WHAT ALL HAPPENED JUNE TO AUGUST 1978
Find out what all happened June to August 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)

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

Charon, a satellite of the dwarf planet Pluto, is discovered by American astronomer James W. Christy. (22. June 1978)

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

King Hussein of Jordan marries American Lisa Halaby, who takes the name Queen Noor. (15. June 1978)

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

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

Garfield, holder of the Guinness World Record for the world's most widely syndicated comic strip, makes its debut. (19. June 1978)

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

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

150 Palestinians in Beirut are killed in a terrorist attack during the second phase of the Lebanese Civil War. (13. August 1978)

Louise Brown, the world's first "test tube baby" is born. (25. July 1978)

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

Three members of the Ulrich family are killed in an accident. This leads to the Ford Pinto litigation. (10. August 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 Sandinista National Liberation Front (FLSN) occupies national palace in Nicaragua. (22. August 1978)

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

Double Eagle II becomes first balloon to cross the Atlantic Ocean when it lands in Miserey, France near Paris, 137 hours after leaving Presque Isle, Maine. (17. August 1978)

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