1978
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| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| Centuries: | 19th century - 20th century - 21st century |
| Decades: | 1940s 1950s 1960s - 1970s - 1980s 1990s 2000s |
| Years: | 1975 1976 1977 - 1978 - 1979 1980 1981 |
Contents |
[change] Events
- January 14 – The Sex Pistols played their final show (until a 1996 reunion) at San Francisco's Winterland
- April 22 – The Blues Brothers make their first appearance on Saturday Night Live. The duo of Jake & Elwood Blues (John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd) are introduced by Paul Shaffer (as Don Kirschner) and perform "Hey Bartender"
- April 26 – Ringo Starr's, Ringo, a musical version of The Prince and the Pauper airs on American television. Starr's fellow former Beatle George Harrison provides the narration
- May 8 – Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler are the first humans on the Mount Everest without oxygen tanks
- July 25 – First human birth from in vitro fertilization
- August 6 – Pope Paul VI dies at the age of 80. Albino Luciani become the new pope, Pope John Paul I
- August 17 – Double Eagle II becomes the first balloon to cross the Atlantic Ocean.
- August 26 – The first Canada Jam Festival is held in Ontario, featuring sets by the Doobie Brothers, the Commodores, Kansas, Dave Mason, and the Atlanta Rhythm Section
- September 28 – Pope John Paul I dies after 34 days in office
- October 1 – Vietnam attacks Cambodia
- October 16 – Karol Wojtyła elected pope, and calls himself Pope John Paul II
- November 18 – Jim Jones and his followers commit suicide
- Garfield, a comic strip, debuts
- Space Invaders is created by the Taito Corporation
[change] Births
- January 13 – Tinga, Brazilian footballer
- January 28 – Gianluigi Buffon, Italian footballer
- January 30 – Daniel Lindström, Swedish singer
- February 7 – Ashton Kutcher, American actor
- March 11 – Didier Drogba, Ivorian footballer
- March 21 – Kevin Federline, American entertainer
- April 6 – Myleene Klass, English musician
- April 30 – Tom Fulp, Newgrounds creater
- May 22 – Katie Price, English model and singer
- June 9 – Matthew Bellamy, English singer
- June 9 – Miroslav Klose, Polish footballer
- June 11 – Joshua Jackson, Canadian actor
- June 19 – Dirk Nowitzki, NBA star
- June 21 – Frank Lampard, English footballer
- June 29 – Nicole Scherzinger, American singer and actress
- July 19 – Chiara Zanni, Canadian actress
- August 22 – Jeff Stinco,Canadian Musician- Simple Plan
- September 25 – Rafał Wiechecki, Polish politician
- September 28 – Bushido, German singer
- September 30 – Candice Michelle, American model and wrestler
- October 2 – Ayumi Hamasaki, Japanese singer
- October 6 – Carolina Gynning, Swedish model
- october 5 – Gerald Asamoah, German footballer
- October 7 – Alesha Dixon, English singer
- December 2 – Nelly Furtado, Canadian singer
- December 2 – Chris Wolstenholme, English musician
- December 18 – Katie Holmes, American actress
- Alison Balsom, English musician
- Miri Ben-Ari, Israeli violinist
[change] Deaths
- January 14 – Kurt Gödel, Czech mathematician (b. 1906)
- March 21 – Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh, 5th President of Ireland (b. 1911)
- May 14 – Robert Menzies, 12th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1894)
- May 17 – Armin T. Wegner, German writer (b. 1886)
- August 6 – Pope Paul IV, heart attack (b. 1897)
- September 28 – Pope John Paul I (b. 1912)
- November 19 – Jim Jones, American cult leader (b. 1931)
[change] Movies released
- The Deer Hunter
- Grease
- The Last Waltz
- The Lord of the Rings, animated film by Ralph Bakshi
- Superman, starring Marlon Brando and Christopher Reeve
[change] Nobel Prizes
- Nobel Prize in Physics – Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa, Arno Allan Penzias, Robert Woodrow Wilson
- Chemistry – Peter D Mitchell
- Medicine – Werner Arber, Daniel Nathans, Hamilton O Smith
- Literature -Isaac Bashevis Singer, Polnish writer and journalist
- Peace – Mohamed Anwar Al-Sadat and Menachem Begin
- Economics – Herbert Simon
