Timeline September 1975

Events in September 1975 6

• 1975 Wish You Were Here -- the Barrett tribute Wish You Were Here (September 1975) is Pink Floyd's most personal album -- a meditation on absence, alienation and the music industry's exploitation of artists. 'Shine On You Crazy Diamond' (parts I-V and VI-IX, framing the album) is a direct tribute to Syd Barrett, whose decline haunts the entire record. During the recording sessions, Barrett himself appears at Abbey Road -- grossly overweight, head shaved, eyebrows shaved -- unrecognised by his former bandmates until he speaks. Gilmour, who had been Barrett's friend since childhood, is deeply shaken. The album reaches Number 1 in both the UK and US.
• 1975 Sinai Interim Agreement signed Egypt and Israel agree to further disengagement Egypt and Israel signed the Sinai Interim Agreement, known as Sinai II, on 4 September 1975, providing for Israeli withdrawal from more of the Sinai Peninsula and the creation of a buffer zone monitored by American civilian observers. The agreement was brokered by US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger through "shuttle diplomacy." It was a significant step toward the eventual Egypt-Israel peace treaty of 1979.
• 1975 Two assassination attempts on President Gerald Ford Fromme and Moore separately try to kill Ford in September Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme pointed a gun at President Gerald Ford in Sacramento on 5 September 1975, and Sara Jane Moore fired a shot at him in San Francisco seventeen days later, on 22 September. Both women were subdued before Ford was harmed and were later convicted and imprisoned. The attacks came within weeks of each other during a single presidential trip to California.
• 1975 Papua New Guinea gains independence Former Australian territory becomes sovereign nation Papua New Guinea achieved full independence from Australia on 16 September 1975. Michael Somare, who had led the territory toward self-government, became its first prime minister. The country retained the British monarch as head of state within the Commonwealth.
• 1975 Patty Hearst arrested by FBI Kidnapped heiress captured after 19 months as fugitive Newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst was arrested in San Francisco on 18 September 1975, nearly a year and a half after being kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army and subsequently participating in a bank robbery with the group. Her trial and defense of "brainwashing" drew intense media coverage. She was convicted and later had her sentence commuted.
• 1975 – present Juan Pablo Montoya The Aggressive Colombian Seven-time F1 race winner known for his incredible speed and fearlessness against Schumacher.