Historical Events In 1978

Nov 25 American Airlines DC-10 crashes on takeoff from Chicago, kills 275

Nov 08 Norman Rockwell artist, dies in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, at 84

Nov 02 Crew of Soyuz 29 returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 31

Sep 15 Muhammad Ali beats WBA heavyweight champion Leon Spinks

Sep 25 PSA Boeing 727 and a Cessna private plane collide by San Diego, 144 die

Sep 02 George Harrison marries Olivia

Sep 17 the Camp David accord is signed by Begin, Sadat and Carter

Sep 23 100,000 cheering Egyptians welcome Sadat home from Camp David summit

Sep 02 John McClain performs 180 outside loops in an airplane over Houston

Sep 02 Graham Salmon set the worlds record for 100 meters by a blind man

Sep 03 Pope John Paul I officially installed as 264th supreme pontiff

Sep 05 Sadat, Begin &Carter began peace conference at Camp David, Md

Sep 17 A meeting between Egyptian and Israeli leaders creates a framework for Middle East peace

Sep 01 Jacqueline Smith of Great Britain scores 10 straight dead center strikes on a 4" disk in World Parachute Championships in Yugoslavia

Sep 16 25,000 die in 7.7 earthquake in Iran

Sep 22 Israeli PM Menachem Begin returns home after Camp David summit

Sep 28 Israeli Knesset endorses Camp David accord

Sep 06 Begin &Sadat meet at Camp David to discuss peace

Sep 26 Railroad clerks go on strike, halting more than 2/3s of rail service

Sep 03 Crew of Soyuz 31 returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 29

Sep 08 Martial Law declared in Tehran and other cities, Iran, as riots take place

Jun 24 North Yemen President assassinated

Jun 15 Soyuz 29 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6; they stay 139 days

Jun 26 Brittany separatists bomb Palace of Versailles in France

Jun 27 Soyuz 30 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Polish) to Salyut 6 space station

Jun 20 In Greece a 6.6 quake was centered about 30 kilometers northeast of Thessaloniki. At least 50 people were killed, many injured and there was extensive damage in the Thessaloniki area

Jun 12 In Japan a 7.5 quake struck near the east coast of Honshu, Japan. The shock was centered about 909 kilometers east of Sendai

Jun 29 VP Walter F Mondale begins trip to Mid-East

Jun 27 US Seasat 1, first oceanographic satellite, launched into polar orbit

Jun 09 Gutenberg Bible (1 of 21) sells for $2.4 million, London

Jun 06 Proposition 13 cuts California property taxes 57%

Jun 07 Nadine Hernandez is born in California

Jun 12 David Berkowitz sentenced in NY Supreme Court to 25 yrs to life

Jun 16 Ringo releases "Bad Boy" album; Wings releases "I've Had Enough"

Jun 22 Pluto's moon Charon discovered by James Christy

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