975)

The Comoros declares independence from France. (6. July 1975)

The Suez Canal opens for the first time since the Six-Day War. (5. June 1975)

Prince Juan Carlos becomes Spain's acting head of state, taking over for the country's ailing dictator, Gen. Francisco Franco. (30. October 1975)

Frank Robinson manages the Cleveland Indians in his first game as major league baseball's first African American manager. (8. April 1975)

The United Kingdom holds its first country-wide referendum on remaining in the European Economic Community (EEC). (5. June 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)

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)

Sara Jane Moore tries to assassinate U.S. President Gerald Ford, but is foiled by Oliver Sipple. (22. September 1975)

Space Race: Apollo–Soyuz Test Project features the dual launch of an Apollo spacecraft and a Soyuz spacecraft on the first joint Soviet-United States human-crewed flight. It was both the last launch of an Apollo spacecraft, and the Saturn family of rockets. (15. July 1975)

A privately chartered Boeing 707 crashes into the mountainside near Agadir, Morocco, killing 188. (3. August 1975)

The Sinai Interim Agreement relating to the Arab-Israeli conflict is signed. (4. September 1975)

The French department of "Corse" (the entire island of Corsica) is divided into two: Haute-Corse (Upper Corsica) and Corse-du-Sud (Southern Corsica) (15. September 1975)

WGPR in Detroit, Michigan, becomes the world's first black-owned-and-operated television station. (29. September 1975)

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

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

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

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