1975 жылғы қазан айының оқиғалары

Month of 1975

The following events occurred in October 1975:

In the "Thrilla in Manila", Muhammad Ali retained his world heavyweight boxing championship against former champion Joe Frazier in a boxing match in Manila, the Philippines. Morocco and Mauritania reached a secret agreement to invade the Western Sahara and divide the territory between them, after Spain announced that it would hold a referendum in the Saharan colony. The Gilbert and Ellice Islands, a British protectorate in the South Pacific Ocean, were divided in anticipation of independence. The Gilbert Islands would become the nation of Kiribati, while the Ellice Islands would become Tuvalu. After eight years of construction and the spending of 5.7 billion dollars, the Safeguard Program, anti ballistic missile complex for the United States, became fully operational in Cavalier County, North Dakota with two radar complexes and 32 silos. The U. S. House of Representatives voted the next day to shut down the program, in large part because the radar system was a vulnerable target that would be ineffective during a nuclear war; the site was closed after four months. A blast at a Canadian Industries Ltd. (CIL) explosives factory killed eight employees at McMasterville, Quebec, near Montreal. Ugandan President Idi Amin addressed the United Nations General Assembly in New York, and criticized Zionism for its influence in the United States and the actions by the State of Israel for its occupation of territory that it had captured during the Six Day War. Died: Al Jackson, Jr., 39, American drummer who was a founder of Booker T. & the M. G.'s, died after being shot during a burglary of his home in Memphis.

Professional wrestler Johnny Valentine (John Wisniski), the reigning NWA champion, was paralyzed, and Ric Flair (Richard Fliehr) sustained a broken back, when the plane in which they were riding ran out of gas and crashed at Wilmington, North Carolina, killing the pilot. Despite being advised to give up the pro wrestling circuit, Flair would return to the ring after months of rehabilitation and an alteration of his style, and would go on to fame and fortune as "The Nature Boy". Died: May Sutton, 89, American tennis champion, Wimbledon women singles title 1905 and 1907, U. S. Open singles champion 1904

South Korean serial killer Kim Dae doo, who murdered 14 people in the month of September and 17 total, was arrested the day after claiming his final victim, bringing an end to a killing spree that had started on August 13, 1975. Doug Jarvis played his very first National Hockey League game, with two assists for the Montreal Canadiens in a 9–0 win over the Los Angeles Kings, and then appeared in 964 consecutive games to set the NHL record, finishing on October 10, 1987 with a 4–2 loss for the Hartford Whalers against the New York Islanders. Women were allowed admission into the United States Service academies (at West Point, Annapolis, Colorado Springs, New London and Kings Point) for the first time, as President Ford signed legislation that included the requirement. The defending champions of pro basketball's two rival leagues played in an exhibition game in Louisville, with the ABA Kentucky Colonels beating the NBA champion Golden State Warriors, 93 90. On October 5, 1971, the NBA's Milwaukee Bucks had beaten the ABA's Utah Stars 122 114.

NBC aired the first episode of Saturday Night Live. Comedian George Carlin was the first host, and Billy Preston and Janis Ian were the first musical guests. Bill Clinton, 29, and Hillary Rodham, 27, both professors at the University of Arkansas School of Law in Fayetteville, Arkansas, were married at their home on 930 West California Drive.

Jean Marie Seroney, the Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of Kenya, and another MP, Martin Shikuku, were arrested at their offices in the Parliament building in Nairobi on the orders of President Jomo Kenyatta, who was displeased at their criticism of the government. Both would remain imprisoned until after Kenyatta's death in 1978. Born: Ginuwine (Elgin Baylor Lumpkin), American singer, in Washington, D. C.

The Justices of the United States Supreme Court voted 7–1 to not assign any decisions to the ailing Justice William O. Douglas, and to postpone resolution of any cases where his vote would be important, after the ailing Douglas had been observed falling to sleep during arguments. Douglas did not participate in the vote, and Byron R. White, who wrote a protest to his brethren on the Court, was the only dissenting vote. Douglas was hospitalized again two weeks later and retired from the Court. The Baltimore Claws, newest team in the American Basketball Association, played their third and final exhibition game, losing to the Virginia Squires, 100 88, before a crowd of 500 people. The team folded three days later without ever playing a regular season game.

The U. S. and the U. S. S. R. entered into a five year agreement for the sale of at least 6,000,000 tons of American grain to the Soviets each year. Three Cuban Navy transport ships El Vietnam Heroico, El Coral Island and La Plata brought the first Cuban soldiers to Angola, to support the Marxist MPLA.

Ninety percent of the women in Iceland took part in the first "women's strike", organized by the Red Stockings, a feminist group.

Justin de Jacobis (1800–1860), Italian born missionary to Ethiopia, was canonized as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church.

U. S. President Ford told the National Press Club that he would veto any legislation for a federal bailout of New York City. The next day, the New York Daily News ran the famous headline "FORD TO CITY: DROP DEAD". Peter Sutcliffe, who would become known as the "Yorkshire Ripper", committed his first murder, shattering the skull of Wilma McCann with a hammer in the city of English city of Leeds. He would be arrested on January 2, 1981 and would later be convicted of 13 murders. Martha Moxley, 15, vanished after going to a Halloween party at the home of her neighbor, 15 year old Michael Skakel, in an affluent neighborhood in Greenwich, Connecticut. Her body was found the next day bludgeoned and stabbed with a golf club. Skakel, a wealthy nephew of Ethel Kennedy, would be indicted for Moxley's murder 24 years later. Tried as an adult, Skakel would be convicted in 2002 and given a sentence of 20 years to life. Juan Carlos I of Spain became acting Head of State after dictator Francisco Franco conceded that he is too ill to govern. The Racial Discrimination Act 1975 took effect in Australia. Tun Mustapha resigned as Chief Minister of Sabah, a state in Malaysia, bringing to an end speculation that he would attempt to lead secession for Sabah to become an independent nation. Died: Rolando Masferrer, 57, Cuban exile who published the anti Castro weekly newspaper Libertad in Miami, was killed by a bomb placed under his car. The murder remains unsolved.