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1978 Calendar

1978 Calendar

January
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1234567
891011121314
15161718192021
22232425262728
293031    
February
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
   1234
567891011
12131415161718
19202122232425
262728    
March
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
   1234
567891011
12131415161718
19202122232425
262728293031 
April
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
      1
2345678
9101112131415
16171819202122
23242526272829
30      
May
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
 123456
78910111213
14151617181920
21222324252627
28293031   
June
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
    123
45678910
11121314151617
18192021222324
252627282930 
July
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
      1
2345678
9101112131415
16171819202122
23242526272829
3031     
August
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
  12345
6789101112
13141516171819
20212223242526
2728293031  
September
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
     12
3456789
10111213141516
17181920212223
24252627282930
October
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1234567
891011121314
15161718192021
22232425262728
293031    
November
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
   1234
567891011
12131415161718
19202122232425
2627282930  
December
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
     12
3456789
10111213141516
17181920212223
24252627282930
31      

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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 1, 1978 – Director Roman Polanski skips bail and flees the United States to France after pleading guilty to charges of engaging in sex with a 13-year-old girl.
  •  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 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.
  •  March 16, 1978 – Supertanker Amoco Cadiz split in two after running aground on the Portsall Rocks, three miles off the coast of Brittany, resulting in the 5th-largest oil spill in history.
  •  April 7, 1978 – Development of the neutron bomb is canceled by President Jimmy Carter.
  •  June 9, 1978 – The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints opens its priesthood to “all worthy men”, ending a 148-year-old policy excluding black men.
  •  June 26, 1978 – Air Canada Flight 189 to Toronto overruns the runway and crashes into the Etobicoke Creek ravine. Two of 107 passengers on board perish.

Who Were Born On 1978?

  •  April 8, 1978 – Bernt Haas, Swiss footballer
  •  May 5, 1978 – Santiago Cabrera, Chilean actor
  •  June 21, 1978 – Cristiano Lupatelli, Italian footballer
  •  July 9, 1978 – Nuno Santos, Portuguese footballer
  •  July 18, 1978 – Ben Sheets, American baseball player
  •  July 25, 1978 – Louise Brown, World’s first test tube baby
  •  August 3, 1978 – Dimitrios Zografakis, Greek footballer
  •  September 27, 1978 – Ani Lorak, Ukrainian singer and actress
  •  November 12, 1978 – Alexandra Maria Lara, Romanian-born German actress
  •  December 6, 1978 – K. D. Aubert, American actress