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{{short description|Month of 1978}} |
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#REDIRECT [[1978]] |
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{{Events by month|1978}} |
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[[File:Willow Island Memorial.jpg|500px|thumb|Monument to the [[construction worker]]s killed in the [[Willow Island disaster]] on April 27, 1978.]] |
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The following events occurred in '''April 1978''': |
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==[[April 1]], 1978 (Saturday)== |
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*[[New Zealand National Airways Corporation]] (the domestic airline of New Zealand) merged with New Zealand's international airline, [[Air New Zealand]]. |
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*[[Dick Smith (entrepreneur)|Dick Smith]] of [[Dick Smith Foods]] towed a fake [[iceberg]] to [[Port Jackson|Sydney Harbour]]. |
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*The Philippine College of Commerce, through a presidential decree, was converted to the [[Polytechnic University of the Philippines]]. |
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*'''Born:''' |
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**[[Vitor Belfort]], Brazilian martial artist |
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**[[Jason Bell (American football)|Jason Bell]], former NFL player and TV pundit |
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**[[Antonio de Nigris]], Mexican footballer (died [[2009]]) |
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*'''Died:''' |
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==[[April 2]], 1978 (Sunday)== |
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*''[[Dallas (1978 TV series)|Dallas]]'' debuted on [[CBS]], and gave birth to the modern-day primetime soap opera. |
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*'''Born:''' [[Nick Berg]], American businessman (died [[2004]]) |
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*'''Died:''' |
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==[[April 3]], 1974 (Monday)== |
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*The [[50th Academy Awards]] were held at the [[Dorothy Chandler Pavilion]] in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], with ''[[Annie Hall]]'' winning [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]]. |
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*'''Born:''' |
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**[[Matthew Goode]], English actor |
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**[[John Smit]], South African rugby union player |
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*'''Died:''' |
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==[[April 4]], 1978 (Tuesday)== |
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*'''Born:''' |
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**[[Jason Ellison]], American baseball player |
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**[[Sam Moran]], Australian singer |
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*'''Died:''' |
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==[[April 5]], 1978 (Wednesday)== |
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*'''Born:''' |
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**[[Franziska van Almsick]], German swimmer |
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**[[Stephen Jackson]], American basketball player |
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*'''Died:''' |
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==[[April 6]], 1978 (Thursday)== |
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*'''Born:''' |
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**[[Tim Hasselbeck]], American football player |
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**[[Myleene Klass]], English singer, pianist, and model |
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**[[Martín Méndez]], Uruguayan musician and songwriter |
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**[[Lauren Ridloff]], African-American actress |
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*'''Died:''' |
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==[[April 7]], 1978 (Friday)== |
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*U.S. President [[Jimmy Carter]] decided to postpone production of the [[neutron bomb]], a weapon that kills people with radiation, but leaves buildings relatively intact. |
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*'''Born:''' |
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**[[Duncan James]], English singer |
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**[[Adrienne Haan]], German-Luxembourgish actress, singer, writer and producer |
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*'''Died:''' |
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==[[April 8]], 1978 (Saturday)== |
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*Regular radio broadcasts of [[British Parliament]] proceedings started. |
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*'''Born:''' |
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*'''Died:''' [[Lon L. Fuller]], American legal philosopher (b. [[1902]]) |
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==[[April 9]], 1978 (Sunday)== |
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*[[Somalia|Somali]] [[Military of Somalia|military officers]] staged an unsuccessful coup against the government of [[Siad Barre]]. Security forces thwarted the attempt within hours, and several conspirators were arrested. |
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*'''Born:''' |
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**[[Jorge Andrade]], Portuguese footballer |
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**[[Takashi Ohara]], Japanese voice actor |
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**[[Rachel Stevens]], English singer |
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*'''Died:''' [[Vivian McGrath]], Australian tennis player (b. [[1916]]) |
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==[[April 10]], 1978 (Monday)== |
