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Born :10/16/1978Abel Talamantez, Texas, singer (Menudo-Cannonball)
Born :12/01/1978Arthur Spingarn, founder of NAACP
Born :04/21/1978Avi Phillips, Ontario, actor (Maniac Mansion)
Born :07/20/1978Charlie Korsmo, actor (Dick Tracy, What About Bob)
Born :01/02/1978Devin Doherty, actor (Jimmy Clayton-Swan's Crossing)
Born :08/01/1978Dhani Harrison, George Harrison's 1st child
Born :03/03/1978Douglas Osmond, Provo Utah, vocalist (Osmond Boys)
Born :04/12/1978Eddie Robinson, actor (Neil Atwater-Swan's Crossing)
Born :06/19/1978Garfield the Cat, animated character "Big fat hairy deal"
Born :11/27/1978Joshua Harris, actor
Born :03/05/1978Kimberly McCullough, Calif, actress (Robin-General Hospital)
Born :07/25/1978Louise Brown, Oldham England, world's 1st "test tube baby"
Born :08/04/1978Nicole Gregory, Melbourne Australia, noted young Australian dancer and childcare entrepreneur.
Born :01/26/1978Reesa Starr Jr
Born :03/02/1978Zulma Gilliot, daughter of Gerda Havertong




Died :03/16/1978Aldo Moro, 5 times PM of Italy, assassinated by terrorists
Died :02/05/1978Annie [Anna HM] Romein-Verschoor, historical (Omzien), dies at 83
Died :05/01/1978Aram Katchaturian, Armeens/Russian composer (The earth), dies
Died :02/04/1978Bergen Evans, English professor ($64,000 Question), dies at 73
Died :06/29/1978Bob Crane, actor (Hogan's Heroes), murdered at 59
Died :12/27/1978Bob de Lange, [Jacob Bernard], actor/director, dies
Died :03/24/1978Brackett Hamilton Leigh, [Douglass], author (Ginger Star), dies at 62
Died :08/28/1978Bruce Catton, US historian/writer (Civil War), dies at 78
Died :01/18/1978Carl Betz, actor (Alex Stone-Donna Reed Show), dies at 67
Died :08/02/1978Carlos Chavez, Mexican composer, dies
Died :08/26/1978Charles Boyer, actor (Gaslight, Rogues), dies at 78
Died :08/21/1978Charles Eames, US chair manufacturer, dies at 71
Died :02/18/1978Charlotte Greenwood, actress (Oklahoma, Moon over Miami), dies at 84
Died :12/15/1978Chill Wills, actor (Fronteir Circus, Rounders), dies at 75
Died :11/17/1978Claude Dauphin, actor (Paris Precinct), dies at 75
Died :06/17/1978Cully Richards, actor (Don't Call Me Charlie), dies at 68
Died :10/16/1978Dan Dailey, actor (Gov Drinkwater-Governor & JJ), dies at 63
Died :02/25/1978Daniel "Chappie" James Jr, retired Air Force general, dies at 58
Died :09/30/1978Edgar Bergen, ventriloquist (Charlie McCarthy), dies at 75
Died :08/06/1978Edward Durrell Stone, US architect, dies at 76
Died :07/31/1978Enoch Light, orch leader (Gulf Road Show with Bob Smith), dies at 70
Died :02/28/1978Eric Frank Russell, sci-fi author (Hugo, Deep Space), dies at 73
Died :03/18/1978Faith Baldwin, US author (They Who Love), dies at 84
Died :11/06/1978Flora Campbell, actress (Faraway Hill, Date With Judy), dies at 67
Died :04/08/1978Ford C Frick, baseball commissioner, dies at 83
Died :02/05/1978French van Immerseel, Belgian graphic artist, dies
Died :11/07/1978Gene Tunney, former heavyweight boxing champ (1926-28), dies at 80
Died :11/27/1978George Moscone, (SF Mayor) & City Sup Harvey Milk shot by Dan White
Died :10/10/1978Gesina Van de Molen, Dutch lawyer, dies at 86
Died :10/19/1978Gig Young, kills his bride of 3 weeks & then commits suicide at 64
Died :12/08/1978Golda Meir, served as Israel's PM (1969-74, dies in Jerusalem at 80
Died :12/28/1978Harry Winston, US jeweler for the "rich & famous", dies at 82
Died :01/13/1978Hubert Humphrey, (Sen-D-Minn, VP), dies at 66 in Waverly, Minn
Died :02/22/1978Ilka Chase, actress (Masquerade Party, Trials of O'Brien), dies at 74
Died :09/09/1978Jack L Warner, US movie production (Warner Bros), dies at 86)
Died :10/09/1978Jacques Brel, Belgian chansonnier, buried on Atuama, dies at 49
Died :02/11/1978James B Conant, headmaster (Harvard University), dies at 84
