WHAT ALL HAPPENED OCTOBER TO DECEMBER 1975
Find out what all happened October to December 1975

Suriname gains independence from the Netherlands. (25. November 1975)

The Comoros joins the United Nations. (12. November 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)

Indonesia invades East Timor. (7. December 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)

Graham Hill and Tony Brise, along with three other members of the Embassy Hill F1 team, were killed when their plane crashed at Arkley golf course, England, in thick fog. (29. November 1975)

Green March begins: 300,000 unarmed Moroccans converge on the southern city of Tarfaya and wait for a signal from King Hassan II of Morocco to cross into Western Sahara. (6. November 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 Provisional IRA assassinates Ross McWhirter, after a press conference in which McWhirter had announced a reward for the capture of those responsible for multiple bombings and shootings across England. (27. November 1975)

The Soviet unmanned space mission Venera 9 lands on Venus. (22. October 1975)

United Nations Resolution 3379: United Nations General Assembly approves a resolution equating Zionism with racism (the resolution is repealed in December 1991 by Resolution 4686). (10. November 1975)

The 729-foot-long freighter SS Edmund Fitzgerald sinks during a storm on Lake Superior, killing all 29 crew on board. (10. November 1975)

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

A bomb explodes at LaGuardia Airport in New York, New York, killing 11 people and injuring 74. (29. December 1975)

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

The Pathet Lao seizes the Laotian capital of Vientiane, forces the abdication of King Sisavang Vatthana, and proclaims the Lao People's Democratic Republic. (2. December 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)

Syed Nazrul Islam, A. H. M. Qamaruzzaman, Tajuddin Ahmad, and Muhammad Mansur Ali, Bangladeshi politicians and Sheikh Mujibur Rahman loyalists, murdered in the Dhaka Central Jail. (3. November 1975)

Juan Carlos is declared King of Spain following the death of Francisco Franco. (22. November 1975)

East Timor declares its independence from Portugal. (28. November 1975)