Puerto Rican police shoot two nationalists in the Cerro Maravilla murders. Date: July 25, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 25 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)
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)
The Solomon Islands becomes independent from the United Kingdom. Date: July 7, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 7 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Northern Territory in Australia is granted self-government. Date: July 1, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 1 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today)
The United States Supreme Court, in Regents of the University of California v. Bakke bars quota systems in college admissions. Date: June 28, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 28 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)
The rainbow flag representing gay pride is flown for the first time during the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade. Date: June 25, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 25 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today)
Charon, the first of Pluto's satellites to be discovered, was first seen at the United States Naval Observatory by James W. Christy. Date: June 22, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 22 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today)
The original production of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical, Evita, based on the life of Eva Perón, opens at the Prince Edward Theatre, London. Date: June 21, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 21 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today)