Died :07/03/1978James Daly, actor (Medical Center), dies at 59
Died :08/09/1978James G Cozzens, US writer (Guard of Honor, Pulitzer), dies at 74
Died :10/17/1978Jean Am‚ry, [Johannes Mayer], Austrian writer (Mind's Limits), dies
Died :11/09/1978Joe Wong, actor (Ken Murray Show), dies at 75
Died :01/06/1978John D MacArthur, US billionaire, dies at 80
Died :01/10/1978John D Rockefeller III, US billionaire/philanthropist, dies at 71
Died :09/28/1978John Paul I, [Albino Luciano], Pope (1978), dies after 33 days as pope
Died :05/17/1978John Selwyn Brooke Selwyn Lloyd, speaker of house of commons, dies
Died :08/22/1978Jomo Kenyatta, president of Kenya, dies at 83
Died :01/13/1978Joseph V McCarthy, baseball manager (NY Yankees), dies at 90
Died :10/08/1978Karl Swenson, actor (Lara-Little House on the Prairie), dies at 70
Died :03/22/1978Karl Wallenda, falls to death walking high-wire in PR, at 73
Died :02/09/1978Kimberly Leach, 12, killed by Ted Bundy in Lake City, Fla
Died :03/24/1978Leigh Brackett, US, sci-fi writer (Long Tomorrow), dies at 62
Died :11/10/1978Linda Scott, dies at 28
Died :04/16/1978Lucius D Clay, gen/gov US zone W-Germany (airlift), dies at 80
Died :01/15/1978Margaret Bowman & Janet Levy, Chi Omega, FSU, killed by Ten Bundy
Died :11/15/1978Margaret Mead, anthropologist (Thoughts & Female), dies in NY at 76
Died :10/23/1978Maybelle Carter, country singer (Johnny Cash Show), dies at 69
Died :11/08/1978Norman Rockwell, artist, dies in Stockbridge, Mass, at 84
Died :04/13/1978Paul McGrath, actor (Witness), dies at 73
Died :08/06/1978Paul VI, [Giovanni Montini], Italian Pope (1963-78), dies at 80
Died :01/10/1978Pedro Joaqu¡n Chamorro, of La Prensa, assassinated in Managua
Died :03/18/1978Peggy Wood, actress (One Life to Live, Mama), dies at 86
Died :02/28/1978Philip Ahn, LA Calif, actor (Master Kan-Kung Fu), dies at 66
Died :02/22/1978Phyllis McGinley, US poetess (Pulitzer 1961), dies at 72
Died :09/29/1978Pope John Paul I, 65-yr-old found dead, after only 34 days as Pope
Died :08/05/1978Queenie Smith, actress/dancer (Funny Side), dies at 79
Died :10/10/1978Ralph H Metcalfe, (Rep-D-Ill), dies at 68
Died :08/27/1978Robert Shaw, actor (Dan-Buccaneers), dies at 51
Died :09/24/1978Ruth Etting, US dancer/singer (Ziegfeld Follies), dies at 80
Died :01/25/1978Tango Duke, dies in Australia at 42; oldest known thoroughbred horse
Died :01/23/1978Terry Kath, rocker (Chicago), accidentally shoots himself at 32
Died :03/12/1978Tolchard Evans, composer/conductor, dies
Died :01/08/1978Walter Keirnan, TV panelist (I've Got a Secret), dies at 75
Died :02/02/1978Wendy Barrie, hostess (Wendy Barrie Show), dies at 65
Died :04/22/1978Will Geer, actor (Grandpa Walton-Waltons), dies at 75




Special :01/28/1978"Fantasy Island" starring Ricardo Montalban premiers on ABC TV
Special :07/24/1978"Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" premeirs in NYC
Special :05/25/1978"Star Wars" released
Special :05/03/1978"Sun Day" - solar energy events are held in US
Special :11/26/197810 die as fire erupts at Holiday Inn in Rochester, NY
Special :09/23/1978100,000 cheering Egyptians welcome Sadat home from Camp David summit
Special :05/21/1978118 Unification church couples wed in England
Special :04/27/197814th Mayor's Trophy Game, Yanks beat Mets 4-3 in 11
Special :02/11/197816 Unification church couples wed in NYC
Special :11/15/1978183 die as Icelandic Airlines DC-8 crashes in Colombo, Sri Lanka
Special :02/16/19781st Computer Bulletin Board System (Ward & Randy's CBBS, Chicago)
Special :02/18/19781st Iron Man Triathlon (swim, bike ride, marathon) held, Kona, Hawaii
Special :05/01/19781st black mayor of New Orleans (Ernest Morial) inaugurated
Special :03/02/19781st broadcast of "Dallas" on CBS TV
