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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