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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.
•  February 17, 1978 – The Troubles: The Provisional IRA detonates an incendiary bomb at the La Mon restaurant, near Belfast, killing 12 and seriously injuring 30.
•  April 7, 1978 – Development of the neutron bomb is canceled by President Jimmy Carter.
•  May 8, 1978 – First ascent of Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen, by Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler.
•  June 22, 1978 – Charon, a satellite of the dwarf planet Pluto, is discovered by American astronomer James W. Christy.
•  July 10, 1978 – World News Tonight premieres on ABC.
•  July 25, 1978 – The Cerro Maravilla incident occurs.
•  September 11, 1978 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter, President Anwar Sadat of Egypt, and Prime Minister Menachem Begin of Israel meet at Camp David and agree on the Camp David Accords a framework for peace between Israel and Egypt and a comprehensive peace in the Middle East.
•  September 16, 1978 – An earthquake measuring 7.5 to 7.9 on the Richter scale hits the city of Tabas, Iran killing about 25,000 people.
•  December 27, 1978 – The Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station in the South Pole recorded temperatures of 7.5 °F (−13.6 °C), making it the highest temperature to ever be recorded in the South Pole.

•  February 14, 1978 – Dean Gaffney, British actor
•  February 20, 1978 – Julia Jentsch, German actress
•  March 24, 1978 – Michael Braun, Australian rules footballer
•  April 20, 1978 – Mirei Kuroda, Japanese gravure idol
•  June 25, 1978 – Marcus Stroud, American football player
•  August 15, 1978 – Lilia Podkopayeva, Ukrainian gymnast
•  September 20, 1978 – Jason Bay, Canadian baseball player
•  November 21, 1978 – Lucía Jiménez, Spanish actress
•  November 27, 1978 – Tim Yeung, American drummer (Vital Remains)
•  December 29, 1978 – Matthew Carr, Australian rules footballer