Hisdates•ComPage 13: Historical Events In 1978
Thursday, 06 November 2025
Nov 13 NASA launches HEAO on this day in history. 
Nov 15 183 die as Icelandic Airlines DC-8 crashes in Colombo, Sri Lanka in the year 1978.
Nov 15 Margaret Mead, anthropologist (Thoughts & Female), dies in NY at 76 on this day in history.
Nov 16 On this day in history claude Dauphin, French actor (Les Miserables, Mado), dies at 75
Nov 17 In the year 1978 claude Dauphin, actor (Paris Precinct), dies at 75
Nov 18 Jim Jones, US pastor, leader of Jonestown Cult, commits suicide in the year 1978.
Nov 18 Mass suicide in Peoples temple in Jonestown Guyana on this day in history.
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 on this day in history.
Nov 25 In the year 1978 american Airlines DC-10 crashes on takeoff from Chicago, kills 275
Nov 25 In the year 1978 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 on this day in history.
Nov 27 On this day in history george Moscone, (SF Mayor), shot by Dan White
Nov 28 Andre Morell, actor (Hound of the Baskervilles), dies at 69 in the year 1978.
Nov 29 On this day in history alan Richardson, composer, dies at 74
Nov 29 UN observes "international day of solidarity with the Palestinian people," boycotted by US andabout 20 other countries in the year 1978.
Dec 01 President Carter more than doubles national park system size in the year 1978.
Dec 02 On this day in history chanting "Allah is great," anti-Shah protesters poured through Tehran
Dec 02 Streisand and Diamond's "You Don't Bring Me Flowers," goes #1 on this day in history.
Dec 03 William Grant Still, composer, dies at 83 on this day in history.
Dec 04 Dianne Feinstein is named San Francisco first female mayor in the year 1978.
Dec 04 Pioneer Venus 1 goes into orbit around Venus on this day in history.
Dec 04 On this day in history samuel Abraham Goldsmith, Neth/US phycists, dies at 76
Dec 05 Pioneer Venus 1 begins orbiting Venus on this day in history.
Dec 08 Golda Meir served as Israel's PM (1969-74, dies in Jerusalem at 80 on this day in history.
Dec 08 On this day in history golda Meir, Israel's PM (1969-74), dies in Jerusalem at 80
Dec 09 In the year 1978 pioneer Venus 2 drops 5 probes into atmosphere of Venus
Dec 10 Edward D Wood Jr, director (Plan 9), dies of heart failure at 54 on this day in history.
Dec 10 In the year 1978 in Oslo, Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat accept 1978 Nobel Peace Prize
Dec 11 In the year 1978 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
Dec 12 In the year 1978 clifton Chenier, US accordionist (Bayou Blues), dies at 53
Dec 13 Susan B Anthony dollar, first US coin to honor a woman, issued in the year 1978.
Dec 15 Chill Wills, actor (Frontier Circus, Rounders), dies at 75 in the year 1978.
Dec 16 In the year 1978 blanche Calloway, US singer/dancer/radio hostess, dies at 76
Dec 16 Cleveland, Ohio, become the first city in the post-Depression era to default on its loans in the year 1978.
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