1978 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1978?
- January 18, 1978 – The roof structure of the Hartford Civic Center collapses after a significant snowfall.
- February 6, 1978 – 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 4\" an hour.
- February 7, 1978 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Horse in Chinese astrology.
- February 18, 1978 – The first Ironman Triathlon competition takes place on the island of Oahu, won by Gordon Haller.
- March 2, 1978 – Czech Vladimír Remek becomes the first non-Russian or non-American to go into space, when he is launched aboard Soyuz 28.
- April 7, 1978 – Development of the neutron bomb is canceled by President Jimmy Carter.
- May 3, 1978 – The first unsolicited bulk commercial e-mail (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.
- June 15, 1978 – King Hussein of Jordan marries American Lisa Halaby, who takes the name Queen Noor.
- June 19, 1978 – Garfield, holder of the Guinness World Record for the world’s most widely syndicated comic strip, makes its debut.
- July 1, 1978 – The Northern Territory in Australia is granted Self-Government.
- July 25, 1978 – The Cerro Maravilla incident occurs.
- August 7, 1978 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter declares a federal emergency at Love Canal due to toxic waste that had been negligently disposed of.
- September 11, 1978 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter, President Anwar Sadat of Egypt, and Prime Minister Menachem Begin of Israel meet at Camp David and agree on the Camp David Accords a framework for peace between Israel and Egypt and a comprehensive peace in the Middle East.
- October 1, 1978 – The Voltaic Revolutionary Communist Party is founded.
- October 21, 1978 – Australian civilian pilot Frederick Valentich vanishes in a Cessna 182 over the Bass Strait south of Melbourne, after reporting contact with an unidentified aircraft.
- November 27, 1978 – The Kurdish party PKK is founded in the city of Riha (Urfa) in Turkey.
- December 6, 1978 – Spain approves its latest constitution in a referendum.
- December 15, 1978 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter announces that the United States will recognize the People’s Republic of China and cut off all relations with Taiwan
- December 18, 1978 – Dominica joins the United Nations.
- December 27, 1978 – Spain becomes a democracy after 40 years of dictatorship.
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