May 12, 1975 (Monday)[edit]
Mayaguez incident: At 2:10 pm local time (3:10 am in Washington DC), the United States merchant ship SS Mayaguez was stopped in international waters by the P-128, a Cambodian gunboat manned by Khmer Rouge forces. Ten minutes later, P-128 fired machine guns across the bow as a warning, and at 2:35, a group of seven Khmer soldiers boarded the Mayaguez, commandeering the ship and taking its 39 crew captive.[28][29]
With two goals from 47-year-old ice hockey legend Gordie Howe, the Houston Aeros won their second straight World Hockey Association championship, defeating the Quebec Nordiques, 7-2, to sweep the best of four series.[30]
Two Soviet destroyer ships, the Boykiy and the Zhguchiy, sailed into Boston Harbor, becoming the first Soviet ships to dock at a U.S. port since the beginning of the Cold War. The occasion was the 30th anniversary of the Allied victory over Germany.[31] The next day, the U.S. Navy ships USS Leahy and the USS Tattnall sailed into Leningrad.[32]
Helmut Kohl was selected ahead of Franz Joseph Strauss as the Christian Socialist Union candidate for Chancellor in the 1976 West German elections.[33]
Born: Jonah Lomu, New Zealand rugby union player, in Auckland; and David Kostelecký, Czech Olympic sports shooter, in Brno https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_1975#May_12.2C_1975_.28Monday.29
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