WHAT ALL HAPPENED JULY TO AUGUST 1978
Find out what all happened July to August 1978

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

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

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

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

The Sandinista National Liberation Front (FLSN) occupies national palace in Nicaragua. (22. August 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)

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

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)

The Treaty of Peace and Friendship between Japan and the People's Republic of China is signed. (12. 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 730 (transport), Okinawa Prefecture changes its traffic on the right-hand side of the road to the left-hand side. (30. July 1978)

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