Page 9: Historical Events In 1978

Jul 09   L Chernykh discovers asteroid #2530 Shipka on this day in history.   

Jul 09   On this day in history 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   In the year 1978 michel Gusikoff, composer, dies at 85   

Jul 10   In the year 1978 military coup in Mauritania   

Jul 12   Sun Bank Building opens on this day in history.   

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

Jul 13   Antonio Veretti, composer, dies at 78 in the year 1978.   

Jul 13   BBC bans Sex Pistols "No One is Innocent" in the year 1978.   

Jul 13   Lee Iacocca fired as Ford Motor Pres by chairman Henry Ford II on this day in history.   

Jul 13   Walter Poenisch completes swim of 207 km from Cuba to Florida in the year 1978.   

Jul 14   In the year 1978 anatoly Shcharansky convicted of anti-Soviet agitation   

Jul 17   Thayer David, actor (Rocky, Roots, Savages), dies at 51 on this day in history.   

Jul 18   On this day in history egyptian & Israeli officials begin 2 days of talks   

Jul 21   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

Jul 27   On this day in history aasan Ferit Alnar, composer, dies at 72   

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

Jul 28   In the year 1978 jan Willem van Otterloo, composer, dies at 70   

Jul 28   Perth Observatory discovers asteroid #3188 & #3422 on this day in history.   

Jul 28   Price of gold tops $200-an-oz level for first time in the year 1978.   

Jul 29   On this day in history 600,000 attend "Summer Jam" rock festival, Watkins Glen, NY   

Jul 29   In the year 1978 penny Dean swims English Channel in record 7h40m   

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

Jul 29   On this day in history wesley La Violette, composer, dies at 84   

Jul 31   In the year 1978 carleton Percy Hobbs, actor (I Claudius, Dark Places), dies at 80   

Jul 31   Gunman shoots his way into the Iraqi Embassy in Paris on this day in history.   

Aug 02   In the year 1978 carlos Chavez y Ramires, Mexican composer, dies at 79   

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

Aug 05   In the year 1978 queenie Smith, actress/dancer (Funny Side), dies at 79   

Aug 06   In the year 1978 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   Kevin Federline, American dancer/hip hop artist was born on this day in history.   

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

Mar 28   On this day in history birth of dino Ciani, Italian pianist (d. 1941)   

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   On this day in history walter Keirnan, TV panelist (I've Got a Secret), dies at 75   

Jan 09   Eddie Gilbert, cricket (Aboriginal Qld quick got Don for a duck), dies in the year 1978.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 12   On this day in history death of nancy Spungen, stabbed to death by boyfriend Sid Vicious   

Jan 13   In the year 1978 hubert Humphrey, (Sen-D-Minn, VP), dies at 66 in Waverly, Minn