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| 1975 |
| | The MPLA, controlling the capital but not the country, declares itself the government of newly independent Angola | |
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| 1975 |
| | Richard Burton marries Elizabeth Taylor for the second time, five years after divorcing | |
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| 1975 |
| | The republic of Dahomey changes its name to one already famous in African history – Benin | |
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| 1975 |
| | UNITA and the FNLA join forces to set up a rival Angolan government at Huambo, in the south of the country | |
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| 1975 |
| | Chiang Kai-shek dies and is succeeded by his son, Chiang Ching-Kuo, as leader of the republic of China in Taiwan | |
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| 1975 |
| | Anatoly Karpov becomes world chess champion by default when Bobby Fischer fails to defend his title | |
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| 1975 |
| | The king of Morocco sends 350,000 settlers across the border into Western Sahara | |
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| 1975 |
| | The South Vietnamese capital, Saigon, is taken by North Vietnamese forces | |
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| 1975 |
| | South Vietnam surrenders, as President Duong Van Minh broadcasts an order to all South Viernames forces to lay down their arms | |
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| 1975 |
| | The Willis Faber building, by English architect Norman Foster, is completed in Ipswich | |
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