The temperature on January 11, 1978 was between 3.2 °C and 5.4 °C and averaged 4.3 °C. There was 6.1 mm of rain during 14.1 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
January 2 » 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 1978 massacre at Multan Colony Textile Mills.
March 23 » The first UNIFIL troops arrived in Lebanon for peacekeeping mission along the Blue Line.
June 15 » King Hussein of Jordan marries American Lisa Halaby, who takes the name Queen Noor.
July 25 » Puerto Rican police shoot two nationalists in the Cerro Maravilla murders.
December 6 » Spain ratifies the Spanish Constitution of 1978 in a referendum.
December 15 » U.S. President Jimmy Carter announces that the United States will recognize the People's Republic of China and sever diplomatic relations with Taiwan.
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