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The following events occurred in January 1975: ==January 1, 1975 (Wednesday)== * Watergate scandal: Former U.S. Attorney General John N. Mitchell, former presidential Chief of Staff H. R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman were found guilty by a jury or 9 women and 3 men, on charges of conspiracy, obstruction of justice, and perjury in the cover-up of the Watergate scandal. Robert C. Mardian, a fourth defendant, was found guilty on one count of conspiracy.〔"4 EX-NIXON AIDES CONVICTED, FACE LONG COVERUP TERMS", ''Pittsburgh Press'', January 2, 1975, p1〕〔"Tapes Tipped the Scales", ''Milwaukee Journal'', January 2, 1975, p1〕 *In college football, the previously-undefeated Alabama Crimson Tide, ranked #1 in the UPI poll and #2 by the AP, lost to #9 Notre Dame, 13-11, in the Orange Bowl, giving Irish coach Ara Parseghian a victory in his final game.〔"End Of Ara Era: Irish Stem Tide", ''Pittsburgh Press'', January 2, 1975, p41〕 The #5 USC Trojans, going for a 2-point conversion rather than kicking an extra point, defeated #3 Ohio State (#2 in UPI), 18-17, to win the Rose Bowl before a crowd of 106,000.〔"Trojans Disdain Tie in 18-17 Victory", ''Milwaukee Journal'', January 2, 1975, p2-1〕 Oklahoma University, ranked #1 by the AP, and was ineligible for a bowl and for a ranking in the UPI Coaches' Poll, while #4 Michigan was not invited to a bowl. *The Khmer Rouge began the campaign that would put it in control of Cambodia, cutting off the supply lines to Phnom Penh.〔Henry Kissinger, ''Years of Renewal'' (Simon and Schuster, 2000) p502〕 *Knighthood was conferred by Queen Elizabeth II on comedian Charlie Chaplin, author P. G. Wodehouse, athlete Roger Bannister, and cricket legend Gary Sobers.〔"Charlie Chaplin, P.G. Wodehouse Knighted", ''St. Petersburg Times'', January 2, 1975, p2-A〕 *In fiction, the 2000 novel ''White Teeth'', by Zadie Smith, opens with Archie Jones making an attempt at suicide on January 1, 1975.〔Zadie Smith, ''White Teeth: A Novel'' (Random House, 2000) p3〕 *The new Constitution of Sweden came into effect.〔Heather Knowles, ''Passport Series: Western Europe'' (Lorenz Educational Press, 2010) p149〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「January 1975」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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