News Highlights of 1975
Angola gains its independence from Portugal after centuries of foreign rule.
John N. Mitchell, H.R. Haldeman, and John D. Ehrlichman are sentenced to prison for conspiring to obstruct justice in the Watergate investigation.
Margaret Thatcher is the first woman elected to lead Britain's Conservative Party.
King Faisal of Saudi Arabia is assassinated by a crazed nephew.
The president of South Vietnam, Duong Van Minh, surrenders to the Communists.
The busing of 21,000 students is ordered in Boston to achieve racial balance in the public schools.
Egypt reopens the Suez Canal after eight years.
The Supreme Court rules that paddling of unruly students is acceptable under certain circumstances.
More than $4 million is spent on research by the National Cancer Institute to study the relationship between diet and cancer.
President Ford meets with Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos to renew American use of strategic air and naval bases in the Philippines.
Mood rings are introduced and reach their peak in only a few months, selling more than 20 million before passing from popular fancy. Meanwhile, maintenance-free pet rocks also hit the short-term big time.