Page 12: Historical Events In 1978

Oct 26   George Grant, cricketer (WI Test captain through early 1930's), dies   

Oct 27   Begin and Sadat win the Nobel Peace prize.   

Oct 27   President Carter signs Hawkins-Humphrey full employment bill   

Oct 30   Laura Nickel and Curt Noll find 25th Mersenne prime, 2 ^ 21701-1   

Nov 02   Crew of Soyuz 29 returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 31   

Nov 03   UK grants Dominica independence (National Day).   

Nov 04   Iranian troops fire on anti-Shah student protesters by Tehran U.   

Nov 05   Denis O'Dea, actor (Capt Horatio Hornblower), dies at 73.   

Nov 05   Iranian PM Jaafar Sharif-Emami steps down to Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi   

Nov 06   Flora Campbell, actress (Faraway Hill, Date With Judy), dies at 67.   

Nov 06   Shah of Iran places Iran under military rule   

Nov 07   Gene Tunney, former heavyweight boxing champ (1926-28), dies at 80   

Nov 08   Norman Rockwell artist, dies in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, at 84.   

Nov 08   Norman Rockwell, artist (Saturday Evening Post covers), dies at 84.   

Nov 09   Joe Wong, actor (Ken Murray Show), dies at 75   

Nov 09   The U.S. Marine Corps' newest light attack aircraft, the AV-8B, flew for the inaugural time at McDonnell Douglas Corporation in St. Louis. The AV-8B Harrier had more than double the payload and radius of its predecessor, the AV-8A.   

Nov 10   Israel's top negotiators broke away from Middle East peace talks.   

Nov 10   Linda Scott, actress (Escape from Hell Island), dies at 28.   

Nov 12   Howard Swanson, composer, dies at 71.   

Nov 13   George Hearne, S Afr cricketer (open bat in 3 Tests 1922-24), dies   

Nov 13   NASA launches HEAO.   

Nov 15   183 die as Icelandic Airlines DC-8 crashes in Colombo, Sri Lanka   

Nov 15   Margaret Mead, anthropologist (Thoughts and Female), dies in NY at 76   

Nov 16   Claude Dauphin, French actor (Les Miserables, Mado), dies at 75.   

Nov 17   Claude Dauphin, actor (Paris Precinct), dies at 75   

Nov 18   Jim Jones, US pastor, leader of Jonestown Cult, commits suicide   

Nov 18   Mass suicide in Peoples temple in Jonestown Guyana   

Nov 20   A satellite system for transmitting newspaper content was dedicated on this day in 1978. The system transmitted The Wall Street Journal from where it was typeset in Massachusetts to Orlando, Florida, at a rate of 3.5 minutes per page.   

Nov 25   American Airlines DC-10 crashes on takeoff from Chicago, results in the deaths of 275   

Nov 25   Thomas Hearns KOs Jerome Hill in 2 rounds in his 1st pro fight   

Nov 26   10 die as fire erupts at Holiday Inn in Rochester, NY   

Nov 27   George Moscone, (SF Mayor), shot by Dan White.   

Nov 28   Andre Morell, actor (Hound of the Baskervilles), dies at 69   

Nov 29   Alan Richardson, composer, dies at 74.   

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Mar 21   Charmaine dragun: Australian news anchor   

Mar 21   Kevin federline: American dancer/hip hop artist   

Mar 21   Cristian guzmán: Dominican baseball player   

Mar 28   Dino ciani: Italian pianist   

Apr 02   John gall: American baseball player   

Apr 19   Adrienne parker: Miss tennessee teen usa (1996)   

Apr 19   Whitney metzler: 400m medley swimmer (olympics-8th-96)   

Apr 19   Gabriel heinze: Argentinian footballer   

Jan 04   Willem bruynzeel: Dutch timber/lumber/wood manufacturer,   

Jan 06   John d macarthur: Us insurance billionaire,   

Jan 08   Walter keirnan: Tv panelist (i've got a secret),    

Jan 09   Eddie gilbert: Cricket (aboriginal qld quick got don for a duck),   

Jan 10   John d rockefeller iii: Us billionaire/philanthropist,   

Jan 11   Michael bates: Actor (clockwork orange, salt & pepper),    

Jan 12   Nancy spungen: Stabbed to death by boyfriend sid vicious   

Jan 13   Hubert humphrey: (sen-d-minn, vp),