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1978 Calendar
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1978 Historical Event(s)
- January 6, 1978 – The Crown of St. Stephen (also known as the Holy Crown of Hungary) is returned to Hungary from the United States, where it was held after World War II.
- January 14, 1978 – The English punk rock band Sex Pistols broke up amidst their US tour.
- January 18, 1978 – The roof structure of the Hartford Civic Center collapses after a significant snowfall.
- February 7, 1978 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Horse in Chinese astrology.
- March 5, 1978 – The Landsat 3 is launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
- March 11, 1978 – Coastal Road massacre: At least 37 are killed and more than 70 are wounded when Al Fatah hijack an Israeli bus, prompting Israel’s Operation Litani.
- June 1, 1978 – The first international applications under the Patent Cooperation Treaty are filed.
- July 10, 1978 – World News Tonight premieres on ABC.
- November 15, 1978 – A chartered Douglas DC-8 crashes near Colombo, Sri Lanka, killing 183.
- 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.
Who Were Born On 1978?
- January 26, 1978 – Estéban Germán, Dominican baseball player
- March 18, 1978 – Brooke Hanson, Australian swimmer
- March 29, 1978 – Pierre Faber, French-born German rugby player
- May 29, 1978 – Pelle Almqvist, Swedish musician (The Hives)
- June 3, 1978 – Lyfe Jennings, R&B singer and songwriter
- June 30, 1978 – Ben Cousins, Australian football player
- August 5, 1978 – Kim Gevaert, Belgian sprinter
- August 21, 1978 – Reuben Droughns, American football player
- September 14, 1978 – Ben Cohen, English rugby union footballer
- October 19, 1978 – Enrique Bernoldi, Brazilian race car driver