Date: August 22, 1978
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The first ascent of Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen, by Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler. Date: May 8, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 8 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1978Naomi Uemura First Solo North Pole Arrival by Dog Sled,…
Cardinal Karol WojtyÅ‚a is elected to the papacy as Pope John Paul II, he becomes the first non-Italian pontiff since 1523. Date: October 16, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 16 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1978Mir Akbar Khyber Assassinated,…
Based on the world's first children's art museum, the Henrik Igityan National Centre for Aesthetics opened in Yerevan. Date: October 18, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 18 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1978Multan Colony Textile Mills Massacre, January 2,…
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 1978US Supreme…
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) More events from 1978Amoco Cadiz Splits, Causing Major Oil Spill, March 16, 1978Camp David…