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1975 Formula One season

1975 FIA Formula One World Championship; 14 races, 12 January to 5 October 1975. Niki Lauda won his first Drivers' title with 64.5 points in the Ferrari 312T, and Ferrari took the Constructors' title with 72.5 points.

1975 Haicheng earthquake

The 1975 Haicheng earthquake was a magnitude 7.3 earthquake that struck Haicheng, Liaoning Province, China, in February 1975, widely regarded as the first major earthquake successfully predicted, allowing an evacuation that sharply reduced casualties.

1975 Icelandic women's strike

Kvennafrí (Women's Day Off), the 1975 Icelandic women's strike on October 24, when about 90% of Icelandic women stopped paid and domestic work; 25,000 rallied in Reykjavík, leading to a 1976 equal rights law.

1975 in film

1975 in film: the year of Jaws, the first modern summer blockbuster ($280M domestic, $490.7M worldwide), One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Barry Lyndon, Nashville, Jeanne Dielman, Cannes Palme d'Or Chronicle of the Years of Fire, and the Betamax launch.

1975 in spaceflight

1975 in spaceflight ended the Apollo era with Apollo–Soyuz, the last US crewed flight before the Shuttle, while Venera 9 photographed Venus and 132 launches flew worldwide.

1975 Lice earthquake

The 1975 Lice earthquake struck Lice in Diyarbakır Province, southeastern Turkey, on September 6, 1975, destroying most of the town and killing more than 2,000 people.

1975 New York City fiscal crisis

The 1975 New York City fiscal crisis was the collapse of the city's access to credit in spring 1975, when investors bought only a fraction of its short-term notes.

1975 Nigerian civil service purge

The 1975 Nigerian civil service purge removed roughly 10,000 public servants after General Murtala Muhammed seized power from Yakubu Gowon on 29 July 1975, ending security of tenure.

1975 Peruvian coup d'état

The 1975 Peruvian coup d'état, known as the Tacnazo, was a bloodless military coup in which General Francisco Morales Bermúdez deposed President Juan Velasco Alvarado.

1975 United Kingdom European Communities membership referendum

The 1975 UK European Communities membership referendum, also called the Common Market referendum, was held on 5 June 1975 under the Referendum Act 1975; 67.2% voted to stay in the EEC on a 64% turnout, the first UK-wide referendum.

1975 World Series

The 1975 World Series: Cincinnati Reds beat Boston Red Sox 4-3 in seven games, with Carlton Fisk's 12th-inning Game 6 walk-off homer and Joe Morgan's Game 7 ninth-inning single; Pete Rose was MVP.

1975 World Trade Center fire

Arson office fire of February 13, 1975 on the 11th floor of WTC 1, the World Trade Center North Tower; burned three hours, spread via telephone cable shaft to floors 9-16, injured 28 firefighters, and prompted the 1976 Port Authority sprinkler and compartmentation upgrades.

1975–76 United States network television schedule

The 1975–76 United States network television schedule covers ABC, CBS, and NBC primetime from September 1975 to August 1976: first 22-hour weekly schedule, ABC edging CBS in ratings, Rich Man Poor Man, and SNL's debut.

1976

1976 (MCMLXXVI), a leap year: US bicentennial, Carter defeats Ford, Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai die, Gang of Four expelled, Tangshan earthquake kills ~242,000, Viking 1 lands on Mars, Apple Computer founded, Concorde service begins.

1976 Argentine coup d'état

The 1976 Argentine coup d'état (March 24, 1976) overthrew Isabel Perón and installed the Proceso de Reorganización Nacional junta under Videla, Massera, and Agosti, whose 1976–1983 dictatorship disappeared thousands and was later prosecuted.

1976 Bali earthquake

The 1976 Bali earthquake, also called the Seririt earthquake, was a magnitude 6.5 earthquake that struck northern Bali, Indonesia on 14 July 1976, killing several hundred people.

1976 Big Thompson River flood

The 1976 Big Thompson River flood was a flash flood that struck Big Thompson Canyon between Estes Park and Drake, Colorado, on July 31, 1976, killing 144 people.

1976 Chimaltenango earthquake

The 1976 Chimaltenango earthquake, also called the 1976 Guatemala earthquake, was a magnitude 7.5 quake that struck Guatemala on 4 February 1976, killing about 23,000 people.

1976 Chowchilla kidnapping

The 1976 Chowchilla kidnapping: three wealthy young men abducted 26 schoolchildren and driver Ed Ray near Chowchilla, California, buried them in a Livermore quarry van for a $5 million ransom; all escaped by digging out.

1976 Constitution of Cuba

The 1976 Constitution of Cuba (Constitución de la República de Cuba) is the socialist constitution adopted by referendum on 24 February 1976, which organized state power around the Assemblies of People's Power.

1976 Democratic Party presidential primaries

1976 Democratic presidential primaries: Jimmy Carter, a former Georgia governor, won the post-McGovern-Fraser primary-dominated process over about 17 rivals including Udall, Jackson, Wallace, and Brown, taking 2,239 delegates and the nomination.

1976 Ebola outbreak

The 1976 Ebola outbreak refers to two epidemics in Nzara, Sudan, and Yambuku, Zaire, the first recognized Ebola outbreaks, from which Ebola virus was identified and named.

1976 Formula One season

1976 Formula One World Championship: 16 races, won by James Hunt (McLaren Ford, 69 points) over Niki Lauda (Ferrari, 68) after Lauda's fiery Nürburgring crash; Ferrari took the constructors' title; Tyrrell P34 six-wheeler debuted.

1976 Friuli earthquake

The 1976 Friuli earthquake was a magnitude 6.4–6.5 quake that struck northeastern Italy near Gemona del Friuli on 6 May 1976, killing about 989 people and leaving 150,000 homeless.

1976 German Grand Prix

1976 German Grand Prix, Formula One race at the Nürburgring Nordschleife on 1 August 1976; James Hunt won from pole, Niki Lauda suffered his near-fatal crash, and it was the last German GP on the Nordschleife.

1976 in film

1976 in film: the year of Rocky's Best Picture win, Taxi Driver and Network, Lina Wertmuller's first female Best Director nomination, the Steadicam debut, Futureworld's 3D CGI, and JVC's first VHS releases.

1976 Irian Jaya earthquake

The 1976 Irian Jaya earthquake was a magnitude 7.1 earthquake that struck the remote Highlands of Irian Jaya, now Indonesian Papua, on 25 June 1976, triggering landslides that killed thousands.

1976 Japanese Grand Prix

1976 Japanese Grand Prix (F1世界選手権・イン・ジャパン), Formula One race, 24 October 1976, Fuji Speedway, final round of 1976 season. Andretti won; Hunt finished third to beat Lauda by one point for the title.

1976 Jordan, Iowa tornado

1976 Jordan, Iowa tornado: F5 tornado of June 13, 1976, in Boone County, Iowa; 17-mile path through Jordan, nine injured, no deaths, paired with an anticyclonic F3 tornado.