Landsat 3 Launches from Vandenberg Air Force Base March 5, 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 1978Okinawa Traffic Switches to Left-Hand Driving July 30, 1978South African…

The last Volkswagen Beetle made in Germany leaves VW's plant in Emden. Beetle production in Latin America continues until 2003. Date: January 19, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 19 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1978Tabas Earthquake Kills 15,000 in…

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 1978Tbilisi Demonstrations Against Soviet Georgian Language Status Change, April 14, 1978Yuba County Five…

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 1978FDA Requires Blood Donations Labeled Paid or Volunteer January 13,…

Cyclone kills about 1,000 people in eastern Sri Lanka. Date: November 23, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 23 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1978Aeroflot Flight 1080 Crash Kills 38 at Koltsovo Airport, October 7, 1978Multan Colony Textile Mills Massacre,…

Air Canada Flight 189, flying to Toronto, overruns the runway and crashes into the Etobicoke Creek ravine. Two of the 107 passengers on board perish. Date: June 26, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 26 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…