Date: February 17, 1978
Birth of Louise Joy Brown, the first human to have been born after conception by in vitro fertilisation, or IVF. Date: July 25, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 25 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1978Landsat 3 Launch from Vandenberg…
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…
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…
Egyptian forces raid Larnaca International Airport in an attempt to intervene in a hijacking, without authorisation from the Republic of Cyprus authorities. The Cypriot National Guard and Police forces kill 15 Egyptian commandos and destroy the Egyptian C-130 transport plane in open combat. Date: February 19, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events…
One hundred fifty Palestinians in Beirut are killed in a terrorist attack during the second phase of the Lebanese Civil War. Date: August 13, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 13 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1978Georgi Markov Assassinated on…
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 1978Mohammad Daoud Khan Overthrown and Assassinated in Afghanistan Coup, April 28, 1978Camp David Accords Signed by…