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The following events occurred in October 1975: ==October 1, 1975 (Wednesday)== *''Thrilla in Manila'': Muhammad Ali retained his world heavyweight boxing championship against former champion Joe Frazier in a boxing match in Manila, Philippines.〔''The World Almanac and Book of Facts 1976'' (Newspaper Enterprise Association, 1975) pp950-952〕 *Morocco and Mauritania reached a secret agreement to invade the Western Sahara and divide the territory between them, after Spain announced that it would hold a referendum in the Saharan colony.〔Michael Brecher and Jonathan Wilkenfeld, ''A Study of Crisis'' (University of Michigan Press, 1997) pp119-120〕 *The Gilbert and Ellice Islands, a British protectorate in the South Pacific Ocean, were divided in anticipation of independence. The Gilbert Islands would become the nation of Kiribati, while the Ellice Islands would become Tuvalu.〔Howard Van Trease, ed., ''Atoll Politics: The Republic of Kiribati'' (University of Canterbury and University of the South Pacific, 1993) p9〕 *After eight years of construction and the spending of 5.7 billion dollars, the Safeguard Program, anti-ballistic missile complex for the United States, became fully operational in Cavalier County, North Dakota with two radar complexes and 32 silos.〔"Safeguard Missiles on Firing Line", ''Pacific Stars And Stripes'', October 1, 1975, p6〕 The U.S. House of Representatives voted the next day to shut down the program,〔"City upset over plan to close missile site", ''Tucson (AZ) Daily Citizen'', October 22, 1975, p66〕 in large part because the radar system was a vulnerable target that would be ineffective during a nuclear war; the site was closed after four months.〔Joseph M. Siracusa, ''Nuclear Weapons: A Very Short Introduction'' (Oxford University Press, 2008); Eric Croddy, James J. Wirtz, ''Weapons of Mass Destruction: An Encyclopedia of Worldwide Policy, Technology, and History'' (Volume 2) ABC-CLIO, 2005) p357〕 *Died: Al Jackson, Jr., 39, American drummer who was a founder of Booker T. & the M.G.'s. Jackson was shot during a burglary of his home in Memphis. 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「October 1975」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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