Okinawa Traffic Switches to Left-Hand Driving July 30, 1978
Date: July 30, 1978
Date: July 30, 1978
U.S. President Jimmy Carter declares a federal emergency at Love Canal due to toxic waste that had been disposed of negligently. Date: August 7, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on August 7 π Events on this day in 1978 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1978Evita Original Production Opens…
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 β π Other events on April 27 π Events on this day in…
Mir Akbar Khyber is assassinated, provoking the Saur Revolution in Afghanistan. Date: April 17, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April 17 π Events on this day in 1978 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1978Last German Volkswagen Beetle Leaves Emden Plant January 19, 1978European Court Finds UK Guilty…
The Solomon Islands becomes independent from the United Kingdom. Date: July 7, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on July 7 π Events on this day in 1978 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1978Pacific Western Airlines Flight 314 Crash, 42 Dead, 7 Survive February 11, 1978South African Defence Force…
On the orders of the President of Pakistan, Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, paramilitary forces opened fire on peaceful protesting workers in Multan, Pakistan; it is known as 1978 massacre at Multan Colony Textile Mills. Date: January 2, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on January 2 π Events on this day in 1978 π …
Czech VladimΓr Remek becomes the first non-Soviet or non-American to go into space, when he is launched aboard Soyuz 28. 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 1978First International Patent Cooperation Treaty…