Los Alfaques Disaster: Gas Truck Explosion Kills 216 Tourists, July 11, 1978
Date: July 11, 1978
Date: July 11, 1978
Somalia and Ethiopia sign a truce to end the Ethio-Somali War. Date: March 15, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on March 15 π Events on this day in 1978 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1978Muhammad Ali Defeats Leon Spinks to Win Third Heavyweight Title, September 15, 1978Soeharto Inaugurates…
The late iconic actor Charlie Chaplin's coffin is stolen from his grave in Switzerland. Date: March 2, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on March 2 π Events on this day in 1978 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1978Mohammad Daoud Khan Overthrown and Assassinated in Afghanistan Coup, April 28,…
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints opens its priesthood to "all worthy men", ending a 148-year-old policy of excluding black men. Date: June 9, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on June 9 π Events on this day in 1978 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1978Kosmos 954…
The President of Afghanistan, Mohammad Daoud Khan, is overthrown and assassinated in a coup led by pro-communist rebels. Date: April 28, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April 28 π Events on this day in 1978 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1978Jonestown Mass Murder-Suicide Claims 918 Lives November…
Tbilisi demonstrations: Thousands of Georgians demonstrate against Soviet attempts to change the constitutional status of the Georgian language. Date: April 14, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April 14 π Events on this day in 1978 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1978Air India Flight 855 Crashes in Arabian…
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 β π Other events on April 27 π Events on this day in 1978 π On This Day (Today) More events…