Editing 1978 (section)

=== June ===
{{Main|June 1978}}
* [[June 1]] – The [[1978 FIFA World Cup]] starts in [[Argentina]].
* [[June 2]]  – [[Japan Air Lines Flight 123#1978 tailstrike incident|Japan Air Lines 115]] had its tail struck on the runway on the airport it landed in. The same aircraft would be involved in a 2nd accident 7 years later
* [[June 10]] – [[Affirmed]] holds off [[Alydar]] to win the [[Belmont Stakes]] and becomes the last horse to win the U.S. Triple Crown of Horse Racing until [[2015]].
* [[June 15]] – King [[Hussein of Jordan]] marries 26-year-old Lisa Halaby, who takes the name [[Queen Noor of Jordan|Queen Noor]].
* [[June 19]] 
** England cricketer [[Ian Botham]] becomes the first man in the history of the game to score a century and take eight wickets in one innings of a Test match.
** ''[[Garfield]]'s'' first [[comic strip]], originally published locally as ''Jon'' in 1976, goes into nationwide [[Print syndication|syndication]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Garfield {{!}} comic strip by Davis {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Garfield |access-date=2022-06-17 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref>
* [[June 20]] – The 6.2 {{M|w|link=y}} [[1978 Thessaloniki earthquake|Thessaloniki earthquake]] shakes [[Northern Greece]] with a maximum [[Mercalli intensity scale|Mercalli intensity]] of IX (''Violent''). Fifty people were killed.
* [[June 21]]
** A shootout between [[Provisional IRA]] members and the British Army in Northern Ireland leaves one civilian and three IRA men dead.
** [[1978 Iranian Chinook shootdown]]: Iranian helicopters stray into Soviet airspace and are shot down.
* [[June 22]] – [[Charon (moon)|Charon]], a satellite of [[Pluto]], is discovered.
* [[June 24]] – The Gay & Lesbian Solidarity March is held in Sydney, Australia to mark the 9th Anniversary of the [[Stonewall riots]] (which later becomes the annual [[Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras]]; later incorporating a festival).
* [[June 25]]
** [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]] defeats [[Netherlands national football team|the Netherlands]] 3–1 after [[extra time]] to win the [[1978 FIFA World Cup]].
** The [[Rainbow flag (LGBT)|rainbow flag]] of the [[LGBT]] movement flies for the first time (in its original form) at the [[San Francisco Pride|San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade]].
* [[June 26]] – A bombing by [[Breton nationalist]]s causes destruction in the [[Palace of Versailles]].
* [[June 30]] – [[Ethiopia]] begins a massive offensive in [[Eritrea]].