Events in 1978

252 notable events from 1978. Page 2 of 3.

• Bus disaster near Żywiec
  Nov 15, 1978 · Poland
• NDF Rebellion
  1978–1982 · Yemen
• LOT Polish Airlines Flight 165 (1978)
  Aug 30, 1978 · Germany
• Frank J. Coppola
  Apr 22, 1978 · —
• Disappearance of Trudie Adams
  Jun 25, 1978 · Australia
• Keisei Skyliner arson fire
  May 5, 1978 · Japan
• 1978 Palace of Versailles bombing
  Jun 26, 1978 · France
• Girvies Davis and Richard Holman
  Jan 1, 1978–Jan 1, 1979 · —
• Nathaniel Burkett
  Jan 1, 1978–Jan 1, 2002 · —
• Randy Gay
  Jan 1, 1978–Jan 1, 2011 · United States
• Murder of Karel de Leeuw
  Aug 18, 1978 · United States
• TWA Flight 541
  Dec 21, 1978 · United States
• Speedway bombings
  Sep 1, 1978 · United States
• Franklin Dam controversy
  1978 · Australia
• Indian Airlines Flight 410
  Dec 20, 1978 · India
• Waverly, Tennessee, tank car explosion
  Feb 24, 1978 · United States
• Peter Winston (chess player)
  Jan 26, 1978 · —
• Green Bay Massacre
  Jan 5, 1978 · Jamaica
• Beyazıt massacre
  Mar 16, 1978 · Türkiye
• Simon Nelson
  Jan 7, 1978 · United States
• China Airlines Flight 831
  Mar 9, 1978 · Hong Kong
• 1978 Iranian Chinook shootdown
  Jun 21, 1978 · Turkmenistan
• Aeroflot Flight 6709
  May 19, 1978 · Russian Federation
• Toyama Prefecture couple abduction attempt case
  Aug 15, 1978 · Japan
• Nathaniel Harvey
  Jan 1, 1978–Jan 1, 1985 · —
• Eastern Zone massacres
  1978 · —
• Charles Stamper
  Mar 25, 1978 · —
• Aalt Mondria
  Jan 1, 1978–Jan 1, 1997 · —
• 1978 Somali coup attempt
  Apr 9, 1978 · Somalia
• 1978 Dutch province hall hostage crisis
  Mar 14, 1978 · Netherlands
• Scala case
  Jan 15, 1978 · Spain
• Keith Daniel Williams
  Oct 8, 1978 · —
• 1978 Swabian Jura earthquake
  Sep 3, 1978 · Germany
• Murder of Brenda Page
  Jul 14, 1978 · United Kingdom
• 1978 Orly Airport attack
  May 20, 1978 · France
• Brendan Megraw
  Apr 8, 1978 · United Kingdom
• Andre Jones and Freddie Tiller
  Jan 1, 1978–Jan 1, 1979 · —
• Robert Charles Ladd
  Jan 1, 1978–Jan 1, 1996 · —
• Seventh pavilion massacre
  Mar 14, 1978 · Argentina
• Explosion at Kurovskaya station
  Dec 6, 1978 · Russian Federation
• Rocky Mountain Airways Flight 217
  Dec 4, 1978 · United States
• Disappearance of Danielle Judic
  Dec 31, 1978 · France
• Stanley Bernson
  Jan 1, 1978–Jan 1, 1979 · —
• Spyros disaster
  Oct 12, 1978 · Singapore
• 1978 Izu Ōshima earthquake
  Jan 14, 1978 · Japan
• 1978 National Archives vault fire
  Dec 7, 1978 · United States
• Murder of Franklin Bradshaw
  Jul 23, 1978 · United States
• Operation Dragon King
  Jul 31, 1978 · Myanmar
• David Villarreal
  Jan 1, 1978–Jan 1, 1981 · United States
• 1978 Holiday Inn fire
  Nov 26, 1978 · United States
