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1978 (''' MCMLXXVIII ''') was a Common Year Starting On Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar).
Events
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- May 4 - – Communist activist Henri Curiel is murdered in Paris .
- May 5 - Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds gets his 3000th major league hit.
- May 8 - Norway opens a Natural Gas field in the Polar Sea .
- May 9 - In Rome , the body of Aldo Moro , the Italian president of the Christian-Democrats, is found in a parked car.
- May 12 - May 13 - Group of Mercenaries lead by Bob Denard oust Ali Soilih in the Comoros - 10 local soldiers killed. Denard forms a new government
- May 12 - In Zaire , rebels occupy the city of Kolwezi , the mining centre of the province of Shaba . The government of Zaire asks the U.S., France and Belgium to restore order.
- May 15 - Students of the University Of Teheran riot in Tabriz - an army stops the riot.
- May 17 - Charles Chaplin 's coffin is found ten miles from the cemetery it was stolen from, near Lake Geneva.
- May 18 - Soviet dissident Yuri Orlov is sentenced for seven years hard labor for distributing counterrevolutionary material.
- May 18 - May 19 - Belgian and French paratroopers fly to Zaire to aid the fight against the rebels.
- May 20 - Mavis Hutchinson , 53, becomes the first woman to run across the USA - trek took 69 days.
- May 22 - Exiled leaders Ahmed Abdallah and Mohammed Ahmed return to the Comoros
- May 25 - A bomb explodes in the security section of Northwestern University - security guard is wounded. The first bomb of the Unabomber case.
- May 26 - In Atlantic City, New Jersey , Resorts International , the first legal Casino in the eastern United States , opens.
- wins his third race, and the first for car owner Jim Hall .
- May 29 - Ali Soilih is found dead, allegedly shot when trying to escape
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September
, Jimmy Carter , and Menachem Begin meet on the Aspen Lodge patio on September 6, 1978.]]
October
November
December
Unknown dates
Births
January
February
March
April
May
June
- June 1 - Danielle Harris , American voice actress
- June 6 - Carl Barat , English singer and guitarist ( The Libertines )
- June 8 - Maria Menounos , American actress, journalist, and televison presenter
- June 9 - Matthew Bellamy , Lead singer of the British band Muse
- June 10 - Shane West , American actor
- June 13 - Christian Stepien , Canadian artist
- June 19 - Dirk Nowitzki , German basketball player
- June 20 - Mark Powell , Australian Politician
- June 21 - Erica Durance , Canadian actress
- June 22 - Champ Bailey , American football player
- June 22 - Dan Wheldon , English race car driver
- June 25 - Marcus Stroud , American football player
- June 29 - Nicole Scherzinger , lead singer of the Pussycat Dolls
July
August
- August 1 - Edgerrin James , American football player
- August 6 - Marisa Miller , American model
- August 9 - Audrey Tautou , French actress
- August 19 - Callum Blue , English actor
- August 21 - Reuben Droughns , American football player
- August 23 - Kobe Bryant , American basketball player
- August 23 - Julian Casablancas , Musician, lead singer of American Rock band The Strokes
- August 24 - Rafael Furcal , Dominican Major League Baseball player
- August 27 - Mase , American rapper
September
October
- October 2 - Ayumi Hamasaki , Japanese singer
- October 13 - Jermaine O'Neal , American basketball player
- October 14 - Usher Raymond , American musician
- October 20 - Virender Sehwag , Indian cricketer
- October 21 - Joey Harrington , American football player
- October 25 - Russell Anderson , Scottish footballer
- October 26 - Antonio Pierce , American football player
- October 27 - Vanessa-Mae , Singaporean musician
- October 28 - Justin Guarini , American singer
- October 29 - Travis Henry , American football player
November
- November 1 - Manju Warriar , Indian actress
- November 6 - Taryn Manning , American actress
- November 9 - Sisqó , American actor and singer ( Dru Hill )
- November 10 - Eve , American rapper
- November 17 - Reggie Wayne , American football player
- November 18 - Damien Johnson , Northern Irish footballer
- November 24 - Katherine Heigl , American actress
- November 25 - Shina Ringo , Japanese singer and musician
- November 29 - Ludwika Paleta , Polish Mexican actress
- November 30 - Clay Aiken , American singer
December
- December 1 - Brad Delson , American guitarist ( Linkin Park )
- December 2 - Nelly Furtado , Canadian-born singer and songwriter
- December 8 - Ian Somerhalder , American actor
- December 8 - Vernon Wells , baseball player
- December 9 - Jesse Metcalfe , American actor
- December 12 - Monica Barladeanu , Romanian actress
- December 18 - Katie Holmes , American actress
- December 22 - Edo Maajka , Bosnian Rapper
- December 23 - Andra Davis , American football player
- December 23 - Víctor Martínez , Venezuelan Major League Baseball player
- December 23 - Estella Warren , Canadian swimmer, model, and actress
- December 29 - Alexis Amore , Peruvian actress, dancer, and model
- December 29 - LaToya London , American singer
Deaths
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