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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 19, 1978 – Egyptian forces raid Larnaca International Airport in an attempt to intervene in a hijacking, without authorisation from the Republic of Cyprus authorities. The Cypriot National Guard and Police forces kill 15 Egyptian commandos and destroy the Egyptian C-130 transport plane in open combat.
- February 20, 1978 – The last Order of Victory is bestowed upon Leonid Brezhnev.
- 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 23, 1978 – The first UNIFIL troops arrived in Lebanon for peacekeeping mission along the Blue Line.
- July 10, 1978 – World News Tonight premieres on ABC.
- November 27, 1978 – The Kurdish party PKK is founded in the city of Riha (Urfa) in Turkey.
- December 6, 1978 – Spain approves its latest constitution in a referendum.
- December 27, 1978 – Spain becomes a democracy after 40 years of dictatorship.
Who Were Born On 1978?
- January 27, 1978 – Pete Laforest, Canadian baseball player
- March 13, 1978 – Kenny Watson, American football player
- April 13, 1978 – Arron Asham, Canadian ice hockey player
- May 18, 1978 – Jessica Cutler, American author
- June 30, 1978 – Ben Cousins, Australian football player
- August 7, 1978 – Cirroc Lofton, American actor
- September 11, 1978 – Ben Lee, Australian musician and singer
- September 14, 1978 – Ben Cohen, English rugby union footballer
- September 23, 1978 – Worm Miller, American filmmaker
- October 3, 1978 – Vienna Teng, American pianist and singer-songwriter