Editing 1978 (section)

=== July ===
{{Main|July 1978}}
* [[July 1]] – Australia's [[Northern Territory]] is granted [[Self-governance|self-government]].
* [[July 3]] – The [[Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization|Amazon Co-operation Treaty]] (ACT) is signed.
* [[July 7]] – The [[Solomon Islands]] become independent from the United Kingdom.
* [[July 11]] – At least 217 tourists die in an [[Los Alfaques disaster|explosion of a tanker-truck at a campsite]] in [[Costa Daurada]], Spain.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Chernov |first1=Dmitry |last2=Sornette |first2=Didier |title=Critical Risks of Different Economic Sectors: Based on the Analysis of More Than 500 Incidents, Accidents and Disasters |date=3 December 2019 |publisher=Springer Nature |isbn=978-3-030-25034-8 |page=170 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qZnBDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA170 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[July 24]] – In [[Acapulco]], [[Mexico]], [[Margaret Gardiner (beauty queen)|Margaret Gardiner]] of [[South Africa]] is crowned [[Miss Universe]].
* [[July 25]] – [[Louise Brown]], the world's first [[test tube baby]], is born in [[Oldham]], [[Greater Manchester]], UK.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3077913.stm |work=[[BBC News]] |first=Martin |last=Hutchinson |title=I helped deliver Louise |date=July 24, 2003}}</ref>