Special :05/29/19781st class postage now 15› (13› for 3 years)
Special :10/18/19781st daughter Susan Ford announces engagement to Charles F Vance
Special :09/13/19781st flight of McDonnell Douglas F-18A Hornet
Special :09/07/19781st game of Boston Massacre, Yanks beat Red Sox 15-3
Special :05/26/19781st legal gambling casino opens in Atlantic City
Special :08/17/19781st manned balloon crossing of Atlantic Ocean (Eagle II)
Special :01/06/19781st postage stamp copyrighted by US (Carl Sandburg stamp)
Special :02/22/19782 tankers with propane gas explode killing 15 at Waverly, Tenn
Special :09/16/197825,000 die in 7.7 earthquake in Tabar Iran
Special :03/18/1978250,000 attend rock concert Calif Jam II in Ontario Calif
Special :02/11/197825th hat trick in Islander history-Denis Potvin
Special :09/08/19782nd game of Boston Massacre; Yanks beat Red Sox 13-2
Special :05/20/19783 PFLP members kill a cop near El Al airlines in Orly Airport, Paris
Special :12/28/197830th hat trick in Islander history (Mike Bossy)
Special :09/09/19783rd game of Boston Massacre; Yanks beat Red Sox 7-0
Special :08/19/1978422 die in an arson fire at a movie theater in Iran
Special :04/15/197843 die as 2 express trains collide head-on south of Bologna, Italy
Special :07/29/1978600,000 attend "Summer Jam" rock festival, Watkins Glen, NY
Special :07/28/1978600,000 attend Watkins Glen Summer Jam in NY
Special :04/17/197863,500,000 shares traded on NY stock exchange (record)
Special :01/23/19788th AFC-NFC pro bowl, NFC wins 14-13
Special :09/24/1978A Mrkos discovers asteroid #2552 Remek
Special :06/06/1978A Mrkos discovers asteroids #2199 Klet & #3339
Special :05/08/1978ABC TV airs "Stars Salute Israel at 30"
Special :04/27/1978Accident at nuclear reactor Willow Island, W Virginia, kills 51
Special :04/27/1978Afgh nist n revolution (National Day)
Special :01/01/1978Air India 747 explodes near Bombay killing 213
Special :05/28/1978Al Unser became 5th to win Indianapolis 500, 3 times
Special :07/13/1978Alexander Ginzburg sentenced by Soviet court to 8 years
Special :07/09/1978American Nazi Party, holds a rally at Marquette Park, Chicago
Special :03/16/1978Amoco Cadiz spills 223,000 tons of crude oil
Special :03/17/1978Amoco Cadiz tanker spills 1.6 mil gallons of oil off French coast
Special :06/18/1978Andy North wins US Open golf tournament
Special :01/07/1978Angola revises its constitution
Special :06/25/1978Argentina beats Holland 3-1 in soccer's 11th World Cup at Buenos Aires
Special :09/10/1978Arlyne Rhode sets female footbow distance record (1,113 yds & 30")
Special :08/12/1978Arron Marshall completes a record shower of 336 hours
Special :07/28/1978At Old Timer's Game it's announced Martin will again manage Yankees
Special :07/13/1978BBC bans Sex Pistols "No One is Innocent"
Special :09/09/1978Balt Orioles pull their 7th triple play (5-4-3 vs Toronto)
Special :01/21/1978Bee Gees' "Saturday Night Fever" album goes #1 for 24 weeks
Special :09/06/1978Begin & Sadat meet at Camp David to discuss peace
Special :10/27/1978Begin & Sadat win Nobel Peace prize
Special :09/17/1978Begin, Sadat & Carter sign Camp David accord
Special :04/17/1978Bill Rodgers wins his 2nd Boston Marathon
Special :07/18/1978Billy Martin suspends Reggie Jackson for not bunting
Special :07/08/1978Bjorn Borg of Sweden won 3rd consecutive title at Wimbledon
Special :07/10/1978Bloodless military coup in Mauritania
Special :07/25/1978Bob Lemon replaces Billy Martin as Yankee manager
Special :02/19/1978Brigitte Kraus runs world record 1000 m indoor (2:34.8)
Special :10/10/1978British pop magazine "Smash Hits," 1st published
Special :06/26/1978Brittany separatists bomb Palace of Versailles in France
Special :06/07/1978Bullets beat Supersonics for NBA championship, 4 games to 3
Special :02/09/1978Bundy kills Kimberly Leach, 12, Lake City, Fla; later executed
