Mozambique gets its independence.
Tag: 1975
20 June 1975
The film Jaws is released in the United States. It becoming the highest-grossing film of that era.
5 January 1975
Twelve people are killed when a bulk ore carrier runs into The Tasman Bridge in Tasmania, Australia.
14 August 1975
The Rocky Horror Picture Show opens for the first time at the USA Theatre in Westwood, Los Angeles, California.
12 May 1975
The Cambodian navy seizes an American merchant ship SS Mayaguez in international waters.