WHAT ALL HAPPENED SEPTEMBER TO OCTOBER 1975
Find out what all happened September to October 1975

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, which was later upgraded to honorable. (8. September 1975)

Sacramento, California: Lynette Fromme attempts to assassinate U.S. President Gerald Ford. (5. September 1975)

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

The Seychelles gain internal self-government. The Ellice Islands split from Gilbert Islands and take the name Tuvalu. (1. October 1975)

Patty Hearst is arrested after a year on the FBI Most Wanted List. (18. September 1975)

The Spaghetti House siege, in which nine people are taken hostage, takes place in London. (28. September 1975)

Papua New Guinea joins the United Nations. (10. October 1975)

The Australian Coalition opposition parties using their senate majority, vote to defer the decision to grant supply of funds for the Whitlam Government's annual budget, sparking the 1975 Australian constitutional crisis. (16. October 1975)

The Hughes (later McDonnell-Douglas, now Boeing) AH-64 Apache makes its first flight. (30. September 1975)

Papua New Guinea gains its independence from Australia. (16. September 1975)

The NBC sketch comedy/variety show Saturday Night Live debuts with George Carlin as the host and Andy Kaufman, Janis Ian and Billy Preston as guests. (11. October 1975)

Al Jackson, Jr. (Booker T. & the M.G.'s), was shot fatally five times in the back in his own home. (1. October 1975)

The first prototype of the MiG-31 interceptor makes its maiden flight. (16. September 1975)

The Cape Verde Islands, Mozambique, and Sao Tome and Principe join the United Nations. (16. September 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)

The Balibo Five, a group of Australian television journalists based in the town of Balibo in the then Portuguese Timor (now East Timor), are killed by Indonesian troops. (16. October 1975)

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

Rahima Banu, a two-year old girl from the village of Kuralia in Bangladesh, is the last known person to be infected with naturally occurring smallpox. (16. October 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)

Thrilla in Manila: Muhammad Ali defeats Joe Frazier in a boxing match in Manila, Philippines. (1. October 1975)