Air Caribbean Flight 309 crashes in Residencial Las Casas in San Juan, Puerto Rico, killing six. Date: September 26, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia â đ Other events on September 26 đ Events on this day in 1978 đ On This Day (Today)
PSA Flight 182, a Boeing 727, collides in mid-air with a Cessna 172 and crashes in San Diego, killing all 135 aboard Flight 182, both occupants of the Cessna, as well as seven people on the ground. Date: September 25, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia â đ Other events on September 25 đ Events on…
The Solomon Islands join the United Nations. Date: September 19, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia â đ Other events on September 19 đ Events on this day in 1978 đ On This Day (Today)
The Camp David Accords are signed by Israel and Egypt. Date: September 17, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia â đ Other events on September 17 đ Events on this day in 1978 đ On This Day (Today)
The 7.4 Mw⯠Tabas earthquake affects the city of Tabas, Iran with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). At least 15,000 people are killed. Date: September 16, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia â đ Other events on September 16 đ Events on this day in 1978 đ On This Day (Today)
At the Superdome in New Orleans, Muhammad Ali outpoints Leon Spinks in a rematch to become the first boxer to win the world heavyweight title three times. Date: September 15, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia â đ Other events on September 15 đ Events on this day in 1978 đ On This Day (Today)
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 â đ Other events on September 8 đ Events on this day in 1978 đ On This Day (Today)
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 â đ Other events on September 7 đ Events on this day in 1978 đ …
Camp David Accords: Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat begin peace discussions at Camp David, Maryland. Date: September 5, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia â đ Other events on September 5 đ Events on this day in 1978 đ On This Day (Today)
During the Rhodesian Bush War a group of ZIPRA guerrillas shot down civilian Vickers Viscount aircraft (Air Rhodesia Flight 825) with a Soviet-made SAM Strela-2; of 56 passengers and crew 38 people died in crash, 10 were massacred by the guerrillas at the site. Date: September 3, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia â đ Other…