Date: May 12, 1978
Cyclone kills about 1,000 people in eastern Sri Lanka. Date: November 23, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 23 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1978Okinawa Traffic Switches to Left-Hand Driving July 30, 1978Aldo Moro Kidnapped and Murdered in Italy March…
During the Rhodesian Bush War a group of ZIPRA guerrillas shot down civilian Vickers Viscount aircraft (Air Rhodesia Flight 825) with a Soviet-made SAM Strela-2; of 56 passengers and crew 38 people died in crash, 10 were massacred by the guerrillas at the site. Date: September 3, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other…
The first unsolicited bulk commercial email (which would later become known as "spam") is sent by a Digital Equipment Corporation marketing representative to every ARPANET address on the west coast of the United States. Date: May 3, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 3 📅 Events on this day in…
The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) is founded in the Turkish village of Fis. Date: November 27, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 27 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1978Israel Defense Forces Launch Operation Litani in Southern Lebanon, March 14, 1978Crown…
The Solomon Islands becomes independent from the United Kingdom. Date: July 7, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 7 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1978Aeroflot Flight 6515 Crashes Off Syvash, 26 Killed – October 23, 1978US Supreme Court Rules in…
The US Supreme Court hands down 5–3 decision in Stump v. Sparkman, a controversial case involving involuntary sterilization and judicial immunity. Date: March 28, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 28 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1978Tuvalu Gains Independence from…