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*[[Volkswagen]] became the second non-American automobile manufacturer (after [[Rolls-Royce Limited|Rolls-Royce]] in 1921–1931) to open a plant in the [[United States]], commencing production of the Rabbit, the North American version of the [[Volkswagen Golf]], at the [[Volkswagen Westmoreland Assembly Plant]] near [[New Stanton, Pennsylvania]], with a unionized ([[UAW]]) workforce. The plant closed in 1992. |
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*'''Born:''' |
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**[[Rokhaya Diallo]], French writer and filmmaker |
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*'''Died:''' |
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==[[April 11]], 1978 (Tuesday)== |
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{{Empty section|date=August 2021}} |
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==[[April 12]], 1978 (Wednesday)== |
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*'''Born:''' |
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**[[Guy Berryman]], Scottish musician |
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**[[Cheeming Boey]], Malaysian artist |
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**[[Riley Smith]], American actor |
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*'''Died:''' |
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==[[April 13]], 1978 (Thursday)== |
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*'''Born:''' |
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**[[Kyle Howard]], American television and movie actor |
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**[[Carles Puyol]], Spanish footballer |
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*'''Died:''' [[Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti]], Nigerian suffragist and women's rights activist (b. [[1900]]) |
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==[[April 14]], 1978 (Friday)== |
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*[[1978 Tbilisi Demonstrations]]: Thousands of Georgians demonstrated against an attempt by [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] authorities to change the constitutional status of the [[Georgian language]]. |
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*'''Born:''' |
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*'''Died:''' |
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==[[April 15]], 1978 (Saturday)== |
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*'''Born:''' |
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**[[Luis Fonsi]], Puerto Rican singer and songwriter |
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**[[Chris Stapleton]], American country singer and guitarist |
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*'''Died:''' |
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==[[April 16]], 1978 (Sunday)== |
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*'''Born:''' |
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**[[Lara Dutta]], Indian actress and beauty queen |
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**[[Matthew Lloyd]], Australian rules footballer |
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*'''Died:''' |
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**[[Lucius D. Clay]], American military governor of Germany after [[World War II]] (b. [[1897]]) |
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**[[Philibert Tsiranana]], Malagasy leader and politician, 1st [[President of Madagascar]] (b. [[1912]]) |
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==[[April 17]], 1978 (Monday)== |
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*'''Born:''' |
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**[[Juan Guillermo Castillo]], Uruguayan goalkeeper |
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**[[Jason White (rugby union)|Jason White]], Scottish rugby union player |
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*'''Died:''' |
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==[[April 18]], 1978 (Tuesday)== |
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*The [[United States Senate]] voted, 68–32, to turn the [[Panama Canal]] over to [[Panama]]nian control on December 31, [[1999]]. |
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*'''Born:''' |
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*'''Died:''' [[Katherine Schmidt]], American artist (b. [[1899]]) |
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==[[April 19]], 1978 (Wednesday)== |
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*'''Born:''' [[James Franco]], American actor |
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*'''Died:''' |
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==[[April 20]], 1978 (Thursday)== |
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*A Soviet air defense plane shot down [[Korean Air Lines Flight 902]]; the plane made an emergency landing on a frozen lake. |
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*'''Born:''' |
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** [[Matthew Wilkas]], American actor, playwright and reality television personality |
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** [[Matt Austin (actor)|Matt Austin]], Canadian actor |
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** [[Alessandro Rigotti]], Italian voice actor |
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*'''Died:''' |
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==[[April 21]], 1978 (Friday)== |
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*'''Born:''' [[Jukka Nevalainen]], Finnish drummer |
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*'''Died:''' [[Sandy Denny]], British singer-songwriter (b. [[1947]]) |
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==[[April 22]], 1978 (Saturday)== |
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**Izhar Cohen & the Alphabeta won the [[Eurovision Song Contest 1978]] for [[Israel]] with their song ''A-Ba-Ni-Bi''. |
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**The [[One Love Peace Concert]] was held at National Heroes Stadium in [[Kingston, Jamaica]]. [[Bob Marley]] united two opposing political leaders at this concert, bringing peace to the civil war-ridden streets of the city. |
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*'''Born:''' |
