Date: August 22, 1978
In Iran, the Cinema Rex fire causes more than 300 deaths. Date: August 19, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 19 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1978Multan Colony Textile Mills Massacre, January 2, 1978Coastal Road Massacre: Fatah Bus Hijacking Kills…
In Zaire, rebels occupy the city of Kolwezi, the mining center of the province of Shaba (now known as Katanga); the local government asks the US, France and Belgium to restore order. Date: May 12, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 12 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅…
Supertanker Amoco Cadiz splits in two after running aground on the Portsall Rocks, three miles off the coast of Brittany, resulting in the largest oil spill in history at that time. Date: March 16, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 16 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On…
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints opens its priesthood to "all worthy men", ending a 148-year-old policy of excluding black men. Date: June 9, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 9 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1978San Francisco…
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…
The first computer bulletin board system is created (CBBS in Chicago). Date: February 16, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 16 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1978Air Caribbean Flight 309 Crashes in San Juan, Killing Six, September 26, 1978Naomi Uemura…