Editing 1978 (section)

=== January ===
{{Main|January 1978}}
* [[January 1]] – [[Air India Flight 855]], a [[Boeing 747]] passenger jet, crashes off the coast of [[Bombay]], killing 213.<ref name="ASN">{{ASN accident|title=VT-EBD |id=19780101-1}}</ref>
* [[January 5]] – [[Bülent Ecevit]], of [[Republican People's Party|CHP]], forms the new government of [[Turkey]] (42nd government).<ref>{{cite news |title=The World |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=January 6, 1978 |page=I-2}}</ref>
* [[January 6]] – The [[Holy Crown of Hungary]] (also known as [[Stephen of Hungary]] Crown) is returned to Hungary from the United States, where it was held since [[World War II]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Vance Returns Ancient Crown in Solemn Rites |last=Seeger |first=Murray |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=January 7, 1978 |page=I-1}}</ref>
* [[January 10]] – [[Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Cardenal]], a critic of the [[Nicaragua]]n government, is assassinated; riots erupt against [[Anastasio Somoza Debayle|Somoza]]'s government.<ref>{{cite news |title=Editor Opposed to Somoza Slain on Nicargua Street |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=January 11, 1978 |page=I-5}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Crowds of Nicaraguans Mourn Slain Newspaper Publisher |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=January 12, 1978 |page=I-17}}</ref>
* [[January 13]] – Former American Vice President [[Hubert Humphrey]], a Democrat, dies of cancer in [[Waverly, Minnesota]], at the age of 66.<ref>{{cite news |title=Humphrey Dies of Cancer at His Home— Leading Proponent of 'Politics of Joy' Slipped Into Coma, 'Suffered No Pain' |last=Averill |first=John R. |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=January 14, 1978 |page=I-1}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/H000953 |title=HUMPHREY, Hubert Horatio, Jr. 1911 – 1978 |work=[[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]] |access-date=27 April 2024}}</ref>
* [[January 18]] – The [[European Court of Human Rights]] finds the British government guilty of mistreating prisoners in [[Northern Ireland]], but not guilty of torture.<ref>{{cite news |title=Britain Ruled Guilty of Prisoner Abuse |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=January 19, 1978 |page=I-4}}</ref>
* [[January 22]] – [[Ethiopia]] declares the ambassador of West Germany ''[[persona non grata]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=The World |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=January 23, 1978 |page=I-2}}</ref>
* [[January 24]]
** [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] satellite [[Kosmos 954]] burns up in Earth's atmosphere, scattering radioactive debris over Canada's [[Northwest Territories]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Russ Nuclear Satellite Loses Its Orbit, Burns— Disintegrates Over Northwest Canada; No Danger of Radioactive Fallout Seen |last=Toth |first=Robert C. |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=January 25, 1978 |page=I-14}}</ref>
** [[Rose Dugdale]] and Eddie Gallagher become the first convicted prisoners to marry in prison since the establishment of the [[Republic of Ireland]].
* [[January 25]] – [[January 27|27]] – The [[Great Blizzard of 1978]] strikes the [[Ohio Valley]] and [[Great Lakes]], killing 70.<ref>{{cite news |title=Troops Aid in Saving 1,400 on Ohio Roads; 15-Foot Drifts Strand Motorists in Blizzard; Death Toll Reaches 77 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=January 28, 1978 |page=I-1}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Storm Lets Up; Death Toll at 90 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=January 29, 1978 |page=I-1}}</ref>