Special :10/04/1978C Kowal discovers asteroid #2594
Special :03/07/1978Canuck's Ron Sedlbauer fails on 5th penalty shot against Islanders
Special :08/26/1978Cardinal Albino Luciani of Venice becomes Pope John Paul I
Special :12/02/1978Chanting "Allah is great," anti-Shah protesters poured through Tehran
Special :03/03/1978Charles Chaplin's remains are stolen in Switzerland
Special :03/04/1978Chicago Daily News, founded in 1875, publishes last issue
Special :02/11/1978China lifts a ban on Aristotle, Shakespeare, & Dickens
Special :09/10/1978Chris Evert & Jimmy Connors win US Open tennis tournament
Special :05/05/1978Cin Red Pete Rose becomes 14th player to get 3,000 hits
Special :07/25/1978Cin Red Pete Rose sets NL record hitting in 38 consecutive games
Special :06/16/1978Cin Red Tom Seaver no-hits St Louis Cards, 4-0
Special :11/27/1978Colombian Avianca Airlines Boeing 747 crashes in Madrid killing 183
Special :01/20/1978Columbia Pictures pays $9.5 million for movie rights to "Annie"
Special :05/12/1978Commerce Dept says hurricane names will no longer be only female
Special :01/09/1978Commonwealth of Northern Marianas established
Special :10/01/1978Comoros adopts constitution
Special :10/10/1978Congress approves Susan B Anthony Dollar
Special :08/31/1978Constitution adopted by Sri Lanka
Special :11/02/1978Crew of Soyuz 29 returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 31
Special :09/03/1978Crew of Soyuz 31 returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 29
Special :02/08/1978Crown Prince Sad Abdallah al-Salim Al Sabah becomes PM of Kuwait
Special :06/12/1978David Berkowitz sentenced in NY Supreme Court to 25 yrs to life
Special :12/04/1978Dianne Feinstein is named SF 1st female mayor
Special :11/03/1978Dominica gains independence from UK & adopts constitution
Special :10/28/1978Donald Ritchie runs fastest 100 Km ever, doing it in 7.2722
Special :08/28/1978Donald Vesco rode 21'-long Kawasaki motorcycle at 318.598 mph
Special :06/14/1978Down 9-7 in 10th with 2 outs, Yanks Paul Blair hits a 3 run HR
Special :04/11/1978E F Helin & G Grueff discovers asteroid #3101 Goldberger
Special :10/08/1978E F Helin discovers asteroid #2860 Pasacentennium
Special :07/10/1978E F Helinand E Shoemaker discovers asteroid #3484
Special :02/20/1978Egypt announces it is pulling its diplomats out of Cyprus
Special :07/18/1978Egyptian & Israeli officials begin 2 days of talks
Special :02/15/1978Escaped mass murderer Ted Bundy recaptured, Pensacola, Fla
Special :05/09/1978Fee Waybill of Tubes breaks a leg falling off stage
Special :06/26/1978First dedicated oceanographic satellite, SEASAT 1, launched
Special :03/20/1978Flyers' Rick MacLeash scores on 6th penalty shot against Islanders
Special :04/10/1978Formation of Major Indoor Soccer League announced
Special :07/01/1978Former Pres Nixon makes 1st public speech since resigning in 1974
Special :01/26/1978Frank Herbert completes his novel "Destination: Void"
Special :02/05/1978Fred Newman makes 88 consecutive basketball free throws blindfolded
Special :08/11/1978Funeral of Pope Paul VI
Special :10/04/1978Funeral services held for Pope John Paul I
Special :09/02/1978George Harrison marries Olivia
Special :10/03/1978Gold hits record $223.50 an ounce in London
Special :01/11/1978Gov Askew dedicates the RCUC solar office building
Special :09/02/1978Graham Salmon set worlds record for 100 meters by a blind man
Special :07/31/1978Gunman shoots his way into Iraqi Embassy in Paris
Special :08/20/1978Gunmen open fire on an Israeli El Al Airline bus in London
Special :04/07/1978Guttenberg bible sold for $2,000,000 in NYC
Special :04/14/1978H Debehogne discovers asteroid #2364 Seillier
Special :08/10/1978H E Schuster discovers asteroid #3398
