Former Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro is kidnapped; he is later murdered by his captors. Date: March 16, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 16 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today)
Somalia and Ethiopia sign a truce to end the Ethio-Somali War. Date: March 15, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 15 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Israel Defense Forces launch Operation Litani, a seven-day campaign to invade and occupy southern Lebanon. Date: March 14, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 14 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today)
Coastal Road massacre: At least 37 are killed and more than 70 are wounded when Fatah hijack an Israeli bus, prompting Israel's Operation Litani. Date: March 11, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 11 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today)
President Soeharto inaugurates Jagorawi Toll Road, the first toll highway in Indonesia, connecting Jakarta, Bogor and Ciawi, West Java. Date: March 9, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 9 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Landsat 3 is launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Date: March 5, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 5 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today)
The late iconic actor Charlie Chaplin's coffin is stolen from his grave in Switzerland. Date: March 2, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 2 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today)
Czech Vladimír Remek becomes the first non-Soviet or non-American to go into space, when he is launched aboard Soyuz 28. Date: March 2, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 2 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Yuba County Five disappear in California. Four of their bodies are found four months later. Date: February 24, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 24 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today)
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 → 📅 Other events…