1978 Calendar
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1978 Historical Event(s)
- February 7, 1978 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Horse in Chinese astrology.
- February 13, 1978 – Hilton bombing: a bomb explodes in a refuse truck outside the Hilton Hotel in Sydney, Australia, killing two refuse collectors and a policeman.
- February 18, 1978 – The first Ironman Triathlon competition takes place on the island of Oahu, won by Gordon Haller.
- 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 28, 1978 – President of Afghanistan, Mohammed Daoud Khan, is overthrown and assassinated in a coup led by pro-communist rebels.
- June 12, 1978 – David Berkowitz, the “Son of Sam” killer in New York City, is sentenced to 365 years in prison for six killings.
- June 19, 1978 – Garfield, holder of the Guinness World Record for the world’s most widely syndicated comic strip, makes its debut.
- July 1, 1978 – The Northern Territory in Australia is granted Self-Government.
- July 30, 1978 – The 730 (transport), Okinawa changes its traffic on the right-hand side of the road to the left-hand side.
- 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.
Who Were Born On 1978?
- January 28, 1978 – Gianluigi Buffon, Italian footballer
- March 6, 1978 – Lara Cox, Australian actress
- April 12, 1978 – Riley Smith, American actor
- May 4, 1978 – Brett Burton, Australian football player
- August 10, 1978 – Daniel Allsopp, Australian footballer
- September 4, 1978 – Wes Bentley, American actor
- September 20, 1978 – Patrizio Buanne, Italian singer
- November 21, 1978 – Lucía Jiménez, Spanish actress
- December 2, 1978 – Jason Collins, American basketball player