WHAT ALL HAPPENED MAY TO AUGUST 1978
Find out what all happened May to August 1978

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

Puerto Rico police assassinate two nationalists in the Cerro Maravilla murders. (25. July 1978)

The Treaty of Peace and Friendship between Japan and the People's Republic of China is signed. (12. August 1978)

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

The rainbow flag representing gay pride is flown for the first time in the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade. (25. June 1978)

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

Israeli Defense Forces withdraw from Lebanon. (13. June 1978)

Altaf Hussain founds the students' political movement All Pakistan Muhajir Students Organisation (APMSO) in Karachi University. (11. June 1978)

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

Sigmund Jähn becomes first German cosmonaut, on board Soyuz 31. (26. August 1978)

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

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

150 Palestinians in Beirut are killed in a terrorist attack during the second phase of the Lebanese Civil War. (13. August 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)

Three members of the Ulrich family are killed in an accident. This leads to the Ford Pinto litigation. (10. August 1978)

President Moktar Ould Daddah of Mauritania is ousted in a bloodless coup d'état. (10. July 1978)

The Northern Territory in Australia is granted Self-Government. (1. July 1978)

Los Alfaques Disaster: A truck carrying liquid gas crashes and explodes at a coastal campsite in Tarragona, Spain killing 216 tourists. (11. July 1978)

In Zaire, rebels occupy the city of Kolwezi, the mining center of the province of Shaba (now known as Katanga). The local government asks the U.S.A., France and Belgium to restore order. (12. May 1978)