Henkels & McCoy corporate headquarters addition is completed. The total square footage is now five times the original office space to accommodate the growing lines of business. Executives and staff begin to populate the building beginning in early February

January
Nixon loyalists, H.R. Haldeman, John Erlichman, John Mitchell, and Robert Maridian are convicted of conspiracy in Watergate.

February 11
Margaret Thatcher becomes the first woman to lead a British political party.

February 27
Attorney General Levi announces that the late J. Edgar Hoover kept secret files on the private lives of presidents and congressmen.

March 27
Construction begins on the 800-mile Trans-Alaska Pipeline System. The 48-inch diameter pipeline is designed and constructed to move oil from the North Slope of Alaska to the northern most ice-free port of Valdez, Alaska. The pipeline will cross three mountain ranges and over 800 rivers and streams. The $8 billion pipeline will be completed on May 31, 1977.

April 30
The South Vietnamese government surrenders to North Vietnam; US embassy Marine guards and the last US civilians are evacuated. Left: perched atop the US Embassy in Saigon, a helicopter takes on a few fortunate passengers.

June 24
113 passengers and crew are killed when an Eastern Airlines 727 crashes while landing at NYC's JFK airport.

July 15
In a combined effort the United States joins with the Soviet Union for the Apollo-Soyuz space mission.

July 31
Former Teamsters president Jimmy Hoffa is reported missing.

September 5 and 22
President Ford escapes two assassination attempts that take place 17 days apart.

October 1
Thrilla in Manilla – Considered by many as the greatest fight in boxing history Muhammed Ali defeated Joe Frazier to maintain the Heavyweight Championship of the World.

November 3
President Ford announces that George H. W. Bush will take over William Colby’s position as CIA Director, and that Brent Scowcroft will replace Henry Kissinger and National Security Council.

December 29
At New York’s LaGuardia Airport a bomb explodes killing 11 and injuring 75.

ALSO IN 1975:
The world’s first home computer --The Altair -- is invented. It is a kit that purchasers assemble, with no screen or printer.

Disposable razors are invented.

Computerized Supermarket screens are introduced.

Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975 is passed, setting importation quotas on petroleum.

Over 8,000 ceramic warriors are found in China. The life sized statues are of ancient warriors along with over 10,000 artifacts of gold, jade, silk, and iron.

Transmission testing begins on the T4M, the highest-capacity, short-haul digital transmission system in the US. The new system, linking Newark, N.J. to New York City transmits 274 million "bits" of information per second over a single coaxial tube.

Microsoft is founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen.

The beginning of fiber optics trials begin in Europe and US.

Desktop computer is invented.
 
Disco takes off as the Bee Gees and Donna Summer crank out disco hit after disco hit.

McDonald’s opens first drive through fast food restaurant, in Arizona.

The very last manual telco switchboard is retired, in Maine.

Fiber optics trials begin in Europe and US.

The Dorset Police Department (England) installs the first non-experimental fiber optic link for its police communication system.

A Fool and His Money I:
New Yorker Joshua Reynolds develops and markets the original Mood Ring. Mood rings contain a heat-sensitive liquid crystal encased in quartz. As the body temperature of the owner changed, the crystals change colors. The colors are said to correspond to the wearer's mood at the time. Shoppers, in a buying mood, ensure that the product becomes a mini-hit.