• 1978 British Army Gazelle downing
  Feb 17, 1978 · United Kingdom
• Jeffery Lee Griffin
  Jan 1, 1978–Jan 1, 1979 · —
• 1978 Mauritanian coup d'état
  Jul 10, 1978 · Mauritania
• Murder of Denise McGregor
  Mar 20, 1978 · —
• Death of Manon Dubé
  Jan 27, 1978 · Canada
• Bahçelievler massacre
  Oct 9, 1978 · Türkiye
• Murunkan massacre
  Apr 7, 1978 · Sri Lanka
• Death of Renny Ottolina
  Mar 16, 1978 · Venezuela
• United Airlines Flight 696
  Mar 13, 1978 · United States
• 1978 Qom protest
  Jan 9, 1978 · Iran
• 1978 Tabas earthquake
  Sep 16, 1978 · Iran
• Taunton sleeping car fire
  Jul 6, 1978 · United Kingdom
• Murazze di Vado train disaster
  Apr 15, 1978 · Italy
• Waldbaum's supermarket fire
  Aug 2, 1978 · United States
• Hostage crisis at the Iraqi embassy in Paris
  Jul 31, 1978 · France
• Sa Pereira rail disaster
  Feb 25, 1978 · Argentina
• Qaa massacre
  Jun 28, 1978 · Lebanon
• Aeroflot Flight 1080
  Oct 7, 1978 · Russian Federation
• Attempted assassination of Antonio Cubillo
  Apr 5, 1978 · Algeria
• 1978 Thessaloniki earthquake
  Jun 20, 1978 · Greece
• Destruction of Kurdish villages during the Iraqi Arabization campaign
  1978 · Iraq
• Disappearance of Christie Farni
  Dec 14, 1978 · United States
• Murders of Russel Ingram and Eunice Peiris
  Aug 10, 1978 · Sri Lanka
• 1978 massacre at Multan Colony Textile Mills
  Jan 2, 1978 · Pakistan
• 1978 London bus attack
  Aug 20, 1978 · United Kingdom
• Panzós massacre
  May 29, 1978 · Guatemala
• Jozef Slovák
  Aug 22, 1978–Jul 16, 1991 · Czechia
• Buried Dino 246 GTS incident
  Feb 1, 1978 · United States
• Murder of Antonio Esposito
  Jun 21, 1978 · Italy
• Traffic accident near Osiecznica
  Jan 22, 1978 · Poland
• Roberto Scialabba
  Feb 28, 1978 · Italy
• 1978 Eastern Shimane earthquake
  Jun 4, 1978 · Japan
• Indian Airlines Flight 403
  Dec 17, 1978 · India
• Fedele Calvosa
  Nov 8, 1978 · —
• Salisbury fuel depot attack
  Dec 11, 1978 · Zimbabwe
• 1978 Muñoz level crossing accident
  Dec 21, 1978 · Spain
• Murder of Rosario Berardi
  Mar 10, 1978 · Italy
• Murder of Jimmy Hendricks and Kim Mills
  Jun 17, 1978 · United States
• 1978 Tabriz protests
  Feb 1978 · Iran
• Operation Chanchera
  Aug 22, 1978 · Nicaragua
• 1978 San Cristóbal de La Laguna bombing
  Feb 24, 1978 · Spain
• Murder of Joe Tarricone
  Sep 29, 1978 · United States
• Murder of Brian King
  Apr 25, 1978 · Canada
• Afraad Rebellion
  1978–1982 · —
• Poussin affair
  Feb 22, 1978 · France
• Murder of Francesco Di Cataldo
  Apr 20, 1978 · Italy
• Balgat massacre
  Aug 10, 1978 · Türkiye
• Murder of Antonio Santoro
  Jun 6, 1978 · Italy
• 1978 Singapore flood
  Dec 2, 1978 · Singapore
• Disappearance of Willemijntje van der Meer
  Jan 2, 1978 · Netherlands