Date: September 3, 1978
Air Canada Flight 189, flying to Toronto, overruns the runway and crashes into the Etobicoke Creek ravine. Two of the 107 passengers on board perish. Date: June 26, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 26 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…
The Landsat 3 is launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Date: March 5, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 5 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1978Egyptian Raid on Larnaca Airport Ends in Deadly Clash, February 19, 1978Evita Original…
The Budd Company unveils its first SPV-2000 self-propelled railcar in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Date: February 9, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 9 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1978Cerro Maravilla Murders: Puerto Rican Police Shoot Nationalists, July 25, 1978Naomi Uemura First…
Egyptian forces raid Larnaca International Airport in an attempt to intervene in a hijacking, without authorisation from the Republic of Cyprus authorities. The Cypriot National Guard and Police forces kill 15 Egyptian commandos and destroy the Egyptian C-130 transport plane in open combat. Date: February 19, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events…
John Ehrlichman, a former aide to U.S. President Richard Nixon, is released from the Federal Correctional Institution, Safford, Arizona, after serving 18 months for Watergate-related crimes. Date: April 27, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 27 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today) More events…
Aeroflot Flight 6515 crashes off Syvash, killing all 26 people aboard. Date: October 23, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 23 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1978First International Patent Cooperation Treaty Applications Filed June 1, 1978Afghanistan President Mohammad Daoud Khan…