Date: February 19, 1978
Garfield's first comic strip, originally published locally as Jon in 1976, goes into nationwide syndication. Date: June 19, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 19 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1978Okinawa Traffic Switches to Left-Hand Driving July 30, 1978Somalia and…
The Landsat 3 is launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Date: March 5, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 5 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1978Ken Warby Sets World Water Speed Record at Blowering Dam, October 8, 1978Budd…
Tuvalu gains independence from the United Kingdom. Date: October 1, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 1 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1978Chartered DC-8 Crashes Near Colombo, 183 Killed, November 15, 1978Coastal Road Massacre: 37 Killed, 70 Wounded, Operation Litani…
Hilton bombing: A bomb explodes in a refuse truck outside the Hilton Hotel in Sydney, Australia, killing two refuse collectors and a policeman. Date: February 13, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 13 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1978Jonestown Mass…
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 → 📅 Other…
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) More events from 1978Rebels Occupy Kolwezi, Zaire Mining Center, Foreign Aid Requested May 12, 1978Cerro Maravilla Murders:…