Aeroflot Flight 1080 Crash Kills 38 at Koltsovo Airport, October 7, 1978
Date: October 7, 1978
Date: October 7, 1978
Mir Akbar Khyber is assassinated, provoking the Saur Revolution in Afghanistan. Date: April 17, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April 17 π Events on this day in 1978 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1978Aeroflot Flight 1080 Crash Kills 38 at Koltsovo Airport, October 7, 1978Beirut Terrorist Attack…
Australia's Ken Warby sets the current world water speed record of 275.97Β knots at Blowering Dam, Australia. Date: October 8, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on October 8 π Events on this day in 1978 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1978Mir Akbar Khyber Assassinated, Sparking Saur Revolution in Afghanistan…
Former Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro is kidnapped; he is later murdered by his captors. Date: March 16, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on March 16 π Events on this day in 1978 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1978Rhodesian Bush War: Air Rhodesia Flight 825 Shot Down, September…
Egyptian forces raid Larnaca International Airport in an attempt to intervene in a hijacking, without authorisation from the Republic of Cyprus authorities. The Cypriot National Guard and Police forces kill 15 Egyptian commandos and destroy the Egyptian C-130 transport plane in open combat. Date: February 19, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events…
The Yuba County Five disappear in California. Four of their bodies are found four months later. Date: February 24, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on February 24 π Events on this day in 1978 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1978Coastal Road Massacre: Fatah Bus Hijacking Kills 37, March…
Black Friday, a massacre by soldiers against protesters in Tehran, results in 88 deaths, it marks the beginning of the end of the monarchy in Iran. Date: September 8, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on September 8 π Events on this day in 1978 π On This Day (Today) More events…