Finnair Flight 405 Hijacked in Oulu, Finland, September 30, 1978

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 1978Henrik Igityan National Centre for Aesthetics Opens in Yerevan, October…

Following the murder of Mayor George Moscone, Dianne Feinstein becomes San Francisco's first female mayor. Date: December 4, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 4 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1978Amoco Cadiz Oil Spill After Grounding on Portsall Rocks, March…

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…

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 1978Jonestown Mass Murder-Suicide Claims…

Willow Island disaster: In the deadliest construction accident in United States history, 51 construction workers are killed when a cooling tower under construction collapses at the Pleasants Power Station in Willow Island, West Virginia. Date: April 27, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 27 📅 Events on this day in…

The last Volkswagen Beetle made in Germany leaves VW's plant in Emden. Beetle production in Latin America continues until 2003. Date: January 19, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 19 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1978Beirut Terrorist Attack Kills 150…