Page 9: Historical Events In 1978

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

Jul 09   Nearly 100,000 demonstrators march on Wash DC for ERA in the year 1978.   

Jul 10   In the year 1978 e F Helinand E Shoemaker discovers asteroid #3484   

Jul 10   On this day in history michel Gusikoff, composer, dies at 85   

Jul 10   Military coup in Mauritania in the year 1978.   

Jul 12   On this day in history sun Bank Building opens   

Jul 13   Alexander Ginzburg sentenced by Soviet court to 8 years in the year 1978.   

Jul 13   On this day in history antonio Veretti, composer, dies at 78   

Jul 13   On this day in history 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   In the year 1978 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   In the year 1978 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   In the year 1978 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 & 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   "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" premeirs in NYC in the year 1978.   

Jul 27   Aasan Ferit Alnar, composer, dies at 72 in the year 1978.   

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 on this day in history.   

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

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

Jul 29   Pioneer 11 transmits images of Saturn & its rings in the year 1978.   

Jul 29   Wesley La Violette, composer, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

Jul 31   Carleton Percy Hobbs, actor (I Claudius, Dark Places), dies at 80 on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1978.   

Aug 05   On this day in history queenie Smith, actress/dancer (Funny Side), dies at 79   

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   On this day in history birth of kevin Federline, American dancer/hip hop artist   

Mar 21   Cristian Guzmán, Dominican baseball player was born on this day in history.   

Mar 28   Dino Ciani, Italian pianist (d. 1941) was born in the year 1978.   

Apr 02   John Gall, American baseball player was born in the year 1978.   

Apr 19   In the year 1978 birth of adrienne Parker, Miss Tennessee Teen USA (1996)   

Apr 19   Whitney Metzler, 400m medley swimmer (Olympics-8th-96) was born in the year 1978.   

Apr 19   On this day in history 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   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 in the year 1978.   

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 in the year 1978.   

Jan 11   In the year 1978 michael Bates, actor (Clockwork Orange, Salt & Pepper), dies at 57   

Jan 12   Nancy Spungen, stabbed to death by boyfriend Sid Vicious died in the year 1978.   

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