Special :08/05/1978H L Giclas discovers asteroid #2118 Flagstaff
Special :10/28/1978H L Giclas discovers asteroid #2415 & #3487
Special :12/20/1978H R Haldeman, Nixon's White House chief of staff released from jail
Special :02/17/1978H-E Schuster discovers asteroid #2608 Seneca
Special :08/11/1978H-E Schuster discovers asteroid #3266
Special :10/06/1978Hannah H Gray inaugurated as 1st female head of US university (Chic)
Special :12/30/1978Harvard College discovers asteroid #2240 Tsai
Special :12/01/1978Harvard College discovers asteroids #2153 Akiyama & #2493 Elmer
Special :05/13/1978Henry Rono of Kenya sets record for 3,000 m steeplechase (8:05.4)
Special :06/27/1978Henry Rono of Kenya sets record for 3,000 m, 7:32.1
Special :08/15/1978House of Reps approves (233-169), 39-month extension for ERA
Special :03/06/1978Hustler publisher Larry Flynt shot & crippled by a sniper in Ga
Special :08/12/1978ICE is launched
Special :12/10/1978In Oslo, Menachem Begin & Anwar Sadat accept 1978 Nobel Peace Prize
Special :02/14/1978In girls' HS basketball, Chicago Latin beats Harvard St George
Special :12/26/1978India's former PM, Indira Gandhi, released from jail
Special :01/26/1978International Ultraviolet Explorer placed in Earth orbit
Special :11/05/1978Iranian PM Jaafar Sharif-Emami resigns to Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi
Special :11/04/1978Iranian troops fire on anti-Shah student protesters by Tehran U
Special :10/05/1978Isaac Bashevis Singer wins Nobel Prize for literature
Special :12/07/1978Islander's Mike Bossy's 1st career hat trick
Special :12/10/1978Islanders ends 15 game undefeated streak (12-0-3) to Canadians
Special :11/04/1978Islanders start 15 game undefeated streak (12-0-3)
Special :03/15/1978Israel invades Lebanon to rid area of Palestine guerrillas
Special :01/31/1978Israel turns 3 milt outposts in West Bank into civilian settlements
Special :01/08/1978Israel's Cabinet votes to `strengthen' settlements in occupied Sinai
Special :11/10/1978Israel's top negotiators broke away from Middle East peace talks
Special :10/25/1978Israeli Cabinet approves "in principle," a draft compromise peace
Special :09/28/1978Israeli Knesset endorses Camp David accord
Special :07/23/1978Israeli cabinet rejects Sadat's call for return of 2 Sinai areas
Special :07/06/1978Israeli jet fighters swooped over mostly Moslem West Beirut
Special :06/22/1978James Christy's discovery of Pluto's moon Charon announced
Special :10/13/1978James Earl Ray, assassin of Martin Luther King weds Anna Sandhu
Special :08/06/1978John Mahaffey wins PGA golf tournament
Special :09/02/1978John McClain performs 180 outside loops in an airplane over Houston
Special :05/13/1978Joie Chitwood drives a Chevette 5.6 miles on just 2 wheels
Special :06/15/1978Jordan's King Hussein marries Elizabeth Halaby, 26-yr-old American
Special :01/19/1978Judge William H Webster appointed head of FBI
Special :11/01/1978K Tomita discovers asteroid #2252 CERGA & #3056 INAG
Special :10/08/1978Ken Warby set world water speed record at 319.627 mph (514 kph)
Special :03/27/1978Kentucky beats Duke for NCAA basketball championship
Special :02/24/1978Kevin Porter, NJ, sets NBA record with 29 assists in a game
Special :04/20/1978Korean Airlines flight 007 shot down by Soviets in Russian airspace
Special :07/09/1978L Chernykh discovers asteroid #2530 Shipka
Special :07/04/1978L Chernykh discovers asteroid #3332
Special :03/05/1978Landsat 3 launched from Vandenberg AFB, Calif
Special :06/30/1978Larry Doby becomes manager of Chicago White Sox
Special :04/03/1978Larry King moves his radio show from Miami to Washington DC
Special :10/22/1978Laugh-in's Judy Carne arrested at Gatwick Airport for drug possession
Special :10/30/1978Laura Nickel & Curt Noll find 25th Mersenne prime, 2 ^ 21701-1
