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By Barry Boyce,
CyclingRevealed Historian |
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| Date |
Race |
Winner |
Distance |
| March 19, 1975 |
Milan-San Remo |
Eddy Merckx (Bel) |
288 km |
| April 6, 1975 |
Tour of Flanders |
Eddy Merckx (Bel) |
255 km |
| April 13, 1975 |
Paris-Roubaix |
Roger De Vlaeminck (Bel) |
277 km |
| April 20, 1975 |
Liege-Bastogne-Liege |
Eddy Merckx (Bel) |
246 km |
| April 22-May 11, 1975 |
Vuelta a Espana |
Agustine Tamames (Spa) |
19 Stages,
3,076 km |
| May 17-June 7, 1975 |
Giro d'Italia |
Fasusto Bertoglio (Ita) |
21 Stages,
3,963 km |
| June 26-July 20, 1975 |
Tour de France |
Bernard Thevenet (Fra) |
22 Stages,
3,996 km |
| August 31, 1975 |
World
Championships |
Hennie Kuiper (Ned) |
Yvoir, Belgium 266 km |
October 11, 1975 |
Giro
di Lombardia |
Francesco Moser (Ita) |
Milan-Como,
266 km |
• Watergate Break-in Trial - former Whitehouse officials John Mitchell, H. R. Haldeman, and John Ehrlichman were convicted of complicity in the Watergate break-in cover-up.
• Presidential Assassination Attempts - September 5, 1975, Lynnette “Squeaky” Fromme, a Charles Manson Family member, tried unsuccessfully to assassinate US President Gerald Ford in Sacramento, California. September 22, 1975, Sara Jane Moore tried unsuccessfully to assassinate President Ford.
• NYC Bomb - December 29, 1975 , an unexplained bomb devastated LaGuardia Airport in New York City, killing 11 people and seriously wounding 80 others. No person or radical group has ever claimed responsibility for the bombing. To date, the case has never been solved.
Notable Deaths -
* World Road Race Champion: Heinz Muller, 1924-1975, the World Champion in 1952.
Generalissimo Francisco Franco, 1892-1975, was the dictator of Spain from 1939 until his death on November 20, 1975.
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