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Highlights. Events. Birthdays. Deaths. Weddings. Events 1 - 200 of 616. Jan 1 Air India B747 explodes near Bombay killing 213. Jan 1 Los Angeles Police chief Edward Davis retires from police force. Jan 1 News editor Donald Woods finally arrives in London after escaping the apartheid regime in South Africa.
- Arctic - First Solo North Pole Expedition
- United Kingdom - First Test Tube Baby Born
- The First Garfield Comic Strip Debuts in U.S. Newspapers
- United States - Torrijos-Carter Treaties
- Spain - New Constitution Established
- More News and Key Events from 1978
1. Japanese explorer Naomi Uemura became the first person to reach the North Pole in a solo expedition during May. 2. He trekked alone through the Arctic with a team of malamutes to carry his supplies. 3. The Canadian Air Force also provided some assistance by replenishing his supplies via helicopter. 4. The 37-year-old explorer began his trip in e...
The world’s first human conceived through in-vitro fertilization (IVF), Louise Brown, was born on July 25 in the United Kingdom. Called a “test-tube baby” by the press, Louise was conceived in a petri dish and then implanted as a two and a half day old embryo. The experimental procedure was completed by Robert Edwards, a medical researcher, and Pat...
More Information for Garfield. 1. The very first “Garfield” comic strip is published in 41 U.S. Newspapers during June of 1978. 2. Created by cartoonist Jim Davis, the comic strip focused on the life of a lazy and often sarcastic cat named “Garfield.” 3. The comic quickly grew in popularity and was featured in 100 newspapers only a year after its d...
The United States Senate ratifies the second of the Torrijos-Carter Treaties during April. The treaties guaranteed that the United States would hand over control of the Panama Canal back to Panama by the end of 1999. The United States had control over the canal since 1903as a result of the Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty. While it was considered a little ...
The country of Spain restored its democracy and ended forty years of a dictatorship under Francisco Franco. After the death of Franco in 1975the country created a new constitution and it was ratified by the Spanish people in a referendum in early December of 1978 and later signed by King Juan Carlos I near the end of the month. The new constitution...
Public Service strikes in UK Public Service strikes in UK causes major disruption to all services US Teachers strike US Teachers strike extend summer holidays for thousands of students Volkswagen Beetle After nearly 30 years The Volkswagen Beetle stops productionhaving manufactured 20 million cars Worldwide Unemployment 1. Worldwide Unemployment ri...
February 5–7 – The Northeastern United States blizzard of 1978 hits the New England region and the New York metropolitan area, killing about 100 and causing over US$520 million in damage. February 6 – The first Home Depot opens in Marietta, Georgia.
Clockwise from top-left: the Jonestown massacre occurs, leaving 909 people dead; Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 182 collides with a private Cessna 172 light aircraft, killing 146 people; an earthquake in Tabas kills around 25,000 people; the 1978 FIFA World Cup is held in Argentina; the Saur Revolution marks the end of power of the Barakzai ...
Major Events. Jan 23 Sweden becomes the first nation in the world to ban aerosol sprays, due to their harmful effect on the earth's ozone layer. Sep 16 25,000 die in 7.7 earthquake in Tabar, Iran. Sep 17 Anwar Sadat, Menachem Begin and Jimmy Carter sign the Camp David Accords, frameworks for peace in the Middle East and between Egypt and Israel ...
Historical Events for the Year 1978. 1st January » Air India Flight 855 Boeing 747 crashes into the sea, due to instrument failure and pilot disorientation, off the coast of Mumbai e.g Bombay, India, killing 213. 1st January » The Constitution of the Northern Mariana Islands becomes effective.
May 7, 2018 · 1978 was a swirling mass of genres; disco, punk, funk, R&B, rock, and New Wave all banging beautifully into each other as the seeds of hip-hop were being sown, ready to take on the world in...
