First Oxygen-Free Mount Everest Ascent by Messner and Habeler, May 8, 1978

Following the murder of Mayor George Moscone, Dianne Feinstein becomes San Francisco's first female mayor. Date: December 4, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 4 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1978Somalia-Ethiopia Truce Ends Ethio-Somali War, March 15, 1978Afghanistan President Mohammad…

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 1978US Supreme Court Rules in Stump v. Sparkman on Judicial…

At the Superdome in New Orleans, Muhammad Ali outpoints Leon Spinks in a rematch to become the first boxer to win the world heavyweight title three times. Date: September 15, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 15 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today) More…

Soviet satellite Kosmos 954, with a nuclear reactor on board, burns up in Earth's atmosphere, scattering radioactive debris over Canada's Northwest Territories. Only 1% is recovered. Date: January 24, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 24 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today) More events…

United States Food and Drug Administration requires all blood donations to be labeled "paid" or "volunteer" donors. Date: January 13, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 13 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1978Soeharto Inaugurates Jagorawi Toll Road, Indonesia’s First Highway,…

Willow Island disaster: In the deadliest construction accident in United States history, 51 construction workers are killed when a cooling tower under construction collapses at the Pleasants Power Station in Willow Island, West Virginia. Date: April 27, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 27 📅 Events on this day in…