* 1975 – Takeo Miki makes the first official pilgrimage to Yasukuni Shrine by an incumbent prime minister on the anniversary of the end of World War II.

* 1925 – Ross McWhirter, Scottish writer and activist, co-founder of the Guinness World Records ( d. 1975 )

* 1975 – Bobby Fischer refuses to play in a chess match against Anatoly Karpov, giving Karpov the title of World Champion by default.

In 1965, Fuller inaugurated the World Design Science Decade ( 1965 to 1975 ) at the meeting of the International Union of Architects in Paris, which was, in his own words, devoted to " applying the principles of science to solving the problems of humanity.

The World Factbook was first available to the public in print in 1975.

The first Cricket World Cup contest was organised in England in 1975.

The inaugural Cricket World Cup was hosted in 1975 by England, the only nation able to put forward the resources to stage an event of such magnitude at that time.

Born to race car driver Ralph Lee Earnhardt, Earnhardt began his career in 1975 when he drove in the 1975 World 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway as part of the Winston Cup Series ( later the Sprint Cup Series ).

Earnhardt began his professional career at the Winston Cup in 1975, making his debut at the Charlotte Motor Speedway in North Carolina in the longest race on the Cup circuit, the World 600.

* The Strongest Man in the World ( 1975 )

After World War II and a period of international isolation, Franco's regime normalized relations with Western powers in the Cold War, until Franco's death in 1975 and the transformation of Spain into a liberal democracy.

It joined the United Nations in 1974, and the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, and the Organization of American States in 1975.

After World War II and until 1975, the U. S. Navy defined a " frigate " as a type of surface warship larger than a destroyer and smaller than a cruiser ; in other navies, such a ship generally was referred to as a destroyer leader — hence the U. S. Navy's use of " DL " for " frigate " prior to 1975 — while " frigates " in other navies were smaller than destroyers and more like what the U. S. Navy termed a " destroyer escort ", " ocean escort ", or " DE ".

When ICD-9 was published by the World Health Organization ( WHO ), the International Classification of Procedures in Medicine ( ICPM ) was also developed ( 1975 ) and published ( 1978 ).

* 1975 – The inaugural Cricket World Cup begins in England.

He has been awarded a number of prestigious prizes including the Tswett Medal ( 1975 ), an American Chemical Society chromatography award ( 1980 ), the World Meteorological Organization Norbert Gerbier Prize ( 1988 ), the Dr A. H. Heineken Prize for the Environment ( 1990 ) and the Royal Geographical Society Discovery Lifetime award ( 2001 ).

The Reds swept the Pirates in three games to win the 1975 National League Championship Series, and defeated the Boston Red Sox in a memorable seven game World Series.

The history of the communist movement in Cambodia can be divided into six phases: the emergence of the Indochinese Communist Party ( ICP ), whose members were almost exclusively Vietnamese, before World War II ; the 10-year struggle for independence from the French, when a separate Cambodian communist party, the Kampuchean ( or Khmer ) People's Revolutionary Party ( KPRP ), was established under Vietnamese auspices ; the period following the Second Party Congress of the KPRP in 1960, when Saloth Sar ( Pol Pot after 1976 ) and other future Khmer Rouge leaders gained control of its apparatus ; the revolutionary struggle from the initiation of the Khmer Rouge insurgency in 1967 – 68 to the fall of the Lon Nol government in April 1975 ; the Democratic Kampuchea regime, from April 1975 to January 1979 ; and the period following the Third Party Congress of the KPRP in January 1979, when Hanoi effectively assumed control over Cambodia's government and communist party.

The first Limited Overs International ( LOI ) or One-Day International ( ODI ) match was played in Melbourne in 1971, and the quadrennial cricket World Cup began in 1975.

As the World Turns and The Edge of Night were the last to make the switch, in 1975.

The understanding of the Maya that resulted in the use of the 2011 date and the use of the " worlds " concept is due to the influence of Frank Waters's 1975 book Mexico Mystique: The Coming Sixth World of Consciousness, whose elaborate cosmology is selectively utilized in the framework of the Shadowrun universe.

