Date: January 31, 1978
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 1978Charlie Chaplin…
Los Alfaques disaster: A truck carrying liquid gas crashes and explodes at a coastal campsite in Tarragona, Spain killing 216 tourists. Date: July 11, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 11 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1978Evita Original Production Opens…
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 1978Last German Volkswagen Beetle Leaves Emden Plant January 19, 1978Mauritania…
President Moktar Ould Daddah of Mauritania is ousted in a bloodless coup d'état. Date: July 10, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 10 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1978Solomon Islands Independence from United Kingdom, July 7, 1978Air Caribbean Flight 309…
United States Food and Drug Administration requires all blood donations to be labeled "paid" or "volunteer" donors. Date: January 13, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 13 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1978Henrik Igityan National Centre for Aesthetics Opens in…
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 📅…