Juan Carlos is declared King of Spain following the death of Francisco Franco two days earlier. Juan Carlos I, born in 1938 in Rome, became…
Tag: 1975
2 January 1975
The Federal Rules of Evidence are approved by the United States Congress. The Federal Rules of Evidence (FRE) are a comprehensive set of guidelines established…
5 July 1975
Arthur Ashe becomes the first black man to win the Wimbledon singles title. Arthur Ashe was famous for being an American professional tennis player. He…
22 December 1975
U.S. President Gerald Ford creates the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in response to the 1970s energy crisis.
30 July 1975
Jimmy Hoffa disappears from the parking lot of the Machus Red Fox restaurant in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit, at about 2:30 p.m….
20 June 1975
The film Jaws is released in the United States, becoming the highest-grossing film of that time and starting the trend of films known as “summer…
16 October 1975
The Australian Coalition sparks a constitutional crisis when they vote to defer funding for the government’s annual budget.
20 June 1975
The film Jaws is released in the United States, becoming the highest-grossing film of that time and starting the trend of films known as “summer…
5 January 1975
The Tasman Bridge in Tasmania, Australia, is struck by the bulk ore carrier Lake Illawarra, killing twelve people [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tasman_Bridge_disaster’]