Date: February 17, 1978
Mir Akbar Khyber is assassinated, provoking the Saur Revolution in Afghanistan. Date: April 17, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 17 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1978Air India Flight 855 Crashes in Arabian Sea, 213 Killed – January 1, 1978Jimmy…
U.S. President Jimmy Carter declares a federal emergency at Love Canal due to toxic waste that had been disposed of negligently. Date: August 7, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 7 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1978Crown of St. Stephen…
Tuvalu gains independence from the United Kingdom. Date: October 1, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 1 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1978Amoco Cadiz Oil Spill After Grounding on Portsall Rocks, March 16, 1978Unabomber’s First Bombing at Northwestern University May…
Tbilisi demonstrations: Thousands of Georgians demonstrate against Soviet attempts to change the constitutional status of the Georgian language. Date: April 14, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 14 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1978Cyclone Kills 1,000 in Eastern Sri Lanka,…
In Jonestown, Guyana, Jim Jones leads his Peoples Temple to a mass murder–suicide that claimed 918 lives in all, 909 of them in Jonestown itself, including over 270 children. Date: November 18, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 18 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day…
Alitalia Flight 4128 crashes into the Tyrrhenian Sea while on approach to Falcone Borsellino Airport in Palermo, Italy, killing 108. Date: December 23, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 23 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1978Jimmy Carter Recognizes China, Severs…