- July 17
- American Apollo 18 and Soviet Soyuz 19 spacecraft dock with each other in orbit, marking the first such link-up between spacecraft from the two nations. [1] [5]
- Modoc the elephant dies at age 78 (oldest known nonhuman mammal). [1]
- July 19
- Apollo and Soyuz, linked in orbit for two days, separate. [1]
- July 20
- In the Solomon Islands, magnitude 7.9 and 7.7 earthquakes occurs, with several magnitude 6 quakes following. A local tsunami that demolished every house in the village of Torakina. [53]
- July 25
- A Chorus Line, longest-running Broadway show (6,137), premieres. [1]
- July 29
- Gerald Ford becomes first US president to visit German concentration camp Auschwitz in Poland. [1] [37]
- July 30
- Teamsters President Jimmy Hoffa disappears in suburban Detroit, Illinois. [1]
- August 1
- Helsinki Pact guaranteeing boundaries, rights is signed by 35 nations. [1]
- In Oroville, California, a magnitude 5.8 earthquake occurs. [53]
- August 3
- 500 drown when two river boats collide and sink in China's West River. [1]
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- August 11
- Montreal Expos' Jose Mangual struck out five times in a game. [1]
- US vetoes proposed admission of North and South Vietnam to United Nations. [1]
- August 15
- Sheikh Mujibur Rahiman of Bangladesh killed in a military coup. [1]
- August 20
- Soviet-made Il-62 airliner crashes south of Damascus, Syria, killing 126. [1]
- American Viking 1 launched toward orbit around Mars. [1]
- August 21
- Three-truck pile up kills 10, injures 26 on French highway. [1]
- August 29
- Star in Cygnus goes nova becoming fourth brightest in sky. [1]
- September 3
- Chartered 707 crashes in Atlas Mountains of Morocco, 188 die. [1]
- September 5
- Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme attempts to assassinate US President Gerald Ford in Sacramento, California. [1]
- September 6
- In eastern Turkey, a magnitude 6.7 earthquake occurs. More than 2,000 deaths, 3,400 injuries, and extensive property damage in the Lice area. [1] [53]
- September 9
- Viking 2 is launched toward orbit around Mars. [1]
- September 14
- Mother Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton canonized as first US-born saint. [1]
- September 16
- Papua New Guinea gains independence. [278.93]
- September 17
- Rollout of first space shuttle orbiter Enterprise (OV-101). [1]
- September 18
- FBI captures heiress/bank robber Patricia Campbell Hearst in San Francisco, California. [1] [129]
- September 22
- Sara Jane Moore tries to assassinate US President Gerald Ford in San Francisco, California. [1]
- October 1
- Britain grants internal self-government to Seychelles. [1]
- Ellice Islands split from Gilbert Islands, take name "Tuvalu". [1]
- October 9
- Soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov wins Nobel Peace Prize. [1]
- October 10
- Israel formally signs Sinai accord with Egypt. [1]
- October 12
- Archbishop Oliver Plunkett becomes first Irish-born saint in seven centuries. [1]
- October 21
- Mexico City's first major subway accident takes 26 lives. [1]
- October 24
- Ismail Erez, Turkish ambassador, killed by car bomb in Paris, France. [1]
- October 26
- Anwar Sadat becomes first Egyptian president to officially visit the US. [1]
- October 29
- Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffer kills first victim. [1]
- October 30
- Juan Carlos assumes power in Spain. [1]
- November 10
- Ore ship Edmund Fitzgerald and crew of 29 lost in storm on Lake Superior. [1]
- Palestinian Liberation Organization leader Yasser Arafat addresses United Nations in New York City. [1]
- United Nations General Assembly approves resolution equating Zionism with racism. [1]
- November 11
- Former Portuguese territory Angola becomes independent People's Republic of Angola. [1] [700.395] [1377.116]
- Australian Prime Minister Gough Whitlam is removed by Governor-General Sir John Kerr (first elected Prime Minister removed in 200 years). [1] [1491.28]
- November 14
- Spain abandons the Spanish Sahara. [1]
- November 22
- Juan Carlos is proclaimed King of Spain and head of parliamentary constitutional democracy. [1] [1157.91]
- November 25
- Netherlands grants Surinam independence. [285.229] [349.18]
- November 27
- Death of Ross McWhirter, Guinness Book of Records keeper, by IRA gunmen. [1] [1393.16]
- November 28
- East Timor declares itself independent from Portugal. [240.45]
- November 29
- In Kalapana, Hawaii, a magnitude 7.2 earthquake occurs. [53]
- Kilauea Volcano erupts in Hawaii. [1]
- November 30
- Former Republic of Dahomey proclaims itself People's Republic of Benin. [700.908] [1143.141] [1843.763]
- December 1
- US President Gerald Ford visits People's Republic of China. [1]
- December 2
- Seven South Moluccans hijack train at Wijster Drente, three killed. [1]
- Laos falls to communist forces; King Sisavang Vatthana resigns, Lao People's Democratic Republic proclaimed. [1] [1367.382]
- December 4
- Six South Molukkans occupy Indonesian consulate in The Hague, one dead. [1]
- December 6
- US President Gerald Ford and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger meet with Indonesian president Suharto, agreeing to a planned attack on East Timor. [240.45]
- December 7
- Indonesian army invades and occupies East Timor. [1] [240.45]
- December 10
- Andrei Sakharov's wife Yelena Bonner accepts his Nobel Peace Prize. [1]
- December 12
- Gas stove explodes and starts fire killing 138 (Mecca, Saudi Arabia). [1]
- December 13
- Australian Conservatives and Liberals win parliamentary election. [1]
- USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk. [1]
- December 14
- Six South Moluccan terrorists surrender, after holding 23 hostages for twelve days. [1]
- December 17
- Lynette Fromme is sentenced to life for attempt on US President Gerald Ford's life. [1]
- December 20
- Pope Paul VI names J Willebrands archbishop of Utrecht. [1]
- December 21
- Madagascar adopts constitution. [1]
- December 23
- Richard S Welch, US Central Intelligence Agency station chief in Athens, Greece, is shot dead. [1] [1096.173]
- December 26
- First supersonic transport service (USSR-Tupolev-144). [1]
- December 27
- Explosion at Chasnala Colliery collapses, drowning 350 (Dhanbad, India). [1]
- December 29
- Eleven killed, 75 hurt by terrorist bomb at LaGuardia Airport in New York City, New York. [1]
- December 30
- Constitution of Democratic Republic of Madagascar comes into force. [1]
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