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| 1975 |
| | | There is political turmoil in Australia after the governor-general, Sir John Kerr, dismisses prime minister Gough Whitlam | |
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| 1975 |
| | | Australian governor-general Sir John Kerr appoints Liberal leader Malcolm Fraser as caretaker prime minister | |
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| 1975 |
| | | Franco dies and is succeeded as Spanish head of state by Juan Carlos, heir to the Bourbon throne | |
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| 1975 |
| | | English author Ruth Prawer Jhabwala wins the Booker Prize with her novel Heat and Dust | |
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| 1975 |
| | | Surinam wins independence from the Dutch, with Johan Ferrier as the first president | |
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| 1975 |
| | | Robert Muldoon is prime minister of New Zealand after a National Party ;election victory | |
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| 1975 |
| | | In Angola the USA and USSR fund rival guerrilla groups, MPLA and UNITA | |
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| 1975 |
| | | The invasion of East Timor by Indonesia begins decades of guerrilla resistance and brutal repression | |
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| 1975 |
| | | Canadian novelist Robertson Davies completes his semi-autobiographical Deptford Trilogy | |
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| 1975 |
| | | Malcolm Fraser becomes the Australian prime minister, winning the first of three general election victories | |
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