Special :07/13/1978Lee Iacocca fired as Ford Motor Pres by chairman Henry Ford II
Special :08/11/1978Legionairre's disease bacteria isolated in Atlanta
Special :02/15/1978Leon Spinks beats Muhammad Ali for world heavyweight crown
Special :11/16/1978Major Indoor Soccer League holds its 1st draft
Special :05/11/1978Margaret A Brewer becomes 1st female general of US marine corp
Special :08/20/1978Mark Vinchesi of Amherst Mass keeps a frisbee aloft 15.2 seconds
Special :07/07/1978Martina Navratilova captures Wimbledon defeating Chris Evert
Special :11/11/1978Maumoon Abdul Gayoom becomes president of Maldives
Special :07/04/1978Memphis firefighters halt 3-day strike under a court order
Special :08/18/1978Memphis, Tenn, settles with striking police officers & firefighters
Special :05/25/1978Mont Canadiens beat Boston Bruins 4 games to 2 for Stanley Cup
Special :09/15/1978Muhammad Ali beats WBA heavyweight champion Leon Spinks
Special :01/25/1978Muriel Humphrey (D-Mn) appointed to fill late husband's Senate seat
Special :02/06/1978Muriel, wife of late Hubert Humphrey (Sen-D-Minn) takes his office
Special :01/30/1978Mutual Broadcasting Network begins airing Larry King Show on radio
Special :09/05/1978N Chernykh disc asteroid 2610 Tuva, 2859 Paganini, 2969 & 3072 Vilnius
Special :09/06/1978N Chernykh discovers asteroid #2786 Grinevia
Special :12/22/1978N Chernykh discovers asteroid #2836 Sobolev
Special :11/13/1978NASA launches HEAO
Special :04/26/1978NASA launches space vehicle S-201
Special :11/09/1978NASL realligns its 24 teams into 6 divisions
Special :03/14/1978NFL permanently adds 7th official (side judge)
Special :10/24/1978NHL Toronto Maple Leafs set own team record of 28 pts vs NY Islanders
Special :07/11/1978NL beats AL 7-3 in 49th All Star Game (San Diego Stadium)
Special :10/18/1978NY Islanders 1st scoreless tie, vs LA Kings
Special :10/17/1978NY Islanders start a streak of 23 undefeated games at home (15-0-8)
Special :09/04/1978NY Yankee pitcher Ron Guidry wins his 20th (on way to 25-3 season)
Special :10/17/1978NY Yankees beat Dodgers, 4 games to 2 in 75th World Series
Special :07/31/1978NY Yanks now 7« out of 1st, picked up 7 games in previous 2 weeks
Special :05/01/1978Naomi Uemura became 1st to reach North Pole overland alone
Special :07/09/1978Nearly 100,000 demonstrators march on Wash DC for ERA
Special :06/22/1978Neo-Nazis call off plans to march in Jewish community of Skokie, Ill
Special :06/08/1978Nevada jury rules Howard Hughes "Mormon Will" is a forgery
Special :08/05/1978New Orlean Saints beat Phil Eagles 14-7 in Mexico City (NFL expo)
Special :10/16/1978Nobel prize for economy awarded to Herbert A Simon
Special :07/01/1978Northern Territory of Australia becomes self-governing
Special :11/05/1978Oakland Raider's John Madden becomes 13th coach to win 100 NFL games
Special :12/30/1978Ohio State dismisses Woody Hayes as its football coach
Special :11/19/1978P Wild discovers asteroid #2152 Hannibal
Special :10/27/1978P Wild discovers asteroid #2970
Special :09/25/1978PSA Boeing 727 & a Cessna private plane collide by San Diego, 144 die
Special :07/29/1978Penny Dean swims English Channel in record 7h40m
Special :10/31/1978People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (South) adopts constitution
Special :07/28/1978Perth Observatory discovers asteroid #3188 & #3422
Special :02/06/1978Perth Observatory discovers asteroid #3301
Special :08/01/1978Pete Rose goes hitless, ends his 44 game hitting streak (ties NL)
Special :04/25/1978Phillie Phanatic makes 1st appearance
Special :07/23/1978Phillies Steve Carlon becomes 78th pitcher to win 200
Special :07/29/1978Pioneer 11 transmits images of Saturn & its rings
Special :12/04/1978Pioneer Venus 1 goes into orbit around Venus
Special :07/08/1978Pioneer-Venus 2 Multi-probe launched to Venus
