WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO JULY 1975
Find out what all happened January to July 1975

Vietnam War: Thousands of civilian refugees flee from Quảng Ngãi Province in front of advancing North Vietnamese troops. (2. April 1975)

A bomb blast at Samastipur, Bihar, India, fatally wounds Minister of Railways Lalit Narayan Mishra. (2. January 1975)

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

As North Vietnamese forces close in on the South Vietnamese capital Saigon, the Australian Embassy is closed and evacuated, almost ten years to the day since the first Australian troop commitment to South Vietnam. (25. April 1975)

The first game of the Philippine Basketball Association, the second oldest professional basketball league in the world. (9. April 1975)

Mozambique achieves independence. (25. June 1975)

Bangladeshi Marxist leader Siraj Sikder is arrested and dies while in police custody. (2. January 1975)

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

Fall of Saigon: Communist forces gain control of Saigon. The Vietnam War formally ends with the unconditional surrender of South Vietnamese president Duong Van Minh. (30. April 1975)

Vietnam War: Operation Frequent Wind: The U.S. begins to evacuate U.S. citizens from Saigon prior to an expected North Vietnamese takeover. U.S. involvement in the war comes to an end. (29. April 1975)

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

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

Vietnam War: Operation Baby Lift – A United States Air Force Lockheed C-5A Galaxy transporting orphans, crashes near Saigon, South Vietnam shortly after takeoff; 172 die. (4. April 1975)

Vietnam War: Ho Chi Minh Campaign - North Vietnamese troops attack Ban Me Thuot, South Vietnam, on their way to capturing Saigon on the final push for victory over South Vietnam. (10. March 1975)

Faisal of Saudi Arabia is shot and killed by a mentally ill nephew. (25. March 1975)

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

Sony introduces the Betamax videocassette recorder in Japan. (10. May 1975)

A crucial by-election is held in Kankesanthurai, Sri Lanka. (6. February 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)

An earthquake strikes Himachal Pradesh, India (19. January 1975)