San Francisco Mayor Moscone and Harvey Milk Assassinated, November 27, 1978
Date: November 27, 1978
Date: November 27, 1978
The Troubles: The Provisional IRA detonates an incendiary bomb at the La Mon restaurant, near Belfast, killing 12 and seriously injuring 30 others, all Protestants. Date: February 17, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 17 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…
Aeroflot Flight 6515 crashes off Syvash, killing all 26 people aboard. Date: October 23, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 23 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1978Charlie Chaplin Coffin Stolen from Swiss Grave, March 2, 1978Air Canada Flight 189 Runway…
The first computer bulletin board system is created (CBBS in Chicago). Date: February 16, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 16 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1978John Ehrlichman Released After Watergate Crimes, April 27, 1978Jonestown Mass Murder-Suicide Claims 918 Lives…
Three members of the Ulrich family are killed in an accident. This leads to the Ford Pinto litigation. Date: August 10, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 10 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1978Aeroflot Flight 1080 Crash Kills 38 at…
Based on the world's first children's art museum, the Henrik Igityan National Centre for Aesthetics opened in Yerevan. Date: October 18, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 18 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1978Ken Warby Sets World Water Speed Record…
The first unsolicited bulk commercial email (which would later become known as "spam") is sent by a Digital Equipment Corporation marketing representative to every ARPANET address on the west coast of the United States. Date: May 3, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 3 📅 Events on this day in…