WHAT ALL HAPPENED MAY TO SEPTEMBER 1975
Find out what all happened May to September 1975

Fifteen West African countries sign the Treaty of Lagos, creating the Economic Community of West African States. (28. May 1975)

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

The Japanese Red Army takes more than 50 hostages at the AIA Building housing several embassies in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The hostages include the U.S. consul and the Swedish Chargé d'affaires. The gunmen win the release of five imprisoned comrades and fly with them to Libya. (4. August 1975)

The United Kingdom holds its first country-wide referendum on remaining in the European Economic Community (EEC). (5. June 1975)

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

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

Cape Verde gains its independence from Portugal. (5. July 1975)

Bangladesh's founder Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is killed along with most members of his family during a military coup. (15. August 1975)

Arthur Ashe becomes the first black man to win the Wimbledon singles title. (5. July 1975)

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

India annexes Sikkim after the mountain state holds a referendum in which the popular vote is in favor of merging with India. (16. May 1975)

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

The Cape Verde Islands, Mozambique, and Sao Tome and Principe join the United Nations. (16. September 1975)

Viking Program: NASA launches the Viking 1 planetary probe toward Mars. (20. August 1975)

Junko Tabei becomes the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest. (16. May 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)

Steve Wozniak tested his first prototype of Apple I computer. (29. June 1975)

Apollo–Soyuz Test Project: An American Apollo and a Soviet Soyuz spacecraft dock with each other in orbit marking the first such link-up between spacecraft from the two nations. (17. July 1975)

The inaugural Cricket World Cup began in England. (7. June 1975)