A LOOK AT THE WORLD IN 1975

In The News 

  • Evacuation of U.S. civilians from Saigon as Communist forces complete takeover of South Vietnam.

  • FBI agents capture Patty Hearst, who is indicted and convicted of bank robbery.

  • Teamster leader Jimmy Hoffa disappears without a trace.

  • Marines rescue the crew of the American ship the Mayaguez near Vietnam.

  • First Lady Betty Ford says in an interview she thinks her children have tried marijuana.

 
Entertainment 
  • Nobel Prize Winner (Literature) -Eugenio Montale - Italy
  • Best Selling Fiction - Ragtime, E.L. Doctorow
  • Best Selling Non-Fiction - Angels: God's Secret Agents, Billy Graham
  • Best Picture - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
  • Best Director - Milos Forman, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
  • Best Actress - Louise Fletcher, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
  • Best Actor - Jack Nicholson, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Sport champions 
  • MLB - Cincinnati Reds
  • NFL - Pittsburgh Steelers
  • NBA - Golden State Warriors
  • NHL - Philadelphia Flyers
  • NCAA-Basketball - UCLA
  • KY Derby - Foolish Pleasure
  • U.S. Open Golf - Lou Graham
  • U.S. Open Tennis (Men) - Manuel Orantes
  • U.S. Open Tennis (Women) - Chris Evert
June 1, 1975:
  • 1975 (01 jun)     Calif Angel Nolan Ryan 4th no-hitter beats Balt Orioles, 1-0
    1975 (01 jun)     Ron Woods replaces Mick Taylor as Rolling Stone guitarist

Deaths which occurred in May 1975:

  • 1975 (16 may)     Michael X (Abdul Malik), hanged in Trinidad, for murder
    1975 (27 may)     Ezzard Charles heavyweight boxing champion, dies at 53 in Chicago
    1975 (28 may)     Roy Roberts actor (Petticoat Junction, Lucy Show), dies at 75

 

 

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Reported: MISSING in ACTION in May 1975

( Expanded with full Bios, history, & MIA report )
 1975    BENEDETT         DANIEL A.         AUBURN KING  WA 

 1975    BLESSING         LYNN              LANCASTER  PA 

 1975    BOYD             WALTER            NORFOLK  VA 

 1975    COPENHAVER       GREGORY S.        PORT DEPOSIT  MD 

 1975    GARCIA           ANDRES            CARLSBAD  NM 

 1975    GAUSE            BERNARD JR.       BIRMINGHAM  AL 

 1975    HALL             GARY L.           COVINGTON  KY 

 1975    HARGROVE         JOSEPH N.         MT OLIVE  NC 

 1975    JACQUES          JAMES J.          DENVER  CO 

 1975    LONEY            ASHTON N.         ALBANY  NY 

 1975    MANNING          RONALD J.         TORONTO  OH 

 1975    MARSHALL         DANNY G.          WAVERLY  WV 

 1975    MAXWELL          JAMES R.          CENTER RIDGE  AR 

 1975    RIVENBURGH       RICHARD W.        SAN DIEGO  CA 

 1975    RUMBAUGH         ELWOOD E.         SPANGLER  PA 

 1975    SANDOVAL         ANTONIO R.        SAN ANTONIO  TX 

 1975    TURNER           KELTON R.         LOS ANGELES  CA 

 1975    VAN DE GEER      RICHARD           COLUMBUS  OH

In May 1975 ...

1975 (01 may)     Islander Parise & Potvin score within 14 seconds in playoffs
           Flyers 5-Isles 4-semifinals-Flyers hold 2-0 lead
1975 (02 may)     Apple records closes down
1975 (04 may)     Flyers 1-Isles 0-Semis-Flyers hold 3-0 lead-Isles held to 14 shots
1975 (06 may)     Bundy victim Lynette Culver disappears from Pocatello, Idaho
1975 (06 may)     Early warnings provided by REACT (ham radio operators) means only 3 people die in tornado that strikes Omaha, Nebraska
1975 (07 may)     Flyers 3-Isles 4 (OT)-Semifinals-Flyers hold 3-1 lead
1975 (07 may)     Small Astronomy Satellite Explorer 53 launched to study X-rays
1975 (09 may)     Brian Oldfield shot puts 22.86 m (world record)
1975 (09 may)     Flyers 1-Isles 5-Semifinals-Flyers hold 3-2 lead
1975 (10 may)     Brian Oldfield of the US put the shot 75,' an unofficial record
1975 (11 may)     Flyers 1-Isles 2-Semifinals-Series tied at 3 games
1975 (11 may)     Israel signs an agreement with European Economic Market
1975 (13 may)     Flyers 4-Isles 1-Semifinals-Flyers win semifinals 4-3
1975 (13 may)     Hail stones as large as tennis balls hit Wernerville Tenn
1975 (15 may)     11th Mayor's Trophy Game, Yanks beat Mets 9-4
1975 (16 may)     Japanese Junko Tabei became 1st woman to reach Mt Everest's summit
1975 (16 may)     Wings release "Listen to What the Man Said" in UK
1975 (17 may)     10cc releases "I'm Not in Love"
1975 (17 may)     Mick Jagger punches a restaurant window, gets 20 stitches
1975 (19 may)     Farm truck packed with wedding party struck by a train, killing 66 in truck, 40 miles south of Poona, India
1975 (21 may)     Lowell W Perry confirmed as chairman of the Equal Opportunity Comm
1975 (22 may)     Ky Colonels beats Ind Pacers in 8th ABA championship, 4 games to 1
1975 (24 may)     Soyuz 18B carries 2 cosmonauts to space station Salyut 4
1975 (25 may)     Warriors beat Bullets for NBA championship, 4 games to 0
1975 (26 may)     Tennis game in the Surrey championships lasts 31 minutes
1975 (27 may)     Paul McCartney releases "Venus & Mars"
1975 (27 may)     Phila Flyers beat Buffalo Sabres 4 games to 2 for the Stanley Cup
1975 (27 may)     Worst motor vehicle disaster in UK; bus full of elderly women plunges
           Dibble's Bridge Yorkshire, killing 38
1975 (30 may)     Wings release "Venus & Mars" album
1975 (31 may)     Fred Newman made 12,874 baskets in a one-day exhibition


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