First Ascent of Mount Everest Without Supplemental Oxygen, May 8, 1978

The Israel Defense Forces launch Operation Litani, a seven-day campaign to invade and occupy southern Lebanon. Date: March 14, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 14 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1978Provisional IRA La Mon Restaurant Bombing Kills 12, Injures…

Spain ratifies the Spanish Constitution of 1978 in a referendum. Date: December 6, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 6 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1978Crown of St. Stephen Public Display in Hungary, January 31, 1978First Computer Bulletin Board System…

United Airlines Flight 173 crashes in a residential neighborhood near Portland International Airport, killing 10 people. Date: December 28, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 28 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1978First International Patent Cooperation Treaty Applications Filed June 1,…

The rainbow flag representing gay pride is flown for the first time during the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade. Date: June 25, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 25 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1978Tupolev Tu-144 Crashes Near Yegoryevsk,…

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 1978Double Eagle II Crosses Atlantic by Balloon, August 17, 1978Dianne Feinstein Becomes San Francisco’s…

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…