Timeline June 1975

Events in June 1975 15

• 1916 – 1975 Paul Keres Estonian chess legend Paul Keres was among the strongest players never to become World Champion. He remained a world-class competitor across several decades and narrowly missed a World Championship match five times.
• 1924 – 1975 Rod Serling (1924-1975) Died 28 June 1975, aged 50 Rod Serling created and hosted "The Twilight Zone," the anthology series that became a landmark of American television. He was also a prolific screenwriter who won multiple Emmy Awards. He died of complications from heart surgery in Rochester, New York.
• 1975 French Open 1975 Men: Björn Borg · Women: Chris Evert
• 1975 Sale of the Century Belgium, Denmark, Netherlands, Norway Four NATO countries choose the F-16 over the Mirage F1, launching the fighter's export career.
• 1975 Syd Barrett visits Abbey Road -- the ghost appears During the recording of Wish You Were Here in June 1975, an obese, shaven-headed stranger wanders into the Abbey Road studio. The band do not recognise him. He is Syd Barrett -- 29 years old, looking 50, transformed beyond recognition by years of mental illness and drug use. He brushes his teeth repeatedly, asks when he will be needed for the recording and eventually leaves. Roger Waters weeps. Gilmour, who married that day, describes the encounter as the most disturbing of his life. Barrett returns to Cambridge shortly afterwards and lives reclusively with his mother until his death in 2006.
• 1975 United Kingdom holds referendum on EEC membership British voters back staying in the Common Market On 5 June 1975 the United Kingdom held its first-ever nationwide referendum, asking voters whether Britain should remain in the European Economic Community. Roughly two-thirds voted to stay, confirming membership secured under Prime Minister Edward Heath in 1973. It would be more than four decades before the UK held another referendum on its European ties.
• 1975 – present Allen Iverson The Answer Cultural icon known for his speed, scoring, and toughness despite his small stature.
• 1975 Eagles release One of These Nights First number one album With Lyin' Eyes and Take It to the Limit.
• 1975 "Jaws" released in theaters Steven Spielberg film becomes first summer blockbuster Steven Spielberg's shark thriller "Jaws" opened in the United States on 20 June 1975 and became the highest-grossing film of its time. Its wide release strategy and saturation advertising established the modern template for the summer blockbuster. The film also popularized John Williams's two-note theme as one of cinema's most recognizable scores.
• 1975 Neil Young releases Tonight's the Night The ditch trilogy A raw, grieving album about friends lost to heroin.
• 1975 – 1998 Marriage to Beverley Cross -- until death Smith marries playwright Beverley Cross on 23 June 1975, just weeks after her divorce from Stephens. They remain married until his death on 20 March 1998 -- a partnership of 23 years that provides the stability her first marriage lacked. When asked in 2013 if she is lonely, she replies, "it seems a bit pointless, going on one's own, and not having someone to share it with."
• 1975 Mozambique declares independence from Portugal Frelimo takes power after liberation war Mozambique became independent on 25 June 1975, ending nearly five centuries of Portuguese colonial rule. The Frelimo movement, which had led the armed independence struggle, formed the new one-party government under Samora Machel. A civil war against Renamo insurgents broke out within a few years.
• 1975 – present Vladimir Kramnik Classical World Chess Champion Vladimir Kramnik defeated Garry Kasparov in 2000 and became known for deep opening preparation and positional understanding.
• 1975 The Band and Bob Dylan release The Basement Tapes Official release The 1967 recordings finally come out officially.
• 1975 Death of Jeff Buckley's father Tim Buckley Aged 8 Tim Buckley died of a heroin overdose on 29 June 1975, aged 28, when Jeff was only eight years old — having met his son only once. The absent father would haunt Jeff's music and sense of identity throughout his life.