In 1975 Csonka, Kiick, and Warfield left to join the World Football League.

In 1975 Snowbird, Utah hosted the World Freestyle Championships, and ABC Wide World of Sports televised event sponsored by Chevrolet and others.

The golf-course architect was Tom Bendelow, who also designed Medinah Country Club's Course # 3 in Chicago, a 7, 508-yard ( 7, 385 m ) golf course which has hosted three U. S. Opens ( 1949, 1975, 1990 ) and two PGA Championships ( 1999, 2006 ).

Muncie Southside High School also has had success in winning two Wrestling State Championships ( 1975 & 1990 ) a 3a State runner up in 1999 as well as a State Championship in the Class 3A Boys Basketball ( 2001 ).

Lost to consolidation in 1988, Muncie Northside High School also found success in athletics winning three Girls ' Volleyball State Championships ( 1975 – 1978 ) and one Wrestling State Championship ( 1974 ).

* 1973, 1975, 1977, 1979-World Championships All-Star

* 1973, 1975, 1977, 1979-World Championships leading scorer

Wacker won two NAIA Division II National Championships with Texas Lutheran in 1974 and 1975, and two NCAA Division II National Championships with Southwest Texas State in 1981 and 1982.

As a junior, Fetisov competed for the Soviet Union at the European Junior Championships, where he won Top Defenseman honors during the 1975 – 76 season, en route to two consecutive gold medals at the tournament.

The next year saw Keegan scoring goals and representing his club and country, but 1975 was a trophyless season for Liverpool and England failed to qualify for the 1976 European Championships.

The University also hosted the 1975 NCAA Gymnastics National Championships.

In 1975, however, Clemence seemed to be getting the edge, winning eight of the nine caps available under new coach Don Revie, though England failed to reach the 1976 European Championships during this period.

The first official World Championships of the ISMC was carried out in 2002, but prior the 1975 Trofeo Mezzalama was held as a " World Championship of Ski Mountaineering " with the classes " Civilians ", " Soldiers " and " Mountain guides ".

During his club career, Breitner won seven National Championships with Bayern Munich ( 1972, 1973, 1974, 1980, 1981 ) and Real Madrid ( 1975, 1976 ), the Champions ' Cup ( 1974 ) as well as the German ( 1971, 1982 ) and Spanish Cups ( 1975 ).

He also won ten medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with four golds ( C-1 1000 m: 1978, C-2 500 m: 1982, 1983 ; C-2 10000 m: 1985 ), three silvers ( C-1 10000 m: 1981, C-2 1000 m: 1982, 1985 ), and three bronzes ( C-1 10000 m: 1975, 1978 ; C-2 1000 m: 1983 ).

Bowdoin has won the most CBB Championships with 19 ( 1968 – 1971, 1973, 1975 – 1977, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1997, 1998, 2006 – 2008, 2010 ).

The SUNY Canton ice hockey program began in the mid-1960s and has won 15 NJCAA National Championships in: 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1987, 1989, 1992, 1996, 1997, and 2000.

Non-AIAW: National Collegiate Championships were administered from inception in 1975 by the ABC / Women ’ s International Bowling Congress ( now the US Bowling Congress )

The Broadmoor resort was formerly the site of the Broadmoor World Arena, a historic ice arena which hosted the World Figure Skating Championships five times between 1957 and 1975.

Australia had previously hosted the 1971 and 1975 World Snooker Championships, as well as several other high profile snooker tournaments and in 1979 the Australian Masters was established.

Drum Corps International held its annual Drum and Bugle Corps World Championships at the stadium in 1975 and 1976.

The Pittsburgh Triangles of World TeamTennis hosted three Eastern Division Championships at the arena from 1974 through 1976 and the Bancroft Cup finals in 1975, winning the title on August 25, 1975 with paid attendance of 6, 882.