Editing 1975 (section)

===December===
{{Main|December 1975}}
* [[December 2]] – In [[Laos]], the [[Communism|communist]] party of the [[Pathet Lao]] takes over [[Vientiane]] and defeats the [[Kingdom of Laos]], forcing King [[Sisavang Vatthana]] to abdicate and creating the Lao People's Democratic Republic. This ends the [[Laotian Civil War]], with mass evacuation of American troops and Laotian civilians, but effectively begins the [[Insurgency in Laos]] with the Pathet Lao fighting the [[Hmong people]], Royalist-in-exile and the Right-wings. The Insurgency in Laos wouldn't end until March 30, [[2022]], when the last unorganized resistance against the [[Lao People's Armed Forces|Lao People's Army]] was finally put down.
* [[December 3]] – Wreck of {{HMHS|Britannic}} (sunk by mine 1916) is found in the [[Kea Channel]] by [[Jacques Cousteau]].
* [[December 7]] – [[Indonesian invasion of East Timor]]: [[Indonesia]] invades [[East Timor]]; the occupation continues until 1999 when [[UNTAET|U.N. peacekeepers take control]], which they did until 2002.
* [[December 13]]
** [[1975 Australian federal election]]: The [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]]/[[National Party of Australia|National Country]] [[Coalition (Australia)|Coalition]] led by [[Malcolm Fraser]] defeats the [[Australian constitutional crisis of 1975|recently dismissed]] [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]] [[Whitlam government|government]] led by [[Gough Whitlam]]. The [[Fraser government]] achieves what is so far the largest parliamentary majority in federal Australian political history. Whitlam would subsequently survive a [[Australian Labor Party leadership spill, 1976|leadership challenge]] against him.
** United Nations [[Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness]] (1961) comes into effect.<ref>Françoise Bouchet-Saulnier, et al., ''The Practical Guide to Humanitarian Law'' (Rowman & Littlefield, 2007) p.435.</ref>
* [[December 18]] – The [[Algerian president]] [[Houari Boumédiène|Houari Boumediene]] orders the [[Expulsion of Moroccans from Algeria|expulsion of all Moroccans from Algeria]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/morocco-algeria-diplomacy-severed-ties-fear-future|title = Moroccans in Algeria fear for the future after diplomatic ties severed}}</ref>
* [[December 21]] – Six people, including [[Carlos the Jackal]], [[OPEC siege|kidnap]] delegates of an [[OPEC]] conference in [[Vienna]].
* [[December 29]] – A bomb explosion at [[LaGuardia Airport]] in New York City kills 11 people.