1978 Calendar
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1978 Historical Event(s)
January 18, 1978
– The European Court of Human Rights finds the United Kingdom government guilty of mistreating prisoners in Northern Ireland, but not guilty of torture.
February 7, 1978
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Horse in Chinese astrology.
May 1, 1978
– Japan’s Naomi Uemura, travelling by dog sled, becomes the first person to reach the North Pole alone.
June 11, 1978
– Altaf Hussain founds the students’ political movement All Pakistan Muhajir Students Organisation (APMSO) in Karachi University.
July 7, 1978
– The Solomon Islands become independent from the United Kingdom.
August 10, 1978
– Three members of the Ulrich family are killed in an accident. This leads to the Ford Pinto litigation.
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 17, 1978
– The Camp David Accords are signed by Israel and Egypt.
November 18, 1978
– In Jonestown, Guyana, Jim Jones led his Peoples Temple cult to a mass murder-suicide that claimed 918 lives in all, 909 of them in Jonestown itself, including over 270 children. Congressman Leo J. Ryan is murdered by members of the Peoples Temple hours earlier.
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
Who Were Born On 1978?
February 23, 1978
– Dan Snyder, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2003)
April 22, 1978
– Esteban Tuero, Argentinian race car driver
July 9, 1978
– Nuno Santos, Portuguese footballer
July 17, 1978
– Katharine Towne, American actress
July 21, 1978
– Justin Bartha, American actor
July 27, 1978
– Diarmuid O'Sullivan, Irish Hurler
November 9, 1978
– Steven López, American taekwondo martial artist
November 14, 1978
– Delphine Chanéac, French model, actress and DJ
December 13, 1978
– Olav Bjortomt, British quiz champion
December 25, 1978
– Simon Jones, English cricketer