Date: February 6, 1978
While walking across Waterloo Bridge in London, Bulgarian dissident Georgi Markov is assassinated by Bulgarian secret police agent Francesco Gullino by means of a ricin pellet fired from a specially designed umbrella. Date: September 7, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 7 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅…
The European Court of Human Rights finds the United Kingdom's government guilty of mistreating prisoners in Northern Ireland, but not guilty of torture. Date: January 18, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 18 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1978Northern Territory…
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 1978Unabomber’s First…
Cyclone kills about 1,000 people in eastern Sri Lanka. Date: November 23, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 23 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1978First Computer Bulletin Board System Created in Chicago – February 16, 1978First International Patent Cooperation Treaty…
The inaugural Paris-Dakar Rally begins. Date: December 26, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 26 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1978Landsat 3 Launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base – March 5, 1978Rainbow Flag Flies First at San Francisco Gay Pride…
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…