Los Alfaques Disaster: Gas Truck Explosion Kills 216 Tourists, July 11, 1978
Date: July 11, 1978
Date: July 11, 1978
The Blizzard of 1978, one of the worst Nor'easters in New England history, hit the region, with sustained winds of 65Β mph and snowfall of four inches an hour. Date: February 6, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on February 6 π Events on this day in 1978 π On This Day (Today)…
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…
Birth of Louise Joy Brown, the first human to have been born after conception by in vitro fertilisation, or IVF. Date: July 25, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on July 25 π Events on this day in 1978 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1978Pacific Western Airlines Flight 314…
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 1978Saur Revolution…
Altaf Hussain founds the student political movement All Pakistan Muhajir Students Organisation (APMSO) in Karachi University. Date: June 11, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on June 11 π Events on this day in 1978 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1978Coastal Road Massacre: Fatah Bus Hijacking Kills 37, March…
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 β π Other events on February 17 π Events on this day in 1978 π On This Day (Today) More events from…