Date: January 24, 1978
In Zaire, rebels occupy the city of Kolwezi, the mining center of the province of Shaba (now known as Katanga); the local government asks the US, France and Belgium to restore order. Date: May 12, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 12 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅…
Mir Akbar Khyber is assassinated, provoking the Saur Revolution in Afghanistan. Date: April 17, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 17 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1978Spain Becomes Democracy After Fascist Dictatorship, December 27, 1978South African Defence Force Attacks Cassinga…
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…
France conducts the Aphrodite nuclear test as 25th in the group of 29 1975–78 French nuclear tests. Date: November 14, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 14 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1978Tbilisi Demonstrations Against Soviet Language Changes, April 14,…
The District of Columbia Voting Rights Amendment is passed by the U.S. Congress, although it is never ratified by a sufficient number of states. Date: August 22, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 22 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1978Rebels…
Pacific Western Airlines Flight 314 crashes at the Cranbrook/Canadian Rockies International Airport in Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada with 42 deaths and seven survivors. Date: February 11, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 11 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1978First UNIFIL…