Historical Events In 1978
Saturday, 13 August 2022
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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