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1978 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1978th year of the Common Era (CE) and ... He is the first Polish pope in history, ...
February 5–7 – The Northeastern United States blizzard of 1978 hits the New England region and the New York metropolitan area, killing about 100 and causing over US$520 million in damage. February 6 – The first Home Depot opens in Marietta, Georgia .
1978 – The Senate votes to turn the Panama Canal over to Panamanian control on December 31, 1999. 1978 – Supervisor Harvey Milk and Mayor George Moscone are assassinated by Dan White in San Francisco on November 27. 1979 – The Three Mile Island nuclear accident occurs, America's most catastrophic nuclear power plant accident in its history.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI), one of three major U.S. stock market indexes, had declined in nine straight trading sessions as of Tuesday, Dec. 17. The last time the Dow Jones ...
19 June – Cricketer Ian Botham becomes the first man in the history of the game to score a century and take eight wickets in one innings of a Test match. [22] 21 June An outbreak of shooting between Provisional IRA members and the British Army leaves one civilian and three IRA men dead. [23]
1978 in the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (3 C, 1 P) Pages in category "1978 in the United States" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total.
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Early history Scouting America can thank a foggy London evening for its founding more than a century ago. On a trip to the city in 1909, William D. Boyce allegedly got lost when a young boy came ...