Special :07/02/1978Pitcher Ron Guidry sets Yankee record of 13-0 start
Special :06/22/1978Pluto's moon Charon discovered by James Christy
Special :12/21/1978Police in Des Plaines Ill, arrested John W Gacy Jr for murder
Special :10/16/1978Polish Cardinal Karol Wojtyla elected supreme pontiff-John Paul II
Special :09/03/1978Pope John Paul I officially installed as 264th supreme pontiff
Special :10/22/1978Pope John Paul II installed
Special :05/02/1978Portland Trail Blazers win their only NBA championship, in 4 games
Special :10/13/1978Pres Carter answers caller questions on National Public Radio
Special :04/07/1978Pres Carter defers production of neutron bomb
Special :12/01/1978Pres Carter more than doubles national park system size
Special :10/17/1978Pres Carter signs bill restoring Jefferson Davis citizenship
Special :01/01/1978Pres Ford signs 1st major revision of copyright law since 1909
Special :10/27/1978President Carter signs Hawkins-Humphrey full employment bill
Special :07/28/1978Price of gold tops $200-an-oz level for 1st time
Special :06/06/1978Proposition 13 cuts California property taxes 57%
Special :04/17/1978Pulitzer prize awarded to Carl Sagan for "Dragons of Eden"
Special :10/28/1978Purple Mountain Obs discovers asteroids #2209 Tianjin, #3476 & #3509
Special :10/29/1978Purple Mountain Obs discovers asteroids #2230 Yunnan, #3239 & #3643
Special :11/26/1978Purple Mountain Observatory discovers asteroid #3011 & #3297
Special :10/09/1978Purple Mountain Observatory discovers asteroid #3028
Special :11/28/1978Purple Mountain Observatory discovers asteroid #3241
Special :01/09/1978R M West discovers asteroid #2117 Danmark
Special :09/17/1978Red Sox finally beat Yanks in Sept, 1978 7-3
Special :08/27/1978Reds Joe Morgan is 1st to hit 200 HRs & have 500 stolen bases
Special :12/17/1978Referendum approves new constitution of Rwanda
Special :09/02/1978Reggie Jackson is 19th player to hit 20 HR in 11 straight years
Special :07/17/1978Reggie Jackson refusal to bunt causes mgr Billy Martin to suspend him
Special :10/12/1978Representatives of Israel & Egypt open talks in Washington
Special :01/02/1978Rhino Records releases their 1st album "Wildmania"
Special :06/16/1978Ringo releases "Bad Boy" album; Wings releases "I've Had Enough"
Special :03/22/1978Robert Frost Plaza, at California, Drumm & Market, SF, dedicated
Special :09/24/1978Ron Guidry beats Cleveland 4-0, raising his record to 23-3 ERA 1.74
Special :06/17/1978Ron Guidry sets Yankee record with 18 strike-outs
Special :12/16/1978Ronald Reagan denounces Pres Jimmy Carter's recognition of China PR
Special :01/18/1978Roof of 3-yr-old Civic Center in Hartford, Ct collapses (no injuries)
Special :10/06/1978Royals' George Brett hits 3 HRs, Yanks win championship game 3, 6-5
Special :03/22/1978Rutle's "All You Need is Cash" is show on NBC-TV
Special :03/27/1978Rutles "All You Need is Cash" is shown on British TV
Special :09/05/1978Sadat, Begin & Carter began peace conference at Camp David, Md
Special :01/14/1978Sex Pistols' final concert (Winterland, SF)
Special :11/06/1978Shah of Iran places Iran under military rule
Special :12/29/1978Shah of Iran, askes Shapour Bahktiar to form a civilian govt
Special :06/14/1978Sierra Leone adopts constitution
Special :09/12/1978Situation comedy "Taxi" premiers on ABC television
Special :02/06/1978Snowstorm hits New England, parts of RI (54" (137cm))
Special :07/07/1978Solomon Islands declares independence from UK
Special :03/16/1978Soyuz 26 returns to Earth
Special :01/10/1978Soyuz 27 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station
Special :01/11/1978Soyuz 27 links with Salyut 6 & Soyuz 26 (1st time 3 spacecraft link)
Special :01/16/1978Soyuz 27 returns to Earth
Special :03/02/1978Soyuz 28 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Czechoslovakian) to Salyut 6
