Date: February 24, 1978
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Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747, crashes into the Arabian Sea off the coast of Bombay, India, due to instrument failure, spatial disorientation, and pilot error, killing all 213 people on board. Date: January 1, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 1 📅 Events on this day in 1978…
Puerto Rican police shoot two nationalists in the Cerro Maravilla murders. 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 1978Okinawa Traffic Switches to Left-Hand Driving July 30, 1978Nicaraguan Revolution: FSLN Seizes National Congress…
The Blizzard of 1978, one of the worst Nor'easters in New England history, hit the region, with sustained winds of 65 mph and snowfall of four inches an hour. Date: February 6, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 6 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today)…
Australia's Ken Warby sets the current world water speed record of 275.97 knots at Blowering Dam, Australia. Date: October 8, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 8 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1978Provisional IRA La Mon Restaurant Bombing Kills 12, Injures…
In Zaire, rebels occupy the city of Kolwezi, the mining center of the province of Shaba (now known as Katanga); the local government asks the US, France and Belgium to restore order. Date: May 12, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 12 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅…
In Zaire, rebels occupy the city of Kolwezi, the mining center of the province of Shaba (now known as Katanga); the local government asks the US, France and Belgium to restore order. Date: May 12, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 12 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅…