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Historical Events In 1978

Thursday, 31 October 2024

Nov 13   On this day in history nASA launches HEAO  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Nov 15   183 die as Icelandic Airlines DC-8 crashes in Colombo, Sri Lanka on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Nov 15   Margaret Mead, anthropologist (Thoughts & Female), dies in NY at 76 on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Nov 16   In the year 1978 claude Dauphin, French actor (Les Miserables, Mado), dies at 75  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Nov 17   On this day in history claude Dauphin, actor (Paris Precinct), dies at 75  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Nov 18   Jim Jones, US pastor, leader of Jonestown Cult, commits suicide in the year 1978.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Nov 18   Mass suicide in Peoples temple in Jonestown Guyana on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Nov 20   In the year 1978 a satellite system for transmitting newspaper content was dedicated on this day in 1978. The system transmitted The Wall Street Journal from where it was typeset in Massachusetts to Orlando, Florida, at a rate of 3.5 minutes per page.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Nov 25   American Airlines DC-10 crashes on takeoff from Chicago, kills 275 in the year 1978.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Nov 25   Thomas Hearns KOs Jerome Hill in 2 rounds in his 1st pro fight on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Nov 26   10 die as fire erupts at Holiday Inn in Rochester, NY on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Nov 27   In the year 1978 george Moscone, (SF Mayor), shot by Dan White  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Nov 28   In the year 1978 andre Morell, actor (Hound of the Baskervilles), dies at 69  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Nov 29   In the year 1978 alan Richardson, composer, dies at 74  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Nov 29   UN observes "international day of solidarity with the Palestinian people," boycotted by US andabout 20 other countries in the year 1978.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Dec 01   On this day in history president Carter more than doubles national park system size  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Dec 02   In the year 1978 chanting "Allah is great," anti-Shah protesters poured through Tehran  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Dec 02   On this day in history streisand and Diamond's "You Don't Bring Me Flowers," goes #1  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Dec 03   On this day in history william Grant Still, composer, dies at 83  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Dec 04   In the year 1978 dianne Feinstein is named San Francisco first female mayor  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Dec 04   On this day in history pioneer Venus 1 goes into orbit around Venus  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Dec 04   Samuel Abraham Goldsmith, Neth/US phycists, dies at 76 on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Dec 05   Pioneer Venus 1 begins orbiting Venus on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Dec 08   Golda Meir served as Israel's PM (1969-74, dies in Jerusalem at 80 in the year 1978.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Dec 08   In the year 1978 golda Meir, Israel's PM (1969-74), dies in Jerusalem at 80  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Dec 09   Pioneer Venus 2 drops 5 probes into atmosphere of Venus on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Dec 10   Edward D Wood Jr, director (Plan 9), dies of heart failure at 54 on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Dec 10   In Oslo, Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat accept 1978 Nobel Peace Prize in the year 1978.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Dec 11   In the year 1978 6 masked men bound 10 employees at Lufthansa cargo area at New York Kennedy Airport and made off with $5.8 M in cash and jewelry  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Dec 12   Clifton Chenier, US accordionist (Bayou Blues), dies at 53 in the year 1978.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Dec 13   On this day in history susan B Anthony dollar, first US coin to honor a woman, issued  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Dec 15   Chill Wills, actor (Frontier Circus, Rounders), dies at 75 on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Dec 16   On this day in history blanche Calloway, US singer/dancer/radio hostess, dies at 76  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Dec 16   On this day in history cleveland, Ohio, become the first city in the post-Depression era to default on its loans.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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Famous Birthdays In 1978

Famous People Born In This Year In History

Mar 21   In the year 1978 birth of charmaine Dragun, Australian news anchor (d.2007)  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   In the year 1978 birth of cristian Guzmán, Dominican baseball player  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 28   Dino Ciani, Italian pianist (d. 1941) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 02   On this day in history birth of john Gall, American baseball player  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   Whitney Metzler, 400m medley swimmer (Olympics-8th-96) was born on this day in history.  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   In the year 1978 willem Bruynzeel, Dutch timber/lumber/wood manufacturer, dies at 76  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 06   John D MacArthur, US insurance billionaire, dies at 80 in the year 1978.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 08   On this day in history walter Keirnan, TV panelist (I've Got a Secret), dies at 75  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 on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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

Jan 11   Michael Bates, actor (Clockwork Orange, Salt & Pepper), dies at 57 in the year 1978.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 12   Nancy Spungen, stabbed to death by boyfriend Sid Vicious died on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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


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