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July 15, 1975

On July 15, 1975, space Race: Apollo–Soyuz Test Project features the dual launch of an Apollo spacecraft and a Soyuz spacecraft on the first Soviet-United States human-crewed flight. It was the last launch of both an Apollo spacecraft, and the Saturn family of rockets. The year's #1 song was "Love Will Keep Us Together" by Captain & Tennille. John Butler, Magdalena Maleeva, Lou Bega would arrive in the same year.

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Space Race: Apollo–Soyuz Test Project features the dual launch of an Apollo spacecraft and a Soyuz spacecraft on the first Soviet-United States human-crewed flight. It was the last launch of both an Apollo spacecraft, and the Saturn family of rockets.

The Space Race was a 20th-century competition between the Cold War rivals, the United States and the Soviet Union, to achieve superior spaceflight capability. It had its origins in the ballistic missile-based nuclear arms race between the two nations following World War II and the onset of the Cold War. The technological advantage demonstrated by spaceflight achievement was seen as necessary for national security, particularly in regard to intercontinental ballistic missile and satellite reconnaissance capability, but also became part of the cultural symbolism and ideology of the time.

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1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1975th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 975th year of the 2nd millennium, the 75th year of the 20th century, and the 6th year of the 1970s decade.

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On July 15, 1975

1975 Space Race: Apollo–Soyuz Test Project features the dual launch of an Apollo spacecraft and a Soyuz spacecraft on the first Soviet-United States human-crewed flight. It was the last launch of both an Apollo spacecraft, and the Saturn family of rockets.

US–USSR spaceflight capability rivalry

The Space Race was a 20th-century competition between the Cold War rivals, the United States and the Soviet Union, to achieve superior spaceflight capability. It had its origins in the ballistic missile-based nuclear arms race between the two nations following World War II and the onset of the Cold War. The technological advantage demonstrated by spaceflight achievement was seen as necessary for national security, particularly in regard to intercontinental ballistic missile and satellite reconnaissance capability, but also became part of the cultural symbolism and ideology of the time.
1975 Aeroflot Flight E-15 crashes on approach to Batumi International Airport, killing 40.

1975 aviation accident

Aeroflot Flight E-15 was an aviation accident that occurred on 15 July 1975 in the mountains near Batumi involving a Yakovlev Yak-40 aircraft operated by Aeroflot, resulting in the deaths of 40 people.

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John Butler 1975– American-Australian singer-songwriter and producer

Magdalena Maleeva 1975– Bulgarian tennis player

Lou Bega 1975– German singer

Lita 1975– American wrestler

Luciano Almeida 1975– Brazilian footballer

Heidi Alexander 1975– English politician

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