Editing 1975 (section)

===August===
{{Main|August 1975}}
* The first Cuban forces arrive in Angola to join Soviet personnel who are there to assist the [[MPLA]] that controls less than a quarter of Angolan territory. The [[United States]], [[Zaire]] and [[Zambia]] request South Africa to provide training and support for the [[FNLA]] and [[UNITA]] forces.<ref name="Jeffery">{{Jeffery-People's War|pages=11–12, 14–15}}</ref>
* [[August 1]] – The [[Helsinki Accords]], which officially recognize Europe's national borders and respect for human rights, are signed in Finland.
* [[August 8]] – The [[Banqiao Dam]], in China's [[Henan Province]], fails after [[Typhoon Nina (1975)|Typhoon Nina]]; over 200,000 people perish.
* [[August 11]] – Governor [[Mário Lemos Pires]] of [[Portuguese Timor|Portuguese East Timor]] abandons the capital [[Dili]], following a [[Timorese Democratic Union|UDT]] coup and the outbreak of civil war between UDT and [[Fretilin]].
* [[August 15]]
** Founder President [[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]] of [[Bangladesh]] is killed during a [[coup]] led by Major [[Syed Faruque Rahman]].
** Some members of [[Jehovah's Witnesses]] believe that [[Armageddon]] will occur this year based on the group's chronology<ref>''[[The Watchtower]]'', August 15, 1968, pp. 494–501; ''Awake!'', May 22, 1969, p. 15; ''The Watchtower'', March 15, 1980, p. 17, para. 5–6.</ref> and some sell their houses and businesses to prepare for the new world paradise which they believe will be created when [[Jesus]] establishes God's Kingdom on Earth.
* [[August 20]] – [[Viking program]]: [[NASA]] launches the ''[[Viking 1]]'' planetary probe toward [[Mars]].
* [[August 24]] – Officers responsible for the military coup in Greece in 1967 are sentenced to death in [[Athens]]. The sentences are later commuted to [[life imprisonment]].
* [[August 25]] – The [[Victoria Falls Conference (1975)|Victoria Falls Conference]] between Rhodesian Prime Minister [[Ian Smith]] and the [[United African National Council]] is held in a [[South African Railways]] coach on the [[Victoria Falls Bridge]], officiated by [[Zambia]]n President [[Kenneth Kaunda]] and South African Prime Minister [[John Vorster]].