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1978 Calendar

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•  February 7, 1978 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Horse in Chinese astrology.
•  March 2, 1978 – Czech Vladimír Remek becomes the first non-Russian or non-American to go into space, when he is launched aboard Soyuz 28.
•  March 14, 1978 – The Israeli Defense Force invades and occupies southern Lebanon, in Operation Litani.
•  March 23, 1978 – The first UNIFIL troops arrived in Lebanon for peacekeeping mission along the Blue Line.
•  April 1, 1978 – The Philippine College of Commerce, through a presidential decree, becomes the Polytechnic University of the Philippines.
•  June 19, 1978 – Garfield, holder of the Guinness World Record for the world’s most widely syndicated comic strip, makes its debut.
•  August 17, 1978 – Double Eagle II becomes first balloon to cross the Atlantic Ocean when it lands in Miserey near Paris, 137 hours after leaving Presque Isle, Maine.
•  October 1, 1978 – The Voltaic Revolutionary Communist Party is founded.
•  December 15, 1978 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter announces that the United States will recognize the People’s Republic of China and cut off all relations with Taiwan
•  December 22, 1978 – The pivotal Third Plenum of the 11th National Congress of the Communist Party of China is held in Beijing, with Deng Xiaoping reversing Mao-era policies to pursue a program for Chinese economic reform.

•  January 3, 1978 – Park Sol-mi, South Korean actress
•  February 20, 1978 – Jay Hernandez, American actor
•  April 6, 1978 – Martin Mendez, Uruguayan bassist (Opeth)
•  April 16, 1978 – Matthew Lloyd, Australian rules footballer
•  June 24, 1978 – Ariel Pink, American recording artist
•  July 8, 1978 – Eve Myles, Welsh actress
•  August 14, 1978 – Anastasios Kyriakos, Greek footballer
•  August 18, 1978 – Luke Williams, Welsh musician
•  October 9, 1978 – Nicky Byrne, Irish musician (Westlife)
•  December 13, 1978 – Ryo Kawakita, Japanese guitarist (Maximum the Hormone)