WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO JULY 1978
Find out what all happened February to July 1978

The first Ironman Triathlon competition takes place on the island of Oahu and is won by Gordon Haller. (18. February 1978)

David Berkowitz, the "Son of Sam" killer in New York City, is sentenced to 365 years in prison for six killings. (12. June 1978)

The Philippine College of Commerce, through a presidential decree, becomes the Polytechnic University of the Philippines. (1. April 1978)

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

Somalia and Ethiopia signed a truce to end the Ethiopian-Somali War. (15. March 1978)

The Troubles: The Provisional IRA detonates an incendiary bomb at the La Mon restaurant, near Belfast, killing 12 and seriously injuring 30. (17. February 1978)

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

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

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

Former Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro is kidnapped and later killed by his captors. (16. March 1978)

The first UNIFIL troops arrived in Lebanon for peacekeeping mission along the Blue Line. (23. March 1978)

Mir Akbar Khyber is assassinated, provoking a communist coup d'état in Afghanistan. (17. April 1978)

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

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

Coastal Road massacre: At least 37 are killed and more than 70 are wounded when Al Fatah hijack an Israeli bus, prompting Israel's Operation Litani. (11. March 1978)

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

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

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

Censorship: China lifts a ban on works by Aristotle, William Shakespeare and Charles Dickens. (11. February 1978)