Solomon Islands Join the United Nations September 19, 1978

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 → 📅 Other events on January 1 📅 Events on this day in 1978…

The Yuba County Five disappear in California. Four of their bodies are found four months later. Date: February 24, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 24 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1978Aeroflot Flight 1080 Crash Kills 38 at Koltsovo Airport,…

Spain ratifies the Spanish Constitution of 1978 in a referendum. Date: December 6, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 6 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1978Crown of St. Stephen Returns to Hungary, Public Display Begins January 31, 1978Amoco Cadiz Oil…

Cardinal Karol Wojtyła is elected to the papacy as Pope John Paul II, he becomes the first non-Italian pontiff since 1523. Date: October 16, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 16 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1978Saur Revolution Begins in…

The first ascent of Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen, by Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler. Date: May 8, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 8 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1978Rebels Occupy Kolwezi, Zaire Mining Center, May 12, 1978Camp David…