Historical Events In 1978

Jul 09   L Chernykh discovers asteroid #2530 Shipka in the year 1978.  

Jul 09   On this day in history nearly 100,000 demonstrators march on Wash DC for ERA  

Jul 10   In the year 1978 e F Helinand E Shoemaker discovers asteroid #3484  

Jul 10   Michel Gusikoff, composer, dies at 85 in the year 1978.  

Jul 10   Military coup in Mauritania on this day in history.  

Jul 12   Sun Bank Building opens on this day in history.  

Jul 13   On this day in history alexander Ginzburg sentenced by Soviet court to 8 years  

Jul 13   Antonio Veretti, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.  

Jul 13   BBC bans Sex Pistols "No One is Innocent" in the year 1978.  

Jul 13   In the year 1978 lee Iacocca fired as Ford Motor Pres by chairman Henry Ford II  

Jul 13   Walter Poenisch completes swim of 207 km from Cuba to Florida in the year 1978.  

Jul 14   Anatoly Shcharansky convicted of anti-Soviet agitation in the year 1978.  

Jul 17   On this day in history thayer David, actor (Rocky, Roots, Savages), dies at 51  

Jul 18   Egyptian & Israeli officials begin 2 days of talks on this day in history.  

Jul 21   In the year 1978 the final flight of the service acceptance trials for the AH-1T Cobra helicopter gunship was made at Naval Air Test Center, Patuxent Rive  

Jul 21   On this day in history uS Postal Service & unions agree on a contract averting mail strike  

Jul 21   World's strongest dog, 80-kg St Bernard, pulls 2909-kg load 27 m in the year 1978.  

Jul 23   Israeli cabinet rejects Sadat's call for return of 2 Sinai areas in the year 1978.  

Jul 24   "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" premeirs in NYC in the year 1978.  

Jul 27   Aasan Ferit Alnar, composer, dies at 72 in the year 1978.  

Jul 28   600,000 attend Watkins Glen Summer Jam in NY in the year 1978.  

Jul 28   On this day in history jan Willem van Otterloo, composer, dies at 70  

Jul 28   On this day in history perth Observatory discovers asteroid #3188 & #3422  

Jul 28   Price of gold tops $200-an-oz level for first time in the year 1978.  

Jul 29   600,000 attend "Summer Jam" rock festival, Watkins Glen, NY on this day in history.  

Jul 29   On this day in history penny Dean swims English Channel in record 7h40m  

Jul 29   Pioneer 11 transmits images of Saturn & its rings in the year 1978.  

Jul 29   On this day in history wesley La Violette, composer, dies at 84  

Jul 31   Carleton Percy Hobbs, actor (I Claudius, Dark Places), dies at 80 in the year 1978.  

Jul 31   Gunman shoots his way into the Iraqi Embassy in Paris in the year 1978.  

Aug 02   Carlos Chavez y Ramires, Mexican composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.  

Aug 03   Ezzedin Kalak, Palestinian PLO representative in Paris, murdered on this day in history.  

Aug 05   On this day in history queenie Smith, actress/dancer (Funny Side), dies at 79  

Aug 06   Edward Durrell Stone, US architect, dies at 76 in the year 1978.  

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Mar 21   Charmaine Dragun, Australian news anchor (d.2007) was born on this day in history.  

Mar 21   In the year 1978 birth of kevin Federline, American dancer/hip hop artist  

Mar 21   Cristian Guzmán, Dominican baseball player was born in the year 1978.  

Mar 28   In the year 1978 birth of dino Ciani, Italian pianist (d. 1941)  

Apr 02   On this day in history birth of john Gall, American baseball player  

Apr 19   Adrienne Parker, Miss Tennessee Teen USA (1996) was born on this day in history.  

Apr 19   In the year 1978 birth of whitney Metzler, 400m medley swimmer (Olympics-8th-96)  

Apr 19   In the year 1978 birth of gabriel Heinze, Argentinian footballer  

Jan 04   On this day in history willem Bruynzeel, Dutch timber/lumber/wood manufacturer, dies at 76  

Jan 06   On this day in history john D MacArthur, US insurance billionaire, dies at 80  

Jan 08   Walter Keirnan, TV panelist (I've Got a Secret), dies at 75 in the year 1978.  

Jan 09   Eddie Gilbert, cricket (Aboriginal Qld quick got Don for a duck), dies on this day in history.  

Jan 10   In the year 1978 john D Rockefeller III, US billionaire/philanthropist, dies at 71  

Jan 11   Michael Bates, actor (Clockwork Orange, Salt & Pepper), dies at 57 in the year 1978.  

Jan 12   In the year 1978 death of nancy Spungen, stabbed to death by boyfriend Sid Vicious  

Jan 13   On this day in history hubert Humphrey, (Sen-D-Minn, VP), dies at 66 in Waverly, Minn