Date: June 21, 1978
Karl Wallenda of The Flying Wallendas dies after falling off a tight-rope suspended between two hotels in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Date: March 22, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 22 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1978United Airlines Flight 173…
Somalia and Ethiopia sign a truce to end the Ethio-Somali War. Date: March 15, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 15 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1978Spain Ratifies Spanish Constitution in Referendum, December 6, 1978Lufthansa Heist: Largest U.S. Cash Robbery…
The Troubles: The Provisional IRA detonates an incendiary bomb at the La Mon restaurant, near Belfast, killing 12 and seriously injuring 30 others, all Protestants. Date: February 17, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 17 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…
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 1978Henrik Igityan National Centre for Aesthetics Opens in Yerevan, October 18, 1978Egyptian Raid on…
The European Court of Human Rights finds the United Kingdom's government guilty of mistreating prisoners in Northern Ireland, but not guilty of torture. Date: January 18, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 18 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1978Charon Discovered…
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…