WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO AUGUST 1978
Find out what all happened February to August 1978

Development of the neutron bomb is canceled by President Jimmy Carter. (7. April 1978)

Czech Vladimír Remek becomes the first non-Russian or non-American to go into space, when he is launched aboard Soyuz 28. (2. March 1978)

The first international applications under the Patent Cooperation Treaty are filed. (1. June 1978)

The Israeli Defense Force invades and occupies southern Lebanon, in Operation Litani. (14. March 1978)

The Solomon Islands becomes independent from the United Kingdom (7. July 1978)

The first ascent of Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen, by Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler. (8. May 1978)

The United States Supreme Court, in Regents of the University of California v. Bakke bars quota systems in college admissions. (28. June 1978)

President of Afghanistan, Mohammed Daoud Khan, is overthrown and assassinated in a coup led by pro-communist rebels. (28. April 1978)

Former United States President Nixon aide John D. Ehrlichman is released from an Arizona prison after serving 18 months for Watergate-related crimes. (27. April 1978)

World News Tonight premieres on ABC. (10. July 1978)

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints opens its priesthood to "all worthy men", ending a 148-year-old policy of excluding black men. (9. June 1978)

Papal conclave: Pope John Paul I is elected to the Papacy. (26. August 1978)

Korean Air Lines Flight 902 is shot down by the Soviet Union. (20. April 1978)

1978 Tbilisi Demonstrations: Thousands of Georgians demonstrate against Soviet attempts to change the constitutional status of the Georgian language. (14. April 1978)

Hilton bombing: a bomb explodes in a refuse truck outside the Hilton Hotel in Sydney, Australia, killing two refuse collectors and a policeman. (13. February 1978)

The 730 (transport), Okinawa Prefecture changes its traffic on the right-hand side of the road to the left-hand side. (30. July 1978)

The Blizzard of 1978, one of the worst Nor'easters in New England history, hit the region, with sustained winds of 65 mph and snowfall of 4" an hour. (6. February 1978)

Karl Wallenda of The Flying Wallendas dies after falling off a tight-rope between two hotels in San Juan, Puerto Rico. (22. March 1978)

Japan's Naomi Uemura, travelling by dog sled, becomes the first person to reach the North Pole alone. (1. May 1978)

U.S. President Jimmy Carter declares a federal emergency at Love Canal due to toxic waste that had been negligently disposed of. (7. August 1978)