Date: October 21, 1978
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In Jonestown, Guyana, Jim Jones leads his Peoples Temple to a mass murderβsuicide that claimed 918 lives in all, 909 of them in Jonestown itself, including over 270 children. Date: November 18, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on November 18 π Events on this day in 1978 π On This Day…
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…
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…
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 β π Other events on January 19 π Events on this day in 1978 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1978Okinawa Traffic Switches to Left-Hand…
In San Francisco, city mayor George Moscone and openly gay city supervisor Harvey Milk are assassinated by former supervisor Dan White. Date: November 27, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on November 27 π Events on this day in 1978 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1978Egyptian Raid on Larnaca…
President Moktar Ould Daddah of Mauritania is ousted in a bloodless coup d'Γ©tat. Date: July 10, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on July 10 π Events on this day in 1978 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1978Finnair Flight 405 Hijacked in Oulu, Finland, September 30, 1978Tupolev Tu-144 Crashes…