1978
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1978 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar).
Events
January
February
March
April
May
- May 4 – Communist activist Henri Curiel is murdered in Paris.
- May 5 - Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds has his 3000th major league hit
- May 8 - Norway opens a natural gas field in Polar Sea.
- May 9 - In Rome, the body of Aldo Moro, the Italian president of the Christian-Democrats, is found in a parked car.
- 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.
- May 15 - Students of the University of Teheran riot in Tabriz - army stops the riot
- May 17 – Charles Chaplin's coffin is found ten miles from the cemetery it was stolen from
- May 18 - Soviet dissident Yuri Orlov is sentenced for seven years hard labor for distributing counterrevolutionary material
- May 18-May 19 - Belgian and French paratroopers fly to Zaire to aid the fight against the rebels.
- May 20 - Mavis Hutchinson, 53, becames the first woman to run across USA - trek took 69 days
- May 25 - A bomb explodes in the security section of Northwestern University - security guard is wounded. The first bomb of the Unabomber case.
- May 26 - DC-10 crashes in O'Hare International Airport
- May 26 - In Atlantic City, New Jersey, Resorts International, the first legal casino in the eastern United States, opens.
June
July-August
- July 7 - The Solomon Islands become independent from the United Kingdom
- July 25 - First human birth, girl Louise Brown, from in vitro fertilization (the test tube baby)
- 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.
- August 7 - United States President Jimmy Carter declares a federal emergency at Love Canal
- August 12 - Sino-Japanese relations: The Treaty of Peace and Friendship is signed between Japan and the People's Republic of China.
- August 15 - Foundation of Mirapuri - The City of Peace and Future Man in Europe, Italy
- 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
- August 19 - Fire in Rex Cinema in Tehran - 477 dead
- August 20 - Gunmen open fire on an Israeli El Al airline bus in London
- August 20 - In Abadan, Iran, nearly 400 are killed when Muslim extremist arsonists set fire to a crowded theater
- August 25 - Shroud of Turin on public display for the first time in 45 years
September-October
November-December
- November 3 - Dominica gains its independence from the United Kingdom
- November 5 - Riots and demonstrations in Tehran - British embassy sacked
- November 7 - Indira Gandhi re-elected to Indian parliament.
- November 14 - Star Wars Holiday Special airs on CBS.
- November 18 - Jonestown mass suicide: In Jonestown, Guyana, Jim Jones leads his People's Temple in a mass murder-suicide; 913 die, including 276 children.
- November 19 - The first US Take Back the Night march occurs in San Francisco
- November 20 - Military coup in Spain fails.
- November 27 - In San Francisco, California, city mayor George Moscone and openly gay city supervisor Harvey Milk are assassinated by former supervisor Dan White.
- November 30 - Publication of The Times suspended - industrial relations problems until November 13, 1979
- December 4 - Following the murder of Mayor George Moscone, Dianne Feinstein becomes San Francisco, California's first woman mayor (she served until Friday, January 8, 1988).
- December 11 - Lufthansa Heist - Six men rob a Lufthansa cargo facility in NY Kennedy airport
- December 11 - Massive anti-Shah demonstration in Iran - 2 million demonstrators.
- December 13 - First Susan B. Anthony dollar enters circulation
- December 25 - Vietnam launches a major offensive against Khmer Rouge of Cambodia
- December 27 - Spanish Constitution approved in referendum officially ending 40 years of military dictatorship.
