Editing 1978 (section)

=== August ===
{{Main|August 1978}}
* [[August 6]] – [[Pope Paul VI]] dies, at [[Castel Gandolfo]].
* [[August 12]] – The [[Treaty of Peace and Friendship between Japan and the People's Republic of China]] is concluded.
* [[August 17]] – ''[[Double Eagle II]]'' becomes the first balloon to successfully cross the Atlantic Ocean, flying from [[Presque Isle, Maine]], to [[Miserey]], France.
* [[August 22]] 
**[[Sandinista]]s seize the Nicaraguan National Palace.
** Kenya's first president and founding father, [[Jomo Kenyatta]] dies aged 89 in [[Mombasa]].
* [[August 26]] – [[Pope John Paul I]] succeeds Pope Paul VI as the 263rd Pope.