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  • Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.
    Nov, 1975
    Bill Gates

    A leave of absence

    Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.
    Nov, 1975

    Gates took a leave of absence from Harvard to work with Allen at MITS in Albuquerque in November 1975. Allen named their partnership "Micro-Soft" (a combination of "microcomputer" and "software"), with their first office located in Albuquerque.




  • Aspen, Colorado, U.S.
    Nov, 1975
    Ted Bundy

    Three principal Bundy investigators met in Aspen

    Aspen, Colorado, U.S.
    Nov, 1975

    In November, the three principal Bundy investigators—Jerry Thompson from Utah, Robert Keppel from Washington, and Michael Fisher from Colorado—met in Aspen, Colorado and exchanged information with 30 detectives and prosecutors from five states.




  • U.S.
    Monday Nov 10, 1975
    United Nations

    United Nations General Assembly Resolution 3379

    U.S.
    Monday Nov 10, 1975

    Third World nations organized into the Group of 77 coalition under the leadership of Algeria, which briefly became a dominant power at the UN. On 10 November 1975, a bloc comprising the USSR and Third World nations passed a resolution, over the strenuous US and Israeli opposition, declaring Zionism to be racism; the resolution was repealed on 16 December 1991, shortly after the end of the Cold War.




  • New York, U.S.
    Friday Nov 14, 1975
    Russell Bufalino

    The police stopped a car driven by Bufalino

    New York, U.S.
    Friday Nov 14, 1975

    The police stopped a car driven by Bufalino, whose passengers included Genovese and three other men, at a roadblock as they left the estate; Bufalino said that he had come to visit his sick friend, Barbara. All those apprehended were fined, up to $10,000 each, and given prison sentences ranging from three to five years.




  • Madrid, Spain
    Thursday Nov 20, 1975
    Juan Carlos I

    Franco's Death

    Madrid, Spain
    Thursday Nov 20, 1975

    Franco died on 20 November, three weeks after giving full control to Juan.




  • Madrid, Spain
    Thursday Nov 20, 1975
    Francisco Franco

    Death

    Madrid, Spain
    Thursday Nov 20, 1975

    Officially, he died a few minutes after midnight on 20 November 1975 from heart failure, at the age of 82.




  • United Kingdom
    Friday Nov 21, 1975
    Freddie Mercury

    Love of My Life

    United Kingdom
    Friday Nov 21, 1975

    He also wrote several songs about Austin, including "Love of My Life".


  • Madrid, Spain
    Saturday Nov 22, 1975
    Juan Carlos I

    Juan Carlos King of Spain

    Madrid, Spain
    Saturday Nov 22, 1975

    On 22 November, two days after Franco's death, the Cortes Españolas proclaimed Juan Carlos King of Spain.


  • The Church of San Jerónimo el Real in Madrid, Spain
    Tuesday Nov 25, 1975
    Juan Carlos I

    Church Ceremony

    The Church of San Jerónimo el Real in Madrid, Spain
    Tuesday Nov 25, 1975

    On 27 November, a Mass of the Holy Spirit was celebrated in the church of San Jerónimo el Real in Madrid to inaugurate his reign. He opted not to call himself Juan III or Carlos V, but Juan Carlos I.


  • Timor-Leste
    Friday Nov 28, 1975
    Xanana Gusmão

    Fretilin declared The Independence of Portuguese Timor

    Timor-Leste
    Friday Nov 28, 1975

    On 28 November 1975, Fretilin declared the independence of Portuguese Timor as "The Democratic Republic of East Timor", and Gusmão was responsible for filming the ceremony.


  • New Delhi, India
    Saturday Nov 29, 1975
    Indira Gandhi

    Minister of Defence

    New Delhi, India
    Saturday Nov 29, 1975

    On 30 November 1975, she became Minister of Defence of India for a month.


  • New York, U.S.
    Saturday Nov 29, 1975
    Black Friday

    "The busiest shopping and traffic day of the year"

    New York, U.S.
    Saturday Nov 29, 1975

    Use of the phrase spread slowly, first appearing in The New York Times on November 29, 1975, in which it still refers specifically to "the busiest shopping and traffic day of the year" in Philadelphia. Although it soon became more widespread, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported in 1985 that retailers in Cincinnati and Los Angeles were still unaware of the term.


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