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| 1975 |
| | | Chiang Kai-shek dies and is succeeded by his son, Chiang Ching-Kuo, as leader of the republic of China in Taiwan | |
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| 1975 |
| | | The South Vietnamese capital, Saigon, is taken by North Vietnamese forces | |
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| 1975 |
| | | South Vietnam surrenders, as President Duong Van Minh broadcasts an order to all South Viernames forces to lay down their arms | |
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| 1975 |
| | | Khmer Rouge guerrillas, led by Pol Pot, take Phnom Penh and launch a genocidal reign of terror in Cambodia | |
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| 1975 |
| | | Mujibur Rahman, with most of his family, is assassinated by junior officers in a coup in Bangladesh | |
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| 1975 |
| | | The invasion of East Timor by Indonesia begins decades of guerrilla resistance and brutal repression | |
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| 1976 |
| | | In a daring raid on Entebbe airport, Israeli troops rescue hostages hijacked on a flight from Tel Aviv to Paris | |
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| 1976 |
| | | Mao Zedong dies in Beijing, at the age of 82, and lies in state in the Great Hall of the People | |
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| 1976 |
| | | The much-hated Gang of Four are arrested in China within weeks of Mao Zedong's death | |
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| 1977 |
| | | Likud leader Menachem Begin, at the head of a coalition government, becomes Israel's first non-socialist prime minister | |
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