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**[[Esteban Tuero]], Argentine Formula One driver |
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**[[Manu Intiraymi]], American actor |
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*'''Died:''' |
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==[[April 23]], 1978 (Sunday)== |
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*'''Born:''' [[Princess Tamara Czartoryski-Borbon|Tamara Czartoryski-Borbon]], Spanish athlete |
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*'''Died:''' |
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==[[April 24]], 1978 (Monday)== |
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{{Empty section|date=August 2021}} |
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==[[April 25]], 1978 (Tuesday)== |
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*[[St. Paul, Minnesota]] became the second U.S. city to repeal its gay rights ordinance, after [[Anita Bryant]]'s successful 1977 anti-gay campaign in [[Dade County, Florida]]. |
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*'''Born:''' [[Duncan Kibet]], Kenyan long-distance runner |
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*'''Died:''' |
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==[[April 26]], 1978 (Wednesday)== |
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*'''Born:''' |
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**[[Stana Katic]], Canadian-American actress |
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**[[Shinnosuke Tachibana]], Japanese voice actor |
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*'''Died:''' |
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==[[April 27]], 1978 (Thursday)== |
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*[[Afghanistan]]'s president [[Daoud Khan]] was killed, and his family murdered, during a Marxist military coup d'état; [[Nur Muhammad Taraki]] succeeded him, beginning the [[War in Afghanistan (1978–present)|Afghan Civil War]] which as of [[2021]] has not yet ended.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.historyguy.com/afghan_civil_war.html |title=The Afghan Civil War (1978–Present) |publisher=historyguy.com |access-date=17 August 2021}}</ref> |
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*[[Willow Island disaster]] – In the deadliest construction accident in United States history, 51 construction workers were killed when a [[cooling tower]] under construction collapsed at the [[Pleasants Power Station]] in [[Willow Island, West Virginia]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://wvgazette.com/News/WillowIsland/200804250422 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080501181924/http://wvgazette.com/News/WillowIsland/200804250422 |archive-date=1 May 2008 |last=Ward |first=Ken Jr. |title='It was gone': String of problems led to 51 deaths at Willow Island |date=27 April 2008 |journal=[[The Charleston Gazette]] |access-date=17 August 2021}}</ref> |
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*'''Born:''' |
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*'''Died:''' [[John Doeg]], American tennis player (b. [[1908]]) |
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==[[April 28]], 1978 (Friday)== |
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*'''Born:''' [[Robert Oliveri]], American former actor |
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*'''Died:''' |
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==[[April 29]], 1978 (Saturday)== |
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*'''Born:''' |
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** [[Bob and Mike Bryan]], American doubles tennis team |
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** [[Tyler Labine]], Canadian actor |
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*'''Died:''' |
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==[[April 30]], 1974 (Sunday)== |
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*The Marxist "[[Democratic Republic of Afghanistan]]" was proclaimed, under pro-communist leader Nur Muhammad Taraki. |
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*'''Born:''' |
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*'''Died:''' |
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==References== |
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{{Events by month links}} |
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[[Category:April 1978 events]] |
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The following events occurred in April 1978:
April 1, 1978 (Saturday)
- New Zealand National Airways Corporation (the domestic airline of New Zealand) merged with New Zealand's international airline, Air New Zealand.
- Dick Smith of Dick Smith Foods towed a fake iceberg to Sydney Harbour.
- The Philippine College of Commerce, through a presidential decree, was converted to the Polytechnic University of the Philippines.
- Born:
- Vitor Belfort, Brazilian martial artist
- Jason Bell, former NFL player and TV pundit
- Antonio de Nigris, Mexican footballer (died 2009)
- Died:
April 2, 1978 (Sunday)
- Dallas debuted on CBS, and gave birth to the modern-day primetime soap opera.
- Born: Nick Berg, American businessman (died 2004)
- Died:
April 3, 1974 (Monday)
- The 50th Academy Awards were held at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, California, with Annie Hall winning Best Picture.
- Born:
- Matthew Goode, English actor
- John Smit, South African rugby union player
- Died:
April 4, 1978 (Tuesday)
- Born:
- Jason Ellison, American baseball player
- Sam Moran, Australian singer
- Died:
April 5, 1978 (Wednesday)
- Born:
- Franziska van Almsick, German swimmer
- Stephen Jackson, American basketball player
- Died:
April 6, 1978 (Thursday)
- Born:
- Tim Hasselbeck, American football player
- Myleene Klass, English singer, pianist, and model
- Martín Méndez, Uruguayan musician and songwriter
- Lauren Ridloff, African-American actress
- Died:
April 7, 1978 (Friday)
- U.S. President Jimmy Carter decided to postpone production of the neutron bomb, a weapon that kills people with radiation, but leaves buildings relatively intact.
- Born:
- Duncan James, English singer
- Adrienne Haan, German-Luxembourgish actress, singer, writer and producer
- Died:
April 8, 1978 (Saturday)
- Regular radio broadcasts of British Parliament proceedings started.
