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April 1978
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The following events occurred in April 1978:

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April 27, 1978: Monument to the construction workers killed in the Willow Island disaster
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April 15, 1978: Train wereck in Italy kills 48 people and injures 117
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April 20, 1978: Korean Air Lines Flight 902 strayed into Soviet airspace, leading to the Soviet Air Force intercepting and shooting it down (artist's rendition)


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April 1, 1978 (Saturday)

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April 2, 1978 (Sunday)

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April 3, 1978 (Monday)

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April 4, 1978 (Tuesday)

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April 5, 1978 (Wednesday)

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April 6, 1978 (Thursday)

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April 7, 1978 (Friday)

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Partial solar eclipse of April 7, 1978
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First 13 Bureau of Land Management rangers take oath of office
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April 8, 1978 (Saturday)

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April 9, 1978 (Sunday)

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The Frank Sinatra International Student Center in 2009
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April 10, 1978 (Monday)

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1982 Volkswagen Rabbit manufactured at the Westmoreland Assembly plant
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April 11, 1978 (Tuesday)

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Betty Ford
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April 12, 1978 (Wednesday)

April 13, 1978 (Thursday)

April 14, 1978 (Friday)

April 15, 1978 (Saturday)

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Divine Mercy by Eugeniusz Kazimirowski

April 17, 1978 (Monday)

April 18, 1978 (Tuesday)

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A display of skulls of the Ba Chuc victims

April 19, 1978 (Wednesday)

April 20, 1978 (Thursday)

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Flight path of Korean Air Lines Flight 902
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The Boeing 707 involved in the shootdown in August 1977

April 21, 1978 (Friday)

April 22, 1978 (Saturday)

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The weir on the Blanchard River in Findlay, Ohio

April 23, 1978 (Sunday)

April 24, 1978 (Monday)

  • The Red Brigades, who had taken former Italian prime minister Aldo Moro hostage on March 16, offered to free him in exchange for the release of 13 members of the terrorist group.[372] The statement was the first indication, since the passage of a deadline of 3:00 pm on April 22, that Moro was still alive. The letter was followed later in the day by another letter, apparently written by Moro himself, asking his fellow Christian Democrat party members to save his life, and adding, "We are almost at zero hour, the moment of slaughter." After a meeting of the chief ministers, convened by Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti, the Italian government rejected the demand, declaring that it would "not submit to blackmail" and that the authorities believed that the terrorists had no intention of letting Moro live.[373]
  • The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that broadcasters are liable for civil damages when an episode of violence on television leads to a real-life crime. The decision cleared the way for an $11 million lawsuit against NBC for its broadcast on September 17, 1974, of the TV film Born Innocent, depicting a violent sexual assault. Three days after the broadcast, a group of juveniles had made a similar attack on a 9-year-old girl and told police that they had been inspired by the film.[374][375]
  • A judge in New York ruled that David Berkowitz, the accused "Son of Sam" killer, was mentally competent to stand trial for the murder last July 31 of 20-year-old Stacy Moskowitz.[376]
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April 25, 1978 (Tuesday)

  • The ordeal of 19-year-old Kevin Strickland, who would spend 43 years in prison in the U.S. for his wrongful conviction on a murder charge, began in Kansas City, Missouri, when a group of three men carried out a home invasion and killed three of the four residents. A fourth victim, Cynthia Douglas, had survived by pretending to be dead, and initially identified Strickland as one of the three assailants. In the years that followed, Douglas would make multiple attempts prior to her death in 2015 to recant her identification of Strickland [385] Strickland would remain incarcerated until November 23, 2021, and freed at the age of 65 with the overturning of the conviction.[386]
  • Japan's railways and subways were shut down by a walkout of 330,000 members of the Japan Railway Workers' Union and the National Railway Locomotive Engineers' Union. With highways normally jammed with traffic on normal weekdays, the gridlock got worse as thousands of extra cars were used by commuters, prompting an 18-mile (29 km) traffic jam on roads leading into the Tokyo Metropolitan Area.[387]
  • The Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation between Spain and Portugal became effective when Spain's parliament ratified the agreement, which had been signed on November 22, 1977, and ratified by Portugal eight days before Spain acted.[388] The treaty, which came after both nations on the Iberian Peninsula had made the transition to democracy, replaced the 1939 Iberian Pact that had been signed by the dictators of the two nations.
  • The 1978 Vuelta a España bicycle stage race began in Gijón, Spain. It would continue through May 14.[389]
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The Phillie Phanatic in 2020

April 26, 1978 (Wednesday)

April 27, 1978 (Thursday)

April 28, 1978 (Friday)

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Outside the Arg on the day after the Saur Revolution in Kabul

April 29, 1978 (Saturday)

April 30, 1978 (Sunday)

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Democratic Republic of Afghanistan

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