Date: April 27, 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…
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 1978Tbilisi Demonstrations Against Soviet Language Changes, April 14, 1978Amoco Cadiz…
The Yuba County Five disappear in California. Four of their bodies are found four months later. Date: February 24, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 24 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1978Israel Defense Forces Launch Operation Litani in Southern Lebanon…
The first of a series of bombings orchestrated by the Unabomber detonates at Northwestern University resulting in minor injuries. Date: May 25, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 25 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1978Karl Wallenda Dies in Tightrope Fall,…
Japan's Naomi Uemura, travelling by dog sled, becomes the first person to reach the North Pole alone. Date: May 1, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 1 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1978Aldo Moro Kidnapped and Murdered in Italy March…
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 1978First Oxygen-Free Mount Everest Ascent by Messner and Habeler,…