Year in review
1975
8 recaps from this year - events, occasions, and cultural moments.
1975Lebanese Civil War Begins
Lebanese Civil War Begins
1975Fall of Saigon & Vietnam War Ends
North Vietnamese forces captured Saigon on April 30th, formally ending the Vietnam War and reshaping Cold War geopolitics across Southeast Asia.
1975Death of Franco; Spain Transitions to Democracy
Franco's death enabled Spain's peaceful transformation from authoritarian rule to a modern constitutional monarchy without civil conflict.
1975Khmer Rouge Establishes Kampuchea
The Khmer Rouge takeover initiated one of the 20th century's most devastating genocides, killing approximately two million Cambodians in a failed agrarian utopia.
1975Personal Computer Revolution Begins
The Altair 8800 and subsequent early microcomputers democratized computing power, shifting control from corporations to individuals and enabling the software industry.
1975Microsoft Founded
Gates and Allen launched the software company that would dominate personal computing and reshape the global technology industry.
1975Soyuz-Apollo Test Project
The docking of Soviet and American spacecraft symbolized Cold War détente and inaugurated sustained space cooperation.
1975Spanish Transition to Democracy
Spain's peaceful transition from Franco's 36-year dictatorship to constitutional democracy became a model for post-authoritarian political reform across Eastern Europe and Latin America.