1978 Calendar
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1978 Historical Event(s)
- 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.
- January 24, 1978 – Soviet satellite Cosmos 954, with a nuclear reactor onboard, burns up in Earth’s atmosphere, scattering radioactive debris over Canada’s Northwest Territories. Only 1% is recovered.
- February 6, 1978 – The Blizzard of 1978, one of the worst Nor'easters in New England history, hit the region, with sustained winds of 65 mph and snowfall of 4\" an hour.
- 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 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.
- May 8, 1978 – First ascent of Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen, by Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler.
- July 10, 1978 – World News Tonight premieres on ABC.
- October 16, 1978 – Pope John Paul II is elected after the October 1978 Papal conclave.
- December 4, 1978 – Following the murder of Mayor George Moscone, Dianne Feinstein becomes San Francisco, California’s first female mayor (she served until January 8, 1988).
Who Were Born On 1978?
- January 12, 1978 – Maurizio Zaffiri, Italian rugby player
- January 15, 1978 – Franco Pellizotti, Italian cyclist
- January 22, 1978 – Chone Figgins, American baseball player
- March 1, 1978 – Alicia Leigh Willis, American actress
- March 26, 1978 – Anastasia Kostaki, Greek basketball player
- May 5, 1978 – Morgan Pehme, American filmmaker and writer
- June 16, 1978 – Jasmine Leong, Chinese Malaysian singer
- July 4, 1978 – Becki Newton, American actress
- August 15, 1978 – Stavros Tziortziopoulos, Greek footballer
- August 21, 1978 – Alan Lee, Irish footballer