Mir Akbar Khyber is assassinated, provoking the Saur Revolution in Afghanistan
Mir Akbar Khyber is assassinated, provoking the Saur Revolution in Afghanistan
13 events found for 1978
Mir Akbar Khyber is assassinated, provoking the Saur Revolution in Afghanistan
The Saur Revolution begins in Afghanistan, ending the following morning with the murder of Afghan President Mohammed Dao
Willow Island disaster: In the deadliest construction accident in United States history, 51 construction workers are kil
The President of Afghanistan, Mohammad Daoud Khan, is overthrown and assassinated in a coup led by pro-communist rebels
Japan's Naomi Uemura, travelling by dog sled, becomes the first person to reach the North Pole alone
The first unsolicited bulk commercial email (which would later become known as "spam") is sent by a Digital Equipment Co
The South African Defence Force attacks a SWAPO base at Cassinga in southern Angola, killing about 600 people
The first ascent of Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen, by Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler
In Zaire, rebels occupy the city of Kolwezi, the mining center of the province of Shaba (now known as Katanga); the loca
A Tupolev Tu-144 crashes near the Russian town of Yegoryevsk, killing two
The first of a series of bombings orchestrated by the Unabomber detonates at Northwestern University resulting in minor
The first international applications under the Patent Cooperation Treaty are filed