Page 12: Historical Events In 1978

Oct 12   Representatives of Israel and Egypt open talks in Washington.   

Oct 13   James Earl Ray, assassin of Martin Luther King weds Anna Sandhu   

Oct 13   Tiros N, US's inaugural 3rd generation weather satellite, is launched.   

Oct 14   inaugural TV movie from a TV series-"Rescue from Gilligan's Island"   

Oct 16   Dan Dailey, dancer/actor (Gov Drinkwater-Governor and JJ), dies at 63   

Oct 16   Polish Cardinal Karol Wojtyla elected supreme pontiff-John Paul II   

Oct 18   Frank Woolley, cricketer (58969 1st-class runs), dies   

Oct 19   Gig Young, American actor, results in the deaths of his bride of 3 weeks and commits suicide at 64   

Oct 21   Anastas I Mikojan, Russian politician, dies at 83.   

Oct 22   Laugh-in's Judy Carne arrested at Gatwick Airport for drug possession   

Oct 23   Maybelle Carter, country singer (Johnny Cash Show), dies at 69.   

Oct 25   Israeli Cabinet approves "in principle," a draft compromise peace   

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.   

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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),