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The following events occurred in September 1975: ==September 1, 1975 (Monday)== *The Republic of the North Solomons was declared on Bougainville Island, two weeks before Papua New Guinea was to become independent from Australia. District Commissioner Alexis Sarei was named as President. After failing to get recognition from any other nation, the North Solomons would agree to return to Papuan control in August 1976, with some autonomy for Bougainville.〔K. R. Howe and Robert C. Kiste, ''Tides of History: The Pacific Islands in the Twentieth Century'' (University of Hawaii Press, 1994) p. 217〕 *The Turnhalle Constitutional Conference began in Windhoek between white, black and coloured residents to discuss the future of South West Africa (now Namibia).〔Max Du Preez, ''Pale Native: Memories of a Renegade Reporter'' (Zebra Books, 2003) p. 92〕 *During an unsuccessful attempt to overthrow the government of Ecuador, 30 people were killed and at least 80 wounded. The Armed Forces Chief of Staff, General Raul Gonzalez Alvear, and his brother-in-law General Alejandros Solis, led the early morning uprising against President Guillermo Rodríguez Lara, attacking the Presidential Palace in Quito with 10 tanks. Rodríguez Lara had been able to escape his residence before the attackers arrived, fled to Riobamba and rallied the Air Force and Navy to make a counterattack at midday.〔"Ecuador Chief Crushes Revolt", ''Milwaukee Sentinel'', September 2, 1975, p. 2〕 Rodríguez Lara would be forced out of office four months later, on January 11, 1976.〔George M. Lauderbaugh, ''The History of Ecuador'' (ABC-CLIO, 2012) p. 134〕 *USAF Lieutenant General Daniel "Chappie" James was promoted, becoming the first African-American four-star general. General James, who was named the commander of NORAD, and would retire on February 2, 1978. Sadly, he died 24 days after his retirement.〔Paul Finkelman,''Encyclopedia of African American History, 1896 to the Present: From the Age of Segregation to the Twenty-First Century'' (Oxford University Press, 2007) p. 10〕 *Frank Zeidler who had served as Mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, from 1949 to 1961, was nominated as the presidential candidate for the Socialist Party USA.〔"Socialists Tap Zeidler for President", ''Milwaukee Sentinel'', September 2, 1975, p. 1〕 *The crash of an East German Interflug Airlines TU-134 jetliner killed 26 of 34 people on board, most of them West German businessmen who were on their way to Leipzig for a trade show.〔"26 Die in German Plane Crash", ''Milwaukee Sentinel'', September 2, 1975, p. 3〕 *The Concorde became the first airplane to cross the Atlantic Ocean four times in a single day. The supersonic aircraft flew the 2,375 miles from London to Gander, Newfoundland in 2 hours, 19 minutes, refueled and received maintenance, and flew back. The double crossing was completed 13 hours and 59 minutes after it began.〔"Concorde logs 4 round trips", ''Bangor (ME) Daily News'', September 3, 1975, p. 28〕 *The "Sinai II" agreement was initialed by Egypt's President Sadat, the day after it had been initialed by Israel's Prime Minister Rabin.〔Henry Kissinger, ''Years of Renewal'' (Simon and Schuster, 1999) p. 452〕 *''Ursus arctos horribilis'', the North American brown bear, more commonly known at the grizzly bear, was placed on the U.S. Endangered Species List as a "threatened species".〔Robert H. Busch, ''The Grizzly Almanac'' (Globe Pequot, 2004) p. 189〕 *Born: Natalie Bassingthwaighte, Australian actress and singer, in Wollongong 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「September 1975」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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