August 1975

Saturday 02:

In New Orleans, Louisiana, the Superdome officially opens with an NFL football game between the New Orleans Saints and Houston Oilers.

Sunday 03:

A privately chartered Boeing 707 impacts the mountainside near Agadir, Morocco killing 188.

Monday 04:

The Japanese Red Army takes more than 50 hostages at the AIA building housing several embassies in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The hostages included the U.S. consul and the Swedish charge d'affaires. The gunmen win the release of five imprisoned comrades and fly with them to Libya.

Friday 15:

Miki Takeo makes the first official pilgrimage to Yasukuni Shrine by a sitting prime minister on the anniversary of the end of World War II.

Tuesday 19:

The cricket test match between England and Australia is called off after the pitch is vandalised by supporters of George Davis.

Wednesday 20:

Viking program: NASA launches the Viking 1 planetary probe toward Mars.

Saturday 23:

Successful Communist coup in Laos

Monday 25:

Bruce Springsteen releases Born to Run, the album that would launch him to superstardom.

Thursday 28:

Missionary Armand Doll is imprisoned in Mozambique by Marxist extremists.