233rd birthday as part of the United States Bicentennial celebration. April 16 – As a measure to curb population growth, the minimum age for marriage in India is raised to 21 years for men and 18 years for women. April 21 – The Great Bookie Robbery in Melbourne: Bandits steal A$1.4 million in bookmakers' settlements from Queen Street, Melbourne. April 23 Punk rock group the Ramones release their first album, Ramones. Jethro Tull release their album, Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die! April 25 – Portugal's new constitution is enacted. April 29 – Sino-Soviet split: A concealed bomb explodes at the gates of the Soviet embassy in China, killing four Chinese. The targets were embassy employees, returning from lunch, but on this day they had returned to the embassy earlier. May May 1 – Neville Wran becomes Premier of New South Wales. May 4 The first LAGEOS (Laser Geodynamics Satellite) is launched. A train crash in Schiedam, the Netherlands, kills 24 people. May 6 – An earthquake hits the Friuli area in Italy, killing more than 900 people and making another 100,000 homeless. May 9 – Ulrike Meinhof of the Red Army Faction is found hanged in an apparent suicide in her Stuttgart-Stammheim prison cell. May 11 U.S. President Gerald Ford signs the Federal Election Campaign Act. An accident involving a tanker truck carrying anhydrous ammonia takes place in Houston, Texas, resulting in the deaths of 7 people. May 13 – Video arcade game Breakout is released. May 16 – The Montreal Canadiens sweep the Philadelphia Flyers in four games to win the Stanley Cup in ice hockey. Flyers' forward Reggie Leach became the only non-goaltender from a finals losing team to win the Conn Smythe Trophy as MVP of the playoffs after scoring a record 19 goals in 16 playoff games. May 21 The Yuba City bus disaster, the second-worst bus crash in U.S. history, leaves 28 students and one teacher killed. The "Famous Fire" in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, destroys seven downtown structures, damages more than 12 others, and starts fires in at least 10 homes. May 24 Washington, D.C. Concorde service begins. The Judgment of Paris pits French vs. California wines in a blind taste-test in Paris, France. California wines win the contest, surprising the wine world and opening the wine industry to newcomers in several countries. May 25 – U.S. President Gerald Ford defeats