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1978 (MCMLXXVIII ) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar .
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 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 narrationMay 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 SectionSeptember 28 – Pope John Paul I dies after 34 days in officeOctober 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 suicideNovember 27 – San Francisco politician Dan White assassinates Harvey Milk and George Moscone [1] December 21 - John Wayne Gacy is arrested for the killings of 33 boys and young men.Garfield , a comic strip, debutsSpace Invaders is created by the Taito Corporation
January 13 – Tinga , Brazilian footballer January 28 – Gianluigi Buffon , Italian footballerJanuary 30 – Daniel Lindström , Swedish singer February 7 – Ashton Kutcher , American actor March 11 – Didier Drogba , Ivorian footballerMarch 21 – Kevin Federline , American doofusApril 6 – Myleene Klass , English musician April 30 – Tom Fulp , Newgrounds createrMay 22 – Katie Price , English model and singerJune 9 – Matthew Bellamy , English singerJune 9 – Miroslav Klose , Polish footballer
June 11 – Joshua Jackson , Canadian actorJune 19 – Dirk Nowitzki ,June 21 – Frank Lampard , English footballerJune 29 – Nicole Scherzinger , American singer and actressJuly 19 – Chiara Zanni , Canadian actressAugust 22 – Jeff Stinco , Canadian Musician- Simple PlanAugust 23 – Kobe Bryant , NBA starSeptember 25 – Rafał Wiechecki , Polish politician September 28 – Bushido , German singerSeptember 30 – Candice Michelle , American model and wrestler October 2 – Ayumi Hamasaki , Japanese singerOctober 6 – Carolina Gynning , Swedish modelOctober 5 – Gerald Asamoah , German footballerOctober 7 – Alesha Dixon , English singerOctober 26 - CM Punk , American professional wrestlerNovember 25 – Ringo Shiina , Japanese singerDecember 2 – Nelly Furtado , Canadian singerDecember 2 – Chris Wolstenholme , English musician
December 18 – Katie Holmes , American actressAlison Balsom , English musicianMiri Ben-Ari , Israeli violinist
