On This Day - What happened 22 December 1975 AD - Historydraft

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Algiers, Algeria
Monday Dec 22, 1975
Carlos the Jackal
The hostages' release
Algiers, Algeria
Monday Dec 22, 1975
On 22 December, the government provided the PFLP and 42 hostages an airplane and flew them to Algiers, as demanded for the hostages' release. Ex-Royal Navy pilot Neville Atkinson, at that time the personal pilot for Libya's leader Muammar al-Gaddafi, flew Carlos and a number of others, including Hans-Joachim Klein, a supporter of the imprisoned Red Army Faction and a member of the Revolutionary Cells, and Gabriele Kröcher-Tiedemann, from Algiers.

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U.S.
Monday Dec 22, 1975
1973 oil crisis
President Ford signs the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA)
U.S.
Monday Dec 22, 1975
President Ford signs the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA) effective February 1976. Authorizes the establishment of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR), participation in the International Energy Program, and oil price regulation.

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U.S.
Monday Dec 22, 1975
1973 oil crisis
Energy Policy and Conservation Act was passed
U.S.
Monday Dec 22, 1975
In 1975, the Energy Policy and Conservation Act was passed, leading to the creation of the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards that required improved fuel economy for cars and light trucks.

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