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1978
1978 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar).
Events
January
February
March
April-May
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April 1 - Dick Smith of Dick Smith Foods tows a fake iceberg to Sydney Harbour
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April 8 - Regular broadcasts of proceedings in British Parliament start
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April 16 - In Cologne, 15,000 former members of resistance movement demonstrate against national socialism
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April 18 - The US Senate votes 68-32 to turn the Panama Canal over to Panamanian control on December 31 1999
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April 27 - President of Afghanistan, Daud Khan is killed during a military coup - Mohammed Takain succeeds him.
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April 30 - The Democratic Republic of Afghanistan is proclamed, under pro-communist leader Nur Mohammed Taraki.
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May 5 - Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds has his 3000th major league hit
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May 8 - Norway opens a natural gas field in Polar Sea.
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May 9 - In Rome, the body of Aldo Moro, the Italian president of the Christian-Democrats, is found in a parked car.
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May 12 - In Zaire, rebels occupy the city of Kolwezi, the mining centre of the province of Shaba. The government of Zaire asks the U.S., France and Belgium to restore order.
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May 15 - Students of the University of Teheran riot in Tabriz - army stops the riot
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May 17 – Charles Chaplin's coffin is found ten miles from the cemetery it was stolen from
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May 18 - Soviet dissident Yuri Orlov is sentenced for seven years hard labor for distributing counterrevolutionary material
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May 18-May 19 - Belgian and French paratroopers fly to Zaire to aid the fight against the rebels.
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May 20 - Mavis Hutchinson, 53, becames the first woman to run across USA - trek took 69 days
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May 25 - A bomb explodes in the security section of Northwestern University - security guard is wounded. The first bomb of the Unabomber case.
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May 26 - DC-10 crashes in O'Hare International Airport
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May 26 - In Atlantic City, New Jersey, Resorts International , the first legal casino in the eastern United States, opens.
June
July-August
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July 7 - The Solomon Islands become independent from the United Kingdom
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July 25 - First human birth, girl Louise Brown, from in vitro fertilization (the test tube baby)
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August 6 - Pope Paul VI dies at age of 80. The new Pope, John Paul I, age 65, dies unexpectedly after 34 days in office on September 28. He is succeeded by Cardinal Karol Wojtyła of Poland as John Paul II on October 16.
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August 7 - United States President Jimmy Carter declares a federal emergency at Love Canal
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August 12 - Sino-Japanese relations: The Treaty of Peace and Friendship is signed between Japan and the People's Republic of China.
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August 15 - Foundation of Mirapuri - The City of Peace and Future Man in Europe, Italy
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August 17 - Double Eagle II becomes first balloon to cross the Atlantic Ocean when it lands in Miserey near Paris, 137 hours after leaving Preque Isle, Maine
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August 19 - Fire in Rex Cinema in Tehran - 477 dead
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August 20 - Gunmen open fire on an Israeli El Al airline bus in London
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August 20 - In Abadan, Iran, nearly 400 are killed when Muslim extremist arsonists set fire to a crowded theater
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August 25 - Shroud of Turin on public display for the first time in 45 years
September
October
November
December
Unknown dates
- President of Mexican town of Coacalaco , José Ramon del Cuet , is forced to eat 12 pounds of bananas and then resign.
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Hillside Strangler in Los Angeles.
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Usu-volcano erupts in Japan
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The Eagles' 5-star record, Hotel California was nominated for a Grammy award
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Fleetwood Mac's 5-star record, Rumours was nominated for a Grammy award
- Artificial insulin
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David Rorvik claims he has participated in a creation of a human clone in his book In His Image
- Abortion legalized in Italy for first time
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Acorn Computers Ltd founded
- Honda Prelude, the car which introduced the world to the VTEC engine and 4-wheel steering, begins production. It would continue for many years before it would be discontinued and replaced with the S2000 and Acura RSX.
