Date: January 18, 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…
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 1978PKK Founded in Fis, Turkey, November 27,…
Air Caribbean Flight 309 crashes in Residencial Las Casas in San Juan, Puerto Rico, killing six. Date: September 26, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 26 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1978Aldo Moro Kidnapped and Murdered in Italy, March 16,…
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 1978Frederick Valentich Disappears Over Bass Strait After UFO Contact, October 21, 1978Landsat 3…
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 1978Inaugural Paris-Dakar…
Tbilisi demonstrations: Thousands of Georgians demonstrate against Soviet attempts to change the constitutional status of the Georgian language. Date: April 14, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 14 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1978Somalia-Ethiopia Truce Ends Ethio-Somali War, March 15,…