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Feb 8, 1978 - Blizzard of 1978 hits Indiana. 60 MPH winds. |
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June 16, 1978 - President Carter and Panamanian leader Omar Torrijos exchanged instruments of ratification for the Panama Canal treaties. |
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Nov 20, 1978 - Col King leaves and Col Clifford M. Brown assumes command of CAMP ATTERBURY. California Rep. Leo J. Ryan and four other people were killed in Jonestown, Guyana, by members of the Peoples Temple. The killings were followed by a night of mass murder and suicide by 912 cult members. Greg Robinson, a SF Examiner photographer, Don Harris, NBC correspondent, Bob Brown, NBC cameraman, and Patricia Parks, a temple defector, were shot dead. The 914 suicides at Jonestown included 260 children. |
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Dec 15, 1978 - President Carter announced he would grant diplomatic recognition to the People's Republic of China, i.e. Communist China, on New Year's Day and sever official relations with the Republic of China (Taiwan).
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