1 January 1975Watergate Cover-Up TrialKenneth Parkinson
Is acquitted while other defendants in the Watergate cover-up trial are convicted.
Historical records for United States of America in 1975, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Is acquitted while other defendants in the Watergate cover-up trial are convicted.
Acquitted of all charges
Releases Blood on the Tracks.
Releases Tangled Up in Blue on Blood on the Tracks.
Signs the United States instrument of ratification for the Biological Weapons Convention.
Signs the United States instrument of ratification for the 1925 Geneva Protocol.
The CIA was worried about the prosecution of Clay Shaw - CIA Director Helms assistant Victor Marchetti revealed in the 1975 that Helms held meetings where he would ask "are we giving them all the help we can?"
The CIA was worried about the prosecution of Clay Shaw - CIA Director Helms assistant Victor Marchetti revealed in the 1975 that Helms held meetings where he would ask "are we giving them all the help we can?"
Works on Young Americans as Bowie explores soul and funk with American musicians.
Mariner 10 obtains some of its highest-resolution Mercury images during the mission's third and closest flyby.
Magnetic measurements from Mariner 10's final close encounter confirm Mercury's internally generated field and magnetospheric structure.
Ground controllers turn off Mariner 10's transmitter after the spacecraft exhausts its attitude-control gas following three Mercury encounters.
The Biological Weapons Convention enters into force, banning development, production and stockpiling of biological and toxin weapons.
Dick Gregory and associates submitted photographic material to the Rockefeller Commission alleging that Hunt and Sturgis resembled men detained in Dallas.
The Rockefeller Commission investigated claims that Sturgis and E. Howard Hunt had been present near the Kennedy assassination scene.
Sturgis was interviewed during the Rockefeller Commission's examination of allegations connecting him with the Kennedy assassination.
Asks Congress for emergency aid for South Vietnam
The American Ambassador & his staff are evacuated by helicopter from Phnom Penh
Speaking in New Orleans says that the war is "finished"
Hunt eventually spent 33 months in prison at the low-security Federal Prison Camp at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, on a conspiracy charge, arriving there on April 25, 1975
Hunt eventually spent 33 months in prison at the low-security Federal Prison Camp at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, on a conspiracy charge, arriving there on April 25, 1975
Arrives at the federal prison camp at Eglin Air Force Base to serve imprisonment arising from his Watergate conspiracy conviction.
Killed in a rocket attack at Tan Son Nhut during the final evacuation period
Killed in a rocket attack at Tan Son Nhut during the final evacuation period
Oversees the final US embassy evacuation from Saigon
Faces the fall of Saigon and the end of the Vietnam War
The Rockefeller Commission examined photographic comparisons used to claim that Sturgis was one of the three men detained near Dealey Plaza.
Spains Manuel Orantes wins U.S. Open, beating Jimmy Connors in 3 sets
"Thank God Im a Country Boy," by John Denver hits #1
Sings on One of These Nights, the album that turns Eagles into international stars.
In an interview with New York Daily News reporter Paul Meskil Sturgis stated, I was a spy.
In an interview with New York Daily News reporter Paul Meskil Sturgis stated, I was a spy.
In a June 20, 1975, newspaper interview, Sturgis described himself as a spy, a claim that attracted additional attention to his intelligence associations.
Cher divorces Sonny Bono
Cher divorces Sonny Bono
The Rockefeller Commission found no credible evidence supporting allegations that the CIA, Hunt, or Sturgis participated in President Kennedy's assassination.
The Rockefeller Commission reported that Sturgis was not a CIA employee or agent in 1963 or at any other time.
Serves as command module pilot on Apollo-Soyuz.
Finally reaches orbit as docking module pilot on Apollo-Soyuz.
Commands the American Apollo spacecraft in the joint mission.
Speaks with the Apollo-Soyuz crews after docking.
Oversees NASA during the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project.
The Treaty of Helsinki establishes the Conference on Security & Co-operation in Europe
The Declaration covers human rights
The Declaration covers human rights
Releases Born to Run, the album that brings his first major commercial breakthrough.
Kissinger succeeds in bringing the Israelis & Egyptians to the negotiating table
Kissinger, Rabin & Peres agree the withdrawal of Israel from Sinai
Reaches number one in the United States with Fame, co-written with John Lennon and Carlos Alomar.
Appears on the covers of Time and Newsweek in the same week during the Born to Run breakthrough.
