Page 9: Historical Events In 1978

Jul 09   On this day in history l Chernykh discovers asteroid #2530 Shipka   

Jul 09   In the year 1978 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 on this day in history.   

Jul 10   In the year 1978 military coup in Mauritania   

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   In the year 1978 antonio Veretti, composer, dies at 78   

Jul 13   BBC bans Sex Pistols "No One is Innocent" on this day in history.   

Jul 13   Lee Iacocca fired as Ford Motor Pres by chairman Henry Ford II in the year 1978.   

Jul 13   In the year 1978 walter Poenisch completes swim of 207 km from Cuba to Florida   

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

Jul 17   In the year 1978 thayer David, actor (Rocky, Roots, Savages), dies at 51   

Jul 18   Egyptian & Israeli officials begin 2 days of talks in the year 1978.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jul 21   US Postal Service & unions agree on a contract averting mail strike in the year 1978.   

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   On this day in history "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" premeirs in NYC   

Jul 27   In the year 1978 aasan Ferit Alnar, composer, dies at 72   

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

Jul 28   Jan Willem van Otterloo, composer, dies at 70 in the year 1978.   

Jul 28   In the year 1978 perth Observatory discovers asteroid #3188 & #3422   

Jul 28   On this day in history price of gold tops $200-an-oz level for first time   

Jul 29   600,000 attend "Summer Jam" rock festival, Watkins Glen, NY in the year 1978.   

Jul 29   Penny Dean swims English Channel in record 7h40m in the year 1978.   

Jul 29   On this day in history pioneer 11 transmits images of Saturn & its rings   

Jul 29   Wesley La Violette, composer, dies at 84 in the year 1978.   

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

Jul 31   In the year 1978 gunman shoots his way into the Iraqi Embassy in Paris   

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

Aug 03   On this day in history ezzedin Kalak, Palestinian PLO representative in Paris, murdered   

Aug 05   Queenie Smith, actress/dancer (Funny Side), dies at 79 in the year 1978.   

Aug 06   On this day in history edward Durrell Stone, US architect, dies at 76   

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Mar 21   In the year 1978 birth of charmaine Dragun, Australian news anchor (d.2007)   

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

Mar 21   On this day in history birth of cristian Guzmán, Dominican baseball player   

Mar 28   Dino Ciani, Italian pianist (d. 1941) was born on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1978.   

Apr 19   On this day in history birth of whitney Metzler, 400m medley swimmer (Olympics-8th-96)   

Apr 19   Gabriel Heinze, Argentinian footballer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 04   Willem Bruynzeel, Dutch timber/lumber/wood manufacturer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 10   John D Rockefeller III, US billionaire/philanthropist, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

Jan 11   Michael Bates, actor (Clockwork Orange, Salt & Pepper), dies at 57 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 13   Hubert Humphrey, (Sen-D-Minn, VP), dies at 66 in Waverly, Minn on this day in history.