March 1975 - March 8, 1975 (Saturday)

March 8, 1975 (Saturday)

• The first "United Nations Day for Women's Rights and International Peace" was proclaimed on International Women's Day during the International Women's Year.
• The "Whip Inflation Now" (WIN) program, that had been launched on October 8, 1974, by the Citizens Action Committee to Fight Inflation", was brought to an end by the same Committee.
• The Cuban Family Code, which decreed equality between husbands and wives, went into effect.
• Died: George Stevens, 70, American film director, and winner of two Academy Awards for A Place in the Sun and Giant.