Timeline February 1978

Events in February 1978 5

• 1969 – 1978 State secretary in the economics ministry Under Brandt and then Schmidt, for eight years A Social Democrat who spent his career moving between government and industry.
• 1978 Northeastern blizzard of 1978 A noreaster buries New England under record snow, killing about 100 people and stranding thousands of cars on Route 128.
• 1978 Leon Spinks beats Muhammad Ali Olympic champion Spinks, in only his eighth professional fight, takes the heavyweight title from Ali on a split decision.
• 1978 La Mon restaurant bombing An IRA incendiary bomb at a hotel near Belfast kills 12 people.
• 1978 First GPS satellite launched Navstar 1, the first Global Positioning System satellite, is launched from Vandenberg.