Page 9: 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   On this day in history e F Helinand E Shoemaker discovers asteroid #3484   

Jul 10   Michel Gusikoff, composer, dies at 85 on this day in history.   

Jul 10   Military coup in Mauritania in the year 1978.   

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 in the year 1978.   

Jul 13   In the year 1978 bBC bans Sex Pistols "No One is Innocent"   

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

Jul 13   On this day in history walter Poenisch completes swim of 207 km from Cuba to Florida   

Jul 14   On this day in history anatoly Shcharansky convicted of anti-Soviet agitation   

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

Jul 18   In the year 1978 egyptian & 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 in the year 1978.   

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

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 on this day in history.   

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

Jul 27   Aasan Ferit Alnar, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

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   Perth Observatory discovers asteroid #3188 & #3422 in the year 1978.   

Jul 28   Price of gold tops $200-an-oz level for first time on this day in history.   

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

Jul 29   Penny Dean swims English Channel in record 7h40m on this day in history.   

Jul 29   In the year 1978 pioneer 11 transmits images of Saturn & its rings   

Jul 29   In the year 1978 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   In the year 1978 carlos Chavez y Ramires, Mexican composer, dies at 79   

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

Aug 05   In the year 1978 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   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 in the year 1978.   

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   In the year 1978 birth of gabriel Heinze, Argentinian footballer   

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

Jan 06   John D MacArthur, US insurance billionaire, dies at 80 in the year 1978.   

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

Jan 09   In the year 1978 eddie Gilbert, cricket (Aboriginal Qld quick got Don for a duck), dies   

Jan 10   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 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.