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1978 Calendar Trivia
The next time you can reuse this calendar will be on year 2034. Both calendars will be exactly the same! This is assuming you are not interested in the dates for Easter and other irregular holidays that are based on a solar cycle.
April 4 (4/4), June 6 (6/6), August 8 (8/8), October 10 (10/10), December 12 (12/12), and the last day of February always fall on the same day of the week in any given year. This is called the ‘Doomsday rule’. Check these dates using the full 12-month calendar below to verify.
1978 Calendar
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Historical Events Of 1978
- January 6, 1978 – The Crown of St. Stephen (also known as the Holy Crown of Hungary) is returned to Hungary from the United States, where it was held after World War II.
- February 7, 1978 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Horse in Chinese astrology.
- April 20, 1978 – Korean Air Lines Flight 902 is shot down by the Soviet Union.
- June 26, 1978 – Air Canada Flight 189 to Toronto overruns the runway and crashes into the Etobicoke Creek ravine. Two of 107 passengers on board perish.
- August 19, 1978 – Cinema Rex fire caused more than 400 deaths.
- September 7, 1978 – While walking across Waterloo Bridge in London, Bulgarian dissident Georgi Markov is assassinated by Bulgarian secret police agent Francesco Giullino by means of a ricin pellet fired from a specially-designed umbrella.
- September 15, 1978 – Muhammad Ali outpointed Leon Spinks in a rematch to become the first boxer to win the world heavyweight title three times at the Superdome in New Orleans.
- November 27, 1978 – In San Francisco, city mayor George Moscone and openly gay city supervisor Harvey Milk are assassinated by former supervisor Dan White.
- December 5, 1978 – The Soviet Union signs a “friendship treaty” with the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.
Who Were Born On 1978?
- January 26, 1978 – Corina Morariu, American tennis player and sportscaster
- February 15, 1978 – Kimberly Goss, American singer and keyboard player (Sinergy and Ancient)
- February 28, 1978 – Jeanne Cherhal, French singer-songwriter and guitarist
- March 2, 1978 – Gabby Eigenmann, Filipino actor and singer
- March 25, 1978 – Gennaro Delvecchio, Italian footballer
- May 19, 1978 – Dave Bus, Dutch footballer
- August 31, 1978 – Sandis Valters, Latvian basketball player
- October 11, 1978 – Carl Bussey, American soccer player
- December 2, 1978 – Luigi Malafronte, Italian footballer
- December 30, 1978 – Rob Scuderi, American ice hockey player