Memory Lane
Except
where indicated, the source of this information
is infoplease.com
Key
Events of 1974 - 1975
President Gerald
Ford grants "full, free, and absolute
pardon" to ex-President Nixon (Sept. 8).
Edmund G. (Jerry)
Brown, Jr. elected governor of California
(November 5).
John N. Mitchell,
H. R. Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman found guilty
of Watergate cover-up (January 1).
Altair, the first
personal computer, is announced in "Popular
Electronics" (January 1); Bill Gates and
Paul Allen finish BASIC, the first computer
language program written for a personal computer
(February 1); "Micro-soft" formed later
in the year. (Source)
Pol Pot and Khmer
Rouge take over Cambodia (April).
The city of Saigon
is surrendered and remaining Americans are
evacuated, ending the Vietnam War (April 30).
American merchant
ship Mayaguez, seized by Cambodian forces, is
rescued in operation by US Navy and Marines, 38
of whom are killed (May 15).
| 1975
Nobel Peace Prize: Andrei
Sakharov (USSR) Cost of a first-class stamp:
$0.10
Average
gas mileage for passenger vehicles: 13.52
MPG (Source)
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1975
Sports
Super
Bowl:
Pittsburgh d. Minnesota (16-6)
World
Series:
Cincinnati d. Boston Red Sox (4-3)
NBA
Championship:
Golden State Warriors d. Washington Bullets (4-0)
Stanley
Cup:
Philadelphia d. Buffalo (4-2)
Wimbledon:
Women: Billie Jean King d. Evonne Goolagong
Cawley (6-0, 6-1)
Men: Arthur Ashe
d. Jimmy Connors (6-1, 6-1, 5-7, 6-4)
Kentucky
Derby Champion:
Foolish Pleasure
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