Editing 1978 (section)

=== November ===
{{Main|November 1978}}
* [[November 2]]: 8:00 pm – The [[Republic of Ireland]]'s second television channel [[RTÉ Two|RTÉ 2]] goes on air (renamed Network 2, [[1988]]; RTÉ Network Two, [[1995]]; N2, [[1997]]; and RTÉ Two in [[2004]]).
* [[November 3]] – [[Dominica]] gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
* [[November 5]] – [[Indira Gandhi]] is elected to the Indian parliament for the first time in 20 months after winning a by-election.<ref>{{cite news |title=Mrs. Gandhi, in Comeback, Wins Seat in Parliament |agency=AP |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=November 8, 1978 |page=I-5}}</ref>
* [[November 18]] – In [[Guyana]], [[Jim Jones]] leads his [[Peoples Temple]] cult in a mass [[murder–suicide]] in his commune, [[Jonestown]], that claims 918 lives in all, 909 of them at [[Jonestown]] itself, including over 270 children. [[Leo Ryan|Representative Leo J. Ryan]] is assassinated by members of Peoples Temple shortly beforehand.
* [[November 24]] – China starts an experimental "[[household responsibility system]]", in [[Anhui|Anhui Province]].
* [[November 26]] – Two British [[commercial diver]]s, Michael Ward and Tony Prangley, die of [[hypothermia]] and drowning in the [[East Shetland Basin]] after their [[diving bell]] [[Star Canopus diving accident|plunges to the seabed]] at a depth of over {{Convert|100|m}}.<ref name="Limbrick">{{cite book|title=North Sea Divers – a Requiem|last=Limbrick|first=Jim|pages=157–58|location=Hertford|publisher=Authors OnLine|year=2001|isbn=0-7552-0036-5|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lPp68NAoUF0C&pg=PA157}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Into the Lion's Mouth: The Story of the ''Wildrake'' Diving Accident|last=Smart|first=Michael|location=[[Medford, Oregon]]|publisher=Lion's Mouth Publishing|year=2011|pages=348–355|isbn=978-0-615-52838-0}}</ref>
* [[November 27]] – [[Moscone-Milk assassinations]]:  San Francisco Mayor [[George Moscone]] and Supervisor [[Harvey Milk]] are assassinated by disgruntled former Supervisor [[Dan White]].