Special :03/10/1978Soyuz 28 returns to Earth
Special :06/15/1978Soyuz 29 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6; they stay 139 days
Special :06/27/1978Soyuz 30 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Polish) to Salyut 6 space station
Special :07/05/1978Soyuz 30 spacecraft touches down in Soviet Kazakhstan
Special :08/26/1978Soyuz 31 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 East German) to Salyut 6
Special :12/06/1978Spain adopts constitution
Special :12/29/1978Spain constitution goes into effect
Special :04/16/1978St Louis Card Bob Forsch no-hits Phillies, 5-0
Special :05/06/1978Steve Cauthen & Affirmed wins Kentucky Derby en route to Triple Crown
Special :05/20/1978Steve Cauthen on Affirmed wins 103rd Preakness Stakes (1:54.4)
Special :06/10/1978Steve Cauthen on Affirmed wins 110th Belmont Stakes (2:26.8)
Special :12/02/1978Streisand & Diamond's "You Don't Bring Me Flowers," goes #1
Special :01/15/1978Super Bowl XII-Dallas Cowboys-27, Denver Broncos-10
Special :04/25/1978Supreme Court rules pension plans can't require women to pay more
Special :12/13/1978Susan B Anthony dollar, 1st US coin to honor a woman, issued
Special :10/04/1978T Smirnova discovers asteroid #3055
Special :03/12/1978T Urata discovers asteroid #2090 Mizuho
Special :04/02/1978TV show "Dallas" premiers on CBS (as a 5 week mini-series)
Special :12/31/1978Taiwan's final day of diplomatic relations with US
Special :12/22/1978Thailand adopts constitution
Special :01/15/1978Theodore Bundy kills Fla State U coeds Lisa Levy & Margaret Bowman
Special :01/18/1978Thiokol conducts 2nd test firing of space shuttle's SRB
Special :08/07/1978Thousands of mourners file past body of Pope Paul VI
Special :10/01/1978Tuvalu (formerly Ellice Islands) declares independence from UK
Special :06/12/1978US House of Representatives allows live radio coverage
Special :07/21/1978US Postal Service & unions agree on a contract averting mail strike
Special :06/27/1978US Seasat 1, 1st oceanographic satellite, launched into polar orbit
Special :03/16/1978US Senate accepts Panama Canal treaty
Special :04/18/1978US Senate approves transfer of Panama Canal to Panam  in 1999
Special :05/20/1978US launches Pioneer Venus 1; produces 1st global radar map of Venus
Special :03/31/1978USSR launches Kosmos 1000 navigational satellite
Special :06/29/1978VP Walter F Mondale begins trip to Mid-East
Special :04/08/1978W Liller discovers asteroid #2449
Special :04/14/1978WRR-AM in Dallas Texas changes call letters to KAAM
Special :07/13/1978Walter Poenisch completes swim of 207 km from Cuba to Florida
Special :06/30/1978Willie McCovey becomes 12th to hit 500 HRs
Special :03/31/1978Wings release "London Town" album
Special :03/24/1978Wings release "With a Little Luck"
Special :07/21/1978World's strongest dog, 80-kg St Bernard, pulls 2909-kg load 27 m
Special :08/27/1978Yankee Catfish Hunter's 6-2 win gives him a perfect 6-0 in Aug 1978
Special :06/10/1978Yankees trade Ken Holzman for Ron Davis
Special :10/10/1978Yanks & Dodgers play in World Series # 75
Special :09/15/1978Yanks beat Boston 4-0, Guidry wins # 22, Yanks lead 2« games
Special :09/16/1978Yanks beat Red Sox for 6th time in 2 weeks, 3-2
Special :10/01/1978Yanks lose 9-2 to Indians forcing a playoff game with Red Sox
Special :07/19/1978Yanks start 14« game comeback with 2-0 win
Special :10/17/1978Yanks win 22nd World Championship capping their great comeback year
Special :10/08/1978Yanks win 3rd straight AL Championship, all against Kansas City
Special :04/19/1978Yitzhak Navron elected 5th president of Israel
Special :09/24/1978Z Vavrova discovers asteroid #2821
Special :02/15/1978Zaire revises constitution

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