Unknown dates
Year in topic
Births
January-May
- January 3 - Alex Leigh, British model
- January 4 - Dwight Freeney, American football player
- January 9 - Chad Johnson, American football player
- January 28 - Gianluigi Buffon, Italian football star
- February 7 - Ashton Kutcher, actor
- February 14 - Richard Hamilton, basketball player
- February 20 - Jakki Degg, British model
- March 14 - Pieter van den Hoogenband, Dutch swimmer
- March 21 - Kevin Federline, American dancer
- March 22 - Josh Heupel, American football player
- March 23 - Nicholle Tom, actress
- April 5 - Franziska van Almsick, German swimmer
- April 9 - Jorge Andrade, football player
- April 9 - Rachel Stevens, singer
- April 16 - Lara Dutta, Indian actress
- May 1 - Matt Lovato, bass musician (Mest)
- May 9 - Marwan al-Shehhi, citizen of the United Arab Emirates, hijacker and alleged terrorist
- May 12 - Jason Biggs, actor
- May 13 - Mike Bibby, basketball player
- May 13 - Barry Zito, baseball pitcher
- May 21 - Briana Banks, erotic actress
- May 22 - Jordan, model
June-September
- June 1 - Danielle Harris, voice actress
- June 6 - Carl Barat, singer/guitarist (The Libertines)
- June 19 - Dirk Nowitzki, German NBA star
- June 22 - Champ Bailey, American football player
- June 22 - Dan Wheldon, IRL race car driver
- July 9 - Linda Park, actress
- July 18 - Ben Sheets, baseball player
- July 25 - Gerard Warren, American football player
- August 1 - Edgerrin James, American football player
- August 9 - Audrey Tautou, French actress
- August 21 - Reuben Droughns, American football player
- August 23 - Kobe Bryant, American basketball player
- August 24 - Rafael Furcal, Major League Baseball All-Star
- August 27 - Mase, rapper
- September 7 - Nora Greenwald, Professional wrestler
- September 11 - Ed Reed, American football player
- September 12 - Ruben Studdard, singer
- September 20 - Jason Bay, Canadian baseball player
- September 22 - Harry Kewell, Australian football player
- September 25 - Jodie Kidd, English Model
- September 29 - Kurt Nilsen, pop singer
October-December
- October 2 - Ayumi Hamasaki, Japanese singer
- October 13 - Jermaine O'Neal, basketball player
- October 14 - Usher Raymond, R&B musician
- October 20 - Virender Sehwag, Indian cricketer
- October 21 - Joey Harrington, American football player
- October 26 - Antonio Pierce, American Football linebacker
- October 29 - Travis Henry, American football player
- November 9 - Sisqó, R&B singer (Dru Hill) and actor
- November 17 - Reggie Wayne, American football player
- November 25 - Shina Ringo, Japanese singer and musician
- November 30 - Clay Aiken, singer
- December 1 - Brad Delson, lead guitarist (Linkin Park)
- December 2 - Nelly Furtado, singer and songwriter
- December 8 - Ian Somerhalder, U.S. actor
- December 8 - Vernon Wells, baseball player
- December 9 - Jesse Metcalfe, soap actor
- December 12 - Evren Genis, composer
- December 18 - Katie Holmes, actress
- December 23 - Andra Davis, American football player
- December 23 - Estella Warren, actress
- December 23 - Víctor Martínez, Venezuelan baseball player
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Deaths
January-June
- January 13 - Hubert H. Humphrey, U.S Vice President and Senator
- January 13 - Joe McCarthy, baseball manager
- January 14 - Kurt Gödel, American mathematician
- January 14 - Harold Abrahams, British athlete
- January 22 - Herbert Sutcliffe, English cricketer (b. 1894)
- January 23 - Jack Oakie, actor
- January 23 - Terry Kath, musician (Chicago)
- February 4 - Bergen Evans, television host
- February 11 - James B Conant, headmaster of Harvard University
- February 27 - Vadim Salmanov, composer
- March 18 - Leigh Brackett, science fiction author
- March 19 - Gaston Julia, mathematician
- March 21 - Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh, fifth President of Ireland
- March 31 - Charles Best, medical scientist
- April 21 - Sandy Denny, British vocalist
- May 1 - Aram Khachaturian, Armenian composer
- May 9 - Aldo Moro, former Prime Minister of Italy
- May 14 - Robert Menzies, twelfth Prime Minister of Australia
- May 22 - Joe Colombo, gangster
July-December
- July 30 - Umberto Nobile, Italian aviator
- August 2 - Carlos Chávez, composer
- August 6 - Pope Paul VI; heart attack
- August 21 - Charles Eames, American architect and designer
- August 22 - Jomo Kenyatta, Kenyan statesman
- August 26 - Charles Boyer, actor
- September 7 - Keith Moon, drummer (The Who) (drug overdose)
- September 9 - Jack Warner, Hollywood studio founder (b. 1892)
- September 10 - Ronnie Peterson, Swedish race car driver (racing accident)
- September 11 - Georgi Markov, Bulgarian dissident (assassinated)
- September 15 - Willy Messerschmitt, German aircraft engineer
- September 19 - Carl Bridgewater, newspaper boy (shot)
- September 23 - Lyman Bostock, Major League Baseball player, murdered (b. 1950)
- September 26 - Manne Siegbahn, Swedish physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1886)
- September 28 - Pope John Paul I
- October 6 - Johnny O'Keefe, Australian singer
- October 10 - Ralph Metcalfe, American athlete
- October 22 - Anastas Mikojan, Soviet politician
- November 6 - Harry Bertoia, Italian artist and designer (b. 1915)
- November 15 - Margaret Mead, American anthropologist
- December 8 - Golda Meir, Prime Minister of Israel
- December 10 - Ed Wood, American filmmaker (b. 1924)
- December 27 - Houari Boumédiènne, President of Algeria
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