Date: March 28, 1978
Australian civilian pilot Frederick Valentich vanishes over the Bass Strait south of Melbourne, after reporting contact with an unidentified aircraft. Date: October 21, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 21 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1978Hilton Bombing Kills Three in…
During the Rhodesian Bush War a group of ZIPRA guerrillas shot down civilian Vickers Viscount aircraft (Air Rhodesia Flight 825) with a Soviet-made SAM Strela-2; of 56 passengers and crew 38 people died in crash, 10 were massacred by the guerrillas at the site. Date: September 3, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other…
The South African Defence Force attacks a SWAPO base at Cassinga in southern Angola, killing about 600 people. Date: May 4, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 4 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1978Camp David Accords: Begin and Sadat Launch…
Finnair Flight 405 is hijacked by Aarno Lamminparras in Oulu, Finland. Date: September 30, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 30 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1978Jimmy Carter Declares Love Canal Federal Emergency Over Toxic Waste, August 7, 1978Multan Colony…
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…
The Israel Defense Forces launch Operation Litani, a seven-day campaign to invade and occupy southern Lebanon. Date: March 14, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 14 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1978Crown of St. Stephen Returns to Hungary, Public Display…