Arab–Israeli conflict: Prime Minister of Israel Menachem Begin and President of Egypt Anwar Sadat are jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Date: December 10, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 10 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today)
Spain ratifies the Spanish Constitution of 1978 in a referendum. Date: December 6, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 6 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today)
Following the murder of Mayor George Moscone, Dianne Feinstein becomes San Francisco's first female mayor. Date: December 4, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 4 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) is founded in the Turkish village of Fis. Date: November 27, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 27 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today)
In San Francisco, city mayor George Moscone and openly gay city supervisor Harvey Milk are assassinated by former supervisor Dan White. Date: November 27, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 27 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Geneva Frequency Plan of 1975 goes into effect, realigning many of Europe's longwave and mediumwave broadcasting frequencies. Date: November 23, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 23 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)
In Jonestown, Guyana, Jim Jones leads his Peoples Temple to a mass murder–suicide that claimed 918 lives in all, 909 of them in Jonestown itself, including over 270 children. Date: November 18, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 18 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day…
The McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet makes its first flight, at the Naval Air Test Center in Maryland, United States. Date: November 18, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 18 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today)
A chartered Douglas DC-8 crashes near Colombo, Sri Lanka, killing 183. Date: November 15, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 15 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today)