Page 5: Historical Events In 1978
Thursday, 18 June 2026
Mar 22 Three prisoners emerge from St. Jerome prison with their six hostages after a two-week standoff, ending Canada's longest hostage-taking. 


Mar 24 Brackett Hamilton Leigh, [Douglass], author (Ginger Star), dies at 62. 


Mar 24 Wings release "With a Little Luck" 


Mar 25 Jack Hulbert, actor (Bulldog Jack), dies at 85. 


Mar 27 Bob Fosse's "Dancin'" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 1774 performances 


Mar 27 Wilfred Pickles, actor (Billy Liar, Gay Dog), dies at 73. 


Mar 29 Jayasinghrao Mansinghrao Ghorpade, cricketer (8 Tests for India), dies. 


Mar 30 "History of the American Film" opens at ANTA Theater NYC for 21 perfs 


Mar 30 George Paine, lefty cricket spinner (for England in WI 1935), dies 


Mar 31 Astrid Allwyn, actress (Love Affair, Girl for Calgary), dies at 68 


Mar 31 Biochemist Charles Best dies at age 79; co-discoverer of insulin, used to treat diabetes 


Mar 31 USSR launches Kosmos 1000 navigational satellite. 


Mar 31 Wings release "London Town" album. 


Apr 03 50th Academy Awards - "Annie Hall", Rich Dreyfuss and Diane Keaton win. 


Apr 03 European market and China signs trade agreement 


Apr 03 Larry King moves his radio show from Miami FL to Washington DC 


Apr 04 Gino Contilli, composer, dies at 70 


Apr 06 Nicolas Nabokov, composer (Holy Devil), dies at 74 


Apr 07 Ernest Kanitz, composer, dies at 83. 


Apr 07 Pres Carter defers production of the neutron bomb. 


Apr 08 Ford C Frick, baseball commissioner, dies at 83. 


Apr 09 Clough Williams-Ellis, Welsh architect (b.1883) 


Apr 09 W Liller discovers asteroid #2449 


Apr 11 E F Helin and G Grueff discovers asteroid #3101 Goldberger. 


Apr 13 Paul McGrath actor (The Witness), dies at 73 


Apr 13 Paul McGrath, actor (Witness, No Time for Love), dies at 74. 


Apr 14 H Debehogne discovers asteroid #2364 Seillier 


Apr 15 43 die as 2 express trains collide head-on south of Bologna, Italy. 


Apr 16 Lucius D Clay, gen/gov US zone W-Germany (airlift), dies at 80 


Apr 17 In this year, Bill Rodgers claims his 2nd Boston Marathon 


Apr 18 US Senate approves transfer of Panama Canal to Panam 


Apr 19 Emile de Strijker, Belgian philosopher, dies at 70. 


Apr 19 Yitzhak Navron elected 5th president of Israel 


Apr 21 Sandy Denny, country singer, dies at 37 


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