WHAT ALL HAPPENED MARCH TO SEPTEMBER 1978
Find out what all happened March to September 1978

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

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

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

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

The US Supreme Court hands down 5-3 decision in Stump v. Sparkman, 435 U.S. 349, a controversial case involving involuntary sterilization and judicial immunity. (28. March 1978)

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

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

While walking across Waterloo Bridge in London, Bulgarian dissident Georgi Markov is assassinated by Bulgarian secret police agent Francesco Giullino by means of a ricin pellet fired from a specially-designed umbrella. (7. September 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)

Four days before the scheduled opening of Japan's Narita International Airport, a group of protestors destroys much of the equipment in the control tower with Molotov cocktails. (26. March 1978)

Air Canada Flight 189 to Toronto overruns the runway and crashes into the Etobicoke Creek ravine. Two of 107 passengers on board perish. (26. June 1978)

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

The Solomon Islands join the United Nations. (19. September 1978)

Janet Parker is the last person to die of smallpox, in a laboratory-associated outbreak. (11. September 1978)

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

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

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

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