Page 9: Historical Events In 1978

Jul 10   E F Helinand E Shoemaker discovers asteroid #3484.   

Jul 10   Michel Gusikoff, composer, dies at 85   

Jul 10   Military coup in Mauritania   

Jul 12   Sun Bank Building opens   

Jul 13   Alexander Ginzburg sentenced by Soviet court to 8 years.   

Jul 13   Antonio Veretti, composer, dies at 78.   

Jul 13   BBC bans Sex Pistols "No One is Innocent".   

Jul 13   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   

Jul 14   Anatoly Shcharansky convicted of anti-Soviet agitation.   

Jul 17   Thayer David, actor (Rocky, Roots, Savages), dies at 51   

Jul 18   Egyptian and Israeli officials begin 2 days of talks.   

Jul 21   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   US Postal Service and unions agree on a contract averting mail strike.   

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

Jul 23   Israeli cabinet rejects Sadat's call for return of 2 Sinai areas   

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

Jul 27   Aasan Ferit Alnar, composer, dies at 72   

Jul 28   600000 attend Watkins Glen Summer Jam in NY.   

Jul 28   Jan Willem van Otterloo, composer, dies at 70.   

Jul 28   Perth Observatory discovers asteroid #3188 and #3422   

Jul 28   Price of gold tops $200-an-oz level for inaugural time.   

Jul 29   600000 attend "Summer Jam" rock festival, Watkins Glen, NY   

Jul 29   Penny Dean swims English Channel in record 7h40m   

Jul 29   Pioneer 11 transmits images of Saturn and its rings.   

Jul 29   Wesley La Violette, composer, dies at 84.   

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

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

Aug 02   Carlos Chavez y Ramires, Mexican composer, dies at 79   

Aug 03   Ezzedin Kalak, Palestinian PLO representative in Paris, murdered   

Aug 05   Queenie Smith, actress/dancer (Funny Side), dies at 79.   

Aug 06   Edward Durrell Stone, US architect, dies at 76.   

Aug 06   Pope Paul VI dies of heart attack at summer residence at 80   

Aug 07   Franz Alphons Wolpert, composer, dies at 60.   

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Mar 21   Charmaine dragun: Australian news anchor    

Mar 21   Kevin federline: American dancer/hip hop artist   

Mar 21   Cristian guzmán: Dominican baseball player   

Mar 28   Dino ciani: Italian pianist   

Apr 02   John gall: American baseball player   

Apr 19   Adrienne parker: Miss tennessee teen usa (1996)   

Apr 19   Whitney metzler: 400m medley swimmer (olympics-8th-96)   

Apr 19   Gabriel heinze: Argentinian footballer   

Jan 04   Willem bruynzeel: Dutch timber/lumber/wood manufacturer,   

Jan 06   John d macarthur: Us insurance billionaire,    

Jan 08   Walter keirnan: Tv panelist (i've got a secret),   

Jan 09   Eddie gilbert: Cricket (aboriginal qld quick got don for a duck),    

Jan 10   John d rockefeller iii: Us billionaire/philanthropist,   

Jan 11   Michael bates: Actor (clockwork orange, salt & pepper),   

Jan 12   Nancy spungen: Stabbed to death by boyfriend sid vicious   

Jan 13   Hubert humphrey: (sen-d-minn, vp),