Joins Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue.
Begins the Rolling Thunder Revue tour.
Appears on Soul Train, becoming one of the few white British rock artists to perform on the programme.
Sentenced to life in prison for her attempted assassination of President Ford
Hosty was questioned during congressional investigation of whether the FBI had withheld information about Oswald's note from the Warren Commission.
Congressional questioning examined why the existence and destruction of Oswald's note had not been disclosed to the Warren Commission
In congressional testimony, Hosty maintained that he destroyed the Oswald note after being instructed to do so by his Dallas superior.
Hosty told investigators that he remembered the note as a complaint and did not recall language threatening violence against the FBI.
Congressional inquiry recorded conflicting recollections about whether Oswald's note was merely a complaint or contained a threat.
Congressional investigators compared Hosty's recollection of the note with a former Dallas FBI receptionist's more threatening account of its contents.
Investigators confronted the conflict between Hosty's claim that Shanklin ordered destruction of the note and Shanklin's denial of prior knowledge.
Wins the Academy Award for Best Director for The Godfather Part II.
Kissinger succeeds in bringing the Israelis & Egyptians to the negotiating table. Decides to send arms to support the FNLA in Angola
Helps found Blondie
Releases Bongo Fury with Captain Beefheart, combining studio material with recordings from their joint tour.
Plays piano on Born to Run after joining the E Street Band during the album's long recording period.
Releases "Born to Run"
Drums on Born to Run, helping create the powerful E Street Band sound of the breakthrough era.
The 1975 Rockefeller Commission report found that "Frank Sturgis was not an employee or agent of the CIA either in 1963 or at any other time
Shaw's family donated his papers to the National Archives, creating an archival collection documenting his finances, writings, trial, and acquittal.
Converts to Sunni Islam
Converts to Sunni Islam
Leaves Eagles after the One of These Nights period as the band moves toward a harder rock direction.
Appointed Director of the CIA
With Elizabeth Roemer, discovers the Jovian moon later named Themisto before it is temporarily lost.
Pacino stars in Dog Day Afternoon, based on the true story of bank robber John Wojtowicz, directed by Sidney Lumet
Pacino stars in Dog Day Afternoon, based on the true story of bank robber John Wojtowicz, directed by Sidney Lumet
Joins Eagles after Bernie Leadon leaves, adding a tougher rock guitar style to the band.
Obtains her Masters Degree in political science from the University of Notre Dame
Hunt continued serving his Watergate sentence in the federal prison system after multiple transfers among detention and correctional facilities.
Develops the twin-lead guitar style with Brian Robertson on Fighting.
Golden Globe Award, wins Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Drama Series for Police Woman
Appointed New York State Secretary
Reported to be unsettled by the effect that the assassinations of John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, and Martin Luther King, Jr. had on the nation, Gonzalez pushed in 1975 for a House committee study
The Indonesian army responds with indiscriminate massacres, it is said that some 200,000 East Timorese lose their lives during the 24-year occupation, due to starvation and army massacres. Suharto discusses the invasion with Kissinger and President Ford in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta, Ford and Kissinger make clear that US relations with Indonesia would remain strong
Marries Bill Clinton
Marries Hillary Clinton
Mariner 10 data provide detailed maps of roughly forty-five percent of Mercury's surface, leaving much of the planet unseen.
Releases Metal Machine Music, an abrasive double album built from guitar feedback and electronic noise.
Decides to send arms to support the FNLA in Angola
Releases One Size Fits All, featuring complex compositions performed by one of his most technically accomplished touring bands.
Public and congressional attention focused on Hosty after disclosure that the note delivered by Oswald before the assassination had been destroyed.
The 1975 Rockefeller Commission report found that "Frank Sturgis was not an employee or agent of the CIA either in 1963 or at any other time
Suharto discusses the invasion with Kissinger and President Ford in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta, Ford and Kissinger make clear that US relations with Indonesia would remain strong
Appointed United States Secretary of State for Defence, 1st term
Serves on the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Sings lead on Take It to the Limit, one of his defining Eagles performances.
Directs and stars in The Eiger Sanction, an action thriller set partly on mountain climbs.
"The Fight"
Reviews private and federal uranium-enrichment policy.
Winner of the womens US tennis open
Ali defeats Frazier during the "thriller in Manila"
Works on navigation planning for gravity-assist trajectories through the outer Solar System.
Publication of "Why Not the Best?"
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