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Page 7: Historical Events In 1978

Wednesday, 24 December 2025

May 13   Albert Roberts, cricketer (5 Tests for NZ, 7 wickets), dies on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 13   Joie Chitwood drives a Chevette 5.6 miles on just 2 wheels in the year 1978.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 17   John Selwyn Brooke Selwyn Lloyd, speaker of house of commons, dies on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 18   In the year 1978 italy legalizes abortion  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 18   In the year 1978 russian dissident Yuri Orlov exiled to compulsory work  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 19   George Gladstone, cricketer (one Test WI v England 1930), dies in the year 1978.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 20   On this day in history 3 PFLP members kill a cop near El Al airlines in Orly Airport, Paris France  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 20   US launches Pioneer Venus 1; produces first global radar map of Venus on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 21   In the year 1978 118 Unification church couples wed in England  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 21   In the year 1978 joseph EA "Jo" Spier, Dutch cartoonist/water color painter, dies at 77  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 21   In the year 1978 yamada Mumon Roshi appointed head of Zen Rinzai Sect  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 22   On this day in history bjarne Brustad, composer, dies at 83  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 23   In the year 1978 general strike in Peru  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 24   In the year 1978 dutch Investment bill (WIR) law goes into effect  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 25   "Star Wars" released on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 26   The first legal casino east of the Mississippi opens in Atlantic City, New Jersey on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 26   The first legal gambling casino opens in Atlantic City in the year 1978.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 28   Al Unser became 5th to win Indianapolis 500 (average speed of 161.363 mph), 3 times in the year 1978.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 29   A 1 oz letter costs 15-cents to mail today, as the US post office raises the old rate by two cents in the year 1978.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 29   In the year 1978 bob Crane, actor (Donna Reed Show, Hogan-Hogan's Heroes), dies at 49  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 29   USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jun 05   John Meulenhoff, Dutch publisher, dies at 71 on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jun 06   A Mrkos discovers asteroids #2199 Klet & #3339 in the year 1978.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jun 06   In the year 1978 california voters overwhelmingly approve Proposition 13, an initiative calling for major property tax cuts.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jun 06   Proposition 13 cuts California property taxes 57% in the year 1978.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jun 07   Nadine Hernandez is born in California on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jun 09   Gutenberg Bible (1 of 21) sells for $2.4 million, London in the year 1978.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jun 09   Larry Holmes wins a decision over Ken Norton for the WBC crown in the year 1978.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jun 12   David Berkowitz sentenced in NY Supreme Court to 25 yrs to life in the year 1978.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jun 12   In Japan a 7.5 quake struck near the east coast of Honshu, Japan. The shock was centered about 909 kilometers east of Sendai on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jun 14   Theodore Karyotakis, composer, dies at 74 in the year 1978.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jun 15   In the year 1978 anton Roosjen, politician/NCRV-chairman, dies at 83  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jun 15   Jordan's King Hussein marries 26-year-old American Lisa Halaby, who becomes Queen Noor on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jun 15   In the year 1978 soyuz 29 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6; they stay 139 days  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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

Mar 21   Cristian Guzmán, Dominican baseball player was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 28   Dino Ciani, Italian pianist (d. 1941) was born in the year 1978.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 02   John Gall, American baseball player was born in the year 1978.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 19   Adrienne Parker, Miss Tennessee Teen USA (1996) was born in the year 1978.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 19   On this day in history birth of whitney Metzler, 400m medley swimmer (Olympics-8th-96)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 19   In the year 1978 birth of gabriel Heinze, Argentinian footballer  Click To Send On Messenger 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 Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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

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

Jan 09   Eddie Gilbert, cricket (Aboriginal Qld quick got Don for a duck), dies in the year 1978.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 10   John D Rockefeller III, US billionaire/philanthropist, dies at 71 in the year 1978.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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

Jan 12   In the year 1978 death of nancy Spungen, stabbed to death by boyfriend Sid Vicious  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 13   On this day in history hubert Humphrey, (Sen-D-Minn, VP), dies at 66 in Waverly, Minn  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard


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