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Historical Events In 1978

Thursday, 28 March 2024

Nov 13   On this day in history nASA launches HEAO  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Nov 15   On this day in history 183 die as Icelandic Airlines DC-8 crashes in Colombo, Sri Lanka  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Nov 15   Margaret Mead, anthropologist (Thoughts & Female), dies in NY at 76 in the year 1978.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Nov 16   Claude Dauphin, French actor (Les Miserables, Mado), dies at 75 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Nov 17   Claude Dauphin, actor (Paris Precinct), dies at 75 in the year 1978.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Nov 18   On this day in history jim Jones, US pastor, leader of Jonestown Cult, commits suicide  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Nov 18   In the year 1978 mass suicide in Peoples temple in Jonestown Guyana  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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 in the year 1978.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Nov 25   In the year 1978 american Airlines DC-10 crashes on takeoff from Chicago, kills 275  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Nov 25   Thomas Hearns KOs Jerome Hill in 2 rounds in his 1st pro fight on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Nov 26   10 die as fire erupts at Holiday Inn in Rochester, NY in the year 1978.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Nov 27   George Moscone, (SF Mayor), shot by Dan White in the year 1978.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Nov 28   Andre Morell, actor (Hound of the Baskervilles), dies at 69 in the year 1978.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Nov 29   On this day in history alan Richardson, composer, dies at 74  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Nov 29   UN observes "international day of solidarity with the Palestinian people," boycotted by US andabout 20 other countries in the year 1978.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Dec 01   In the year 1978 president Carter more than doubles national park system size  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Dec 02   In the year 1978 chanting "Allah is great," anti-Shah protesters poured through Tehran  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Dec 02   Streisand and Diamond's "You Don't Bring Me Flowers," goes #1 in the year 1978.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Dec 03   In the year 1978 william Grant Still, composer, dies at 83  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Dec 04   Dianne Feinstein is named San Francisco first female mayor in the year 1978.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Dec 04   Pioneer Venus 1 goes into orbit around Venus in the year 1978.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Dec 04   Samuel Abraham Goldsmith, Neth/US phycists, dies at 76 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Dec 05   On this day in history pioneer Venus 1 begins orbiting Venus  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Dec 08   Golda Meir served as Israel's PM (1969-74, dies in Jerusalem at 80 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Dec 08   Golda Meir, Israel's PM (1969-74), dies in Jerusalem at 80 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Dec 09   In the year 1978 pioneer Venus 2 drops 5 probes into atmosphere of Venus  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Dec 10   Edward D Wood Jr, director (Plan 9), dies of heart failure at 54 in the year 1978.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Dec 10   In Oslo, Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat accept 1978 Nobel Peace Prize in the year 1978.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Dec 11   On this day in history 6 masked men bound 10 employees at Lufthansa cargo area at New York Kennedy Airport and made off with $5.8 M in cash and jewelry  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Dec 12   Clifton Chenier, US accordionist (Bayou Blues), dies at 53 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Dec 13   On this day in history susan B Anthony dollar, first US coin to honor a woman, issued  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Dec 15   On this day in history chill Wills, actor (Frontier Circus, Rounders), dies at 75  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Dec 16   Blanche Calloway, US singer/dancer/radio hostess, dies at 76 in the year 1978.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Dec 16   Cleveland, Ohio, become the first city in the post-Depression era to default on its loans in the year 1978.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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Famous Birthdays In 1978

Famous People Born In This Year In History

Mar 21   Charmaine Dragun, Australian news anchor (d.2007) was born in the year 1978.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 21   In the year 1978 birth of kevin Federline, American dancer/hip hop artist  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 21   In the year 1978 birth of cristian Guzmán, Dominican baseball player  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 28   On this day in history birth of dino Ciani, Italian pianist (d. 1941)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 02   John Gall, American baseball player was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 19   Adrienne Parker, Miss Tennessee Teen USA (1996) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 19   Whitney Metzler, 400m medley swimmer (Olympics-8th-96) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 19   Gabriel Heinze, Argentinian footballer was born in the year 1978.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Famous Deaths In 1978

Famous People Died In This Year In History

Jan 04   Willem Bruynzeel, Dutch timber/lumber/wood manufacturer, dies at 76 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 06   On this day in history john D MacArthur, US insurance billionaire, dies at 80  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 08   In the year 1978 walter Keirnan, TV panelist (I've Got a Secret), dies at 75  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 09   Eddie Gilbert, cricket (Aboriginal Qld quick got Don for a duck), dies on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 10   On this day in history john D Rockefeller III, US billionaire/philanthropist, dies at 71  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 11   Michael Bates, actor (Clockwork Orange, Salt & Pepper), dies at 57 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 12   Nancy Spungen, stabbed to death by boyfriend Sid Vicious died in the year 1978.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 13   Hubert Humphrey, (Sen-D-Minn, VP), dies at 66 in Waverly, Minn in the year 1978.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard


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