Tupolev Tu-144 Crashes Near Yegoryevsk, Killing Two – May 23, 1978
Date: May 23, 1978
Date: May 23, 1978
Pacific Western Airlines Flight 314 crashes at the Cranbrook/Canadian Rockies International Airport in Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada with 42 deaths and seven survivors. Date: February 11, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on February 11 π Events on this day in 1978 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1978Israel Defense…
Mir Akbar Khyber is assassinated, provoking the Saur Revolution in Afghanistan. Date: April 17, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April 17 π Events on this day in 1978 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1978Hilton Bombing in Sydney Kills Three, February 13, 1978Jimmy Carter Cancels Neutron Bomb Development,…
Former Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro is kidnapped; he is later murdered by his captors. Date: March 16, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on March 16 π Events on this day in 1978 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1978Multan Colony Textile Mills Massacre, January 2, 1978First UNIFIL Troops…
A Balkan Bulgarian Airlines Tupolev Tu-134 crashes near Gabare, Bulgaria, killing 73. Date: March 16, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on March 16 π Events on this day in 1978 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1978Karl Wallenda Dies in Tightrope Fall, March 22, 1978Kosmos 954 Nuclear Satellite Burns…
The Israel Defense Forces launch Operation Litani, a seven-day campaign to invade and occupy southern Lebanon. Date: March 14, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on March 14 π Events on this day in 1978 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1978Landsat 3 Launches from Vandenberg Air Force Base March…
Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747, crashes into the Arabian Sea off the coast of Bombay, India, due to instrument failure, spatial disorientation, and pilot error, killing all 213 people on board. Date: January 1, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on January 1 π Events on this day in 1978…