On the orders of the President of Pakistan, Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, paramilitary forces opened fire on peaceful protesting workers in Multan, Pakistan; it is known as…
Tag: 1978
16 March 1978
Former Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro is kidnapped. (He is later murdered by his captors.) [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldo_Moro’]
11 February 1978
Censorship: China lifts a ban on works by Aristotle, William Shakespeare and Charles Dickens. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristotle’]
27 November 1978
The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) is founded in the city of Riha (Urfa) in Turkey. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurdistan_Workers%27_Party’]
8 September 1978
Black Friday, a massacre by soldiers against protesters in Tehran, results in 700–3000 deaths, it marks the beginning of the end of the monarchy in…
23 November 1978
A cyclone kills over 1000 people in eastern Sri Lanka. The 1978 cyclone in Eastern province was the strongest tropical cyclone to strike Eastern province…
26 August 1978
Albino Luciani is elected as Pope John Paul I. Pope John Paul I who was born Albino Luciani was a devout religious man who dedicated…
23 November 1978
A cyclone in Eastern Sri Lanka kills almost 1000 people. The 1978 cyclone in Eastern province of Sri Lanka was the strongest tropical cyclone which…