Date: May 3, 1978
The Solomon Islands join the United Nations. Date: September 19, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 19 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1978European Court Finds UK Guilty of Prisoner Mistreatment in Northern Ireland, January 18, 1978Okinawa Traffic Switches to Left-Hand…
The Saur Revolution begins in Afghanistan, ending the following morning with the murder of Afghan President Mohammed Daoud Khan and the establishment of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan. Date: April 27, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 27 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today)…
Finnair Flight 405 is hijacked by Aarno Lamminparras in Oulu, Finland. Date: September 30, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 30 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1978Somalia and Ethiopia Sign Ethio-Somali War Truce, March 15, 1978Vladimír Remek First Non-Soviet, Non-American…
PSA Flight 182, a Boeing 727, collides in mid-air with a Cessna 172 and crashes in San Diego, killing all 135 aboard Flight 182, both occupants of the Cessna, as well as seven people on the ground. Date: September 25, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 25 📅 Events on…
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 1978Alitalia Flight 4128 Crashes in Tyrrhenian Sea, 108 Killed, December…
John Ehrlichman, a former aide to U.S. President Richard Nixon, is released from the Federal Correctional Institution, Safford, Arizona, after serving 18 months for Watergate-related crimes. Date: April 27, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 27 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today) More events…