Year in topic
Births
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January 1 - Alex Leigh, British model
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January 4 - Dwight Freeney, American football player
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January 9 - Chad Johnson, American football player
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January 28 - Gianluigi Buffon, Italian football star
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February 7 - Ashton Kutcher, actor
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February 14 - Richard Hamilton, basketball player
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February 20 - Jakki Degg, British model
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March 14 - Pieter van den Hoogenband, Dutch swimmer
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March 21 - Kevin Federline, American dancer
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March 23 - Nicholle Tom, actress
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April 5 - Franziska van Almsick, German swimmer
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April 9 - Jorge Andrade, football player
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April 9 - Rachel Stevens, singer
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April 16 - Lara Dutta, Indian actress
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May 1 - Matt Lovato, bass musician (Mest)
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May 9 - Marwan al-Shehhi, citizen of the United Arab Emirates, hijacker and alleged terrorist
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May 12 - Jason Biggs, actor
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May 13 - Mike Bibby, basketball player
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May 13 - Barry Zito, baseball pitcher
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May 21 - Briana Banks, erotic actress
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May 22 - Jordan, model
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June 1 - Danielle Harris, voice actress
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June 6 - Carl Barat, singer/guitarist (The Libertines)
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June 19 - Dirk Nowitzki, German NBA star
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June 22 - Champ Bailey, American football player
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June 22 - Dan Wheldon, IRL race car driver
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July 9 - Linda Park, actress
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July 18 - Ben Sheets, baseball player
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July 25 - Gerard Warren, American football player
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August 1 - Edgerrin James, American football player
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August 21 - Reuben Droughns, American football player
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August 23 - Kobe Bryant, American basketball player
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August 24 - Rafael Furcal, Major League Baseball All-Star
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September 11 - Ed Reed, American football player
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September 12 - Ruben Studdard, singer
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September 20 - Jason Bay, Canadian baseball player
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September 22 - Harry Kewell, Australian football player
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September 29 - Kurt Nilsen, pop singer
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October 13 - Jermaine O'Neal, basketball player
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October 14 - Usher Raymond, R&B musician
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October 20 - Virender Sehwag, Indian cricketer
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October 21 - Joey Harrington, American football player
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October 26 - Antonio Pierce, American Football linebacker
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October 29 - Travis Henry, American football player
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November 9 - Sisqó, R&B singer (Dru Hill) and actor
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November 17 - Reggie Wayne, American football player
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November 25 - Shina Ringo, Japanese singer and musician
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November 30 - Clay Aiken, singer
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December 1 - Brad Delson, lead guitarist (Linkin Park)
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December 2 - Nelly Furtado, singer and songwriter
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December 8 - Vernon Wells, baseball player
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December 9 - Jesse Metcalfe, soap actor
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December 12 - Evren Genis, composer
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December 23 - Andra Davis, American football player
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December 23 - Víctor Martínez, Venezuelan baseball player
- ? - Kris Roe, guitarist and vocalist (The Ataris)
- ? - Princess Tamara Czartoryski-Borbon
Deaths
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January 13 - Hubert H. Humphrey, U.S Vice President and Senator
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January 13 - Joe McCarthy, baseball manager
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January 14 - Kurt Gödel, American mathematician
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January 14 - Harold Abrahams, British athlete
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January 22 - Herbert Sutcliffe, English cricketer (b. 1894)
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January 23 - Jack Oakie, actor
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January 23 - Terry Kath, musician (Chicago)
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February 4 - Bergen Evans , television host
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February 11 - James B Conant, headmaster of Harvard University.
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February 27 - Vadim Salmanov, composer
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March 18 - Leigh Brackett, science fiction author
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March 19 - Gaston Julia, mathematician
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March 21 - Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh, fifth President of Ireland
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March 31 - Charles Best, medical scientist
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April 21 - Sandy Denny, British vocalist
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May 1 - Aram Khachaturian, Armenian composer
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May 9 - Aldo Moro, former Prime Minister of Italy
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May 14 - Robert Menzies, twelfth Prime Minister of Australia
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May 22 - Joe Colombo, gangster
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July 30 - Umberto Nobile, Italian aviator
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August 2 - Carlos Chávez, composer
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August 6 - Pope Paul VI; heart attack
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August 21 - Charles Eames, American architect and designer
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August 22 - Jomo Kenyatta, Kenyan statesman
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August 26 - Charles Boyer, actor
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September 7 - Keith Moon, drummer of The Who (drug overdose)
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September 9 - Jack Warner, Hollywood studio founder (b. 1892)
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September 10 - Ronnie Peterson, Swedish Formula One racer (racing accident)
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September 11 - Georgi Markov, Bulgarian dissident (assassinated)
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September 15 - Willy Messerschmitt, German aircraft engineer
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September 19 - Carl Bridgewater, 13-year-old newspaper boy (shot)
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September 23 - Lyman Bostock, Major League Baseball player, murdered (b. 1950)
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September 28 - Pope John Paul I
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October 6 - Johnny O'Keefe, Australian rock and roll singer
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October 10 - Ralph Metcalfe, American athlete
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October 22 - Anastas Mikojan , Soviet politician
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November 6 - Harry Bertoia, Italian artist and designer (b. 1915)
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November 15 - Margaret Mead, cultural anthropologist
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December 8 - Golda Meir, former Prime Minister of Israel
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December 10 - Ed Wood, American filmmaker (b. 1924)
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December 27 - Houari Boumédiènne, president of Algeria
- ? - Walter C. Alvarez
Last updated: 10-11-2005 23:20:08
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