1978 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1978?
- January 1, 1978 – The Constitution of the Northern Mariana Islands becomes effective.
- January 18, 1978 – The European Court of Human Rights finds the United Kingdom government guilty of mistreating prisoners in Northern Ireland, but not guilty of torture.
- 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 13, 1978 – Hilton bombing: a bomb explodes in a refuse truck outside the Hilton Hotel in Sydney, Australia, killing two refuse collectors and a policeman.
- February 16, 1978 – The first computer bulletin board system is created (CBBS in Chicago, Illinois).
- March 8, 1978 – The first radio episode of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams, is transmitted on BBC Radio 4.
- April 1, 1978 – The Philippine College of Commerce, through a presidential decree, becomes the Polytechnic University of the Philippines.
- April 7, 1978 – Development of the neutron bomb is canceled by President Jimmy Carter.
- April 14, 1978 – 1978 Tbilisi Demonstrations: Thousands of Georgians demonstrate against Soviet attempts to change the constitutional status of the Georgian language.
- 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.
- July 6, 1978 – The Taunton sleeping car fire occurs in Taunton, Somerset killing twelve people.
- 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.
- August 13, 1978 – 150 Palestinians in Beirut are killed in a terrorist attack during the second phase of the Lebanese Civil War.
- October 1, 1978 – Tuvalu gains independence from the United Kingdom.
- December 5, 1978 – The Soviet Union signs a “friendship treaty” with the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.
- 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.
- December 28, 1978 – With the crew investigating a problem with the landing gear, United Airlines Flight 173 runs out of fuel and crashes in Portland, Oregon, killing 10. As a result, United Airlines instituted the industry’s first crew resource management program.
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