Cerro Maravilla Murders: Puerto Rican Police Shoot Nationalists, July 25, 1978

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 → 📅 Other events on September 7 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅…

The Saur Revolution begins in Afghanistan, ending the following morning with the murder of Afghan President Mohammed Daoud Khan and the establishment of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan. Date: April 27, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 27 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today)…

Camp David Accords: Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat begin peace discussions at Camp David, Maryland. Date: September 5, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 5 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1978Air India Flight 855 Crashes in Arabian Sea, 213 Killed…

The Troubles: The Provisional IRA detonates an incendiary bomb at the La Mon restaurant, near Belfast, killing 12 and seriously injuring 30 others, all Protestants. Date: February 17, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 17 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…

Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747, crashes into the Arabian Sea off the coast of Bombay, India, due to instrument failure, spatial disorientation, and pilot error, killing all 213 people on board. Date: January 1, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 1 📅 Events on this day in 1978…