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1978 Calendar

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•  January 1, 1978 – Air India Flight 855 Boeing 747 crashes into the sea, due to instrument failure and pilot disorientation, off the coast of Bombay, India, killing 213.
•  February 7, 1978 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Horse in Chinese astrology.
•  February 16, 1978 – The first computer bulletin board system is created (CBBS in Chicago, Illinois).
•  March 8, 1978 – The first radio episode of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams, is transmitted on BBC Radio 4.
•  March 28, 1978 – The US Supreme Court hands down 5-3 decision in Stump v. Sparkman, 435 U.S. 349, a controversial case involving involuntary sterilization and judicial immunity.
•  April 14, 1978 – 1978 Tbilisi Demonstrations: Thousands of Georgians demonstrate against Soviet attempts to change the constitutional status of the Georgian language.
•  April 20, 1978 – Korean Air Flight 902 is shot down by the Soviet Union.
•  July 30, 1978 – The 730 (transport), Okinawa changes its traffic on the right-hand side of the road to the left-hand side.
•  August 26, 1978 – Papal conclave, 1978 (August): Pope John Paul I is elected to the Papacy.
•  September 5, 1978 – Camp David Accords: Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat begin peace process at Camp David, Maryland.

•  March 18, 1978 – Khalilah Adams, American actress
•  April 1, 1978 – Antonio de Nigris, Mexican footballer (d. 2009)
•  April 9, 1978 – Rachel Stevens, English singer (S Club)
•  May 27, 1978 – Adin Brown, American footballer
•  June 13, 1978 – Mathis Künzler, Swiss actor
•  July 13, 1978 – Ryan Ludwick, American baseball player
•  August 12, 1978 – Hayley Wickenheiser, Canadian ice hockey player
•  November 19, 1978 – Matt Dusk, Canadian jazz musician / vocalist
•  December 5, 1978 – Marcelo Zalayeta, Uruguayan footballer
•  December 17, 1978 – Riteish Deshmukh, Indian actor