Date: January 2, 1978
Tbilisi demonstrations: Thousands of Georgians demonstrate against Soviet attempts to change the constitutional status of the Georgian language. Date: April 14, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April 14 π Events on this day in 1978 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1978Dianne Feinstein Becomes San Franciscoβs First Female…
Double Eagle II becomes first balloon to cross the Atlantic Ocean when it lands in Miserey, France near Paris, 137 hours after leaving Presque Isle, Maine. Date: August 17, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on August 17 π Events on this day in 1978 π On This Day (Today) More events…
Cardinal Karol WojtyΕa 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 β π Other events on October 16 π Events on this day in 1978 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1978Egyptian Raid on Larnaca…
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 1978Somalia and Ethiopia Sign…
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 β π Other events on June 26 π Events on this day in 1978 π On This Day (Today) More events from…
Alitalia Flight 4128 crashes into the Tyrrhenian Sea while on approach to Falcone Borsellino Airport in Palermo, Italy, killing 108. Date: December 23, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on December 23 π Events on this day in 1978 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1978LDS Church Opens Priesthood to…