- Born:
- Died: Lon L. Fuller, American legal philosopher (b. 1902)
April 9, 1978 (Sunday)
- Somali military officers staged an unsuccessful coup against the government of Siad Barre. Security forces thwarted the attempt within hours, and several conspirators were arrested.
- Born:
- Jorge Andrade, Portuguese footballer
- Takashi Ohara, Japanese voice actor
- Rachel Stevens, English singer
- Died: Vivian McGrath, Australian tennis player (b. 1916)
April 10, 1978 (Monday)
- Volkswagen became the second non-American automobile manufacturer (after Rolls-Royce in 1921–1931) to open a plant in the United States, commencing production of the Rabbit, the North American version of the Volkswagen Golf, at the Volkswagen Westmoreland Assembly Plant near New Stanton, Pennsylvania, with a unionized (UAW) workforce. The plant closed in 1992.
- Born:
- Rokhaya Diallo, French writer and filmmaker
- Died:
April 11, 1978 (Tuesday)
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April 12, 1978 (Wednesday)
- Born:
- Guy Berryman, Scottish musician
- Cheeming Boey, Malaysian artist
- Riley Smith, American actor
- Died:
April 13, 1978 (Thursday)
- Born:
- Kyle Howard, American television and movie actor
- Carles Puyol, Spanish footballer
- Died: Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, Nigerian suffragist and women's rights activist (b. 1900)
April 14, 1978 (Friday)
- 1978 Tbilisi Demonstrations: Thousands of Georgians demonstrated against an attempt by Soviet authorities to change the constitutional status of the Georgian language.
- Born:
- Died:
April 15, 1978 (Saturday)
- Born:
- Luis Fonsi, Puerto Rican singer and songwriter
- Chris Stapleton, American country singer and guitarist
- Died:
April 16, 1978 (Sunday)
- Born:
- Lara Dutta, Indian actress and beauty queen
- Matthew Lloyd, Australian rules footballer
- Died:
- Lucius D. Clay, American military governor of Germany after World War II (b. 1897)
- Philibert Tsiranana, Malagasy leader and politician, 1st President of Madagascar (b. 1912)
April 17, 1978 (Monday)
- Born:
- Juan Guillermo Castillo, Uruguayan goalkeeper
- Jason White, Scottish rugby union player
- Died:
April 18, 1978 (Tuesday)
- The United States Senate voted, 68–32, to turn the Panama Canal over to Panamanian control on December 31, 1999.
- Born:
- Died: Katherine Schmidt, American artist (b. 1899)
April 19, 1978 (Wednesday)
- Born: James Franco, American actor
- Died:
April 20, 1978 (Thursday)
- A Soviet air defense plane shot down Korean Air Lines Flight 902; the plane made an emergency landing on a frozen lake.
- Born:
- Matthew Wilkas, American actor, playwright and reality television personality
- Matt Austin, Canadian actor
- Alessandro Rigotti, Italian voice actor
- Died:
April 21, 1978 (Friday)
- Born: Jukka Nevalainen, Finnish drummer
- Died: Sandy Denny, British singer-songwriter (b. 1947)
April 22, 1978 (Saturday)
- Izhar Cohen & the Alphabeta won the Eurovision Song Contest 1978 for Israel with their song A-Ba-Ni-Bi.
- The One Love Peace Concert was held at National Heroes Stadium in Kingston, Jamaica. Bob Marley united two opposing political leaders at this concert, bringing peace to the civil war-ridden streets of the city.
- Born:
- Esteban Tuero, Argentine Formula One driver
- Manu Intiraymi, American actor
- Died:
April 23, 1978 (Sunday)
- Born: Tamara Czartoryski-Borbon, Spanish athlete
- Died:
April 24, 1978 (Monday)
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April 25, 1978 (Tuesday)
- St. Paul, Minnesota became the second U.S. city to repeal its gay rights ordinance, after Anita Bryant's successful 1977 anti-gay campaign in Dade County, Florida.
- Born: Duncan Kibet, Kenyan long-distance runner
- Died:
April 26, 1978 (Wednesday)
- Born:
- Stana Katic, Canadian-American actress
- Shinnosuke Tachibana, Japanese voice actor
- Died:
April 27, 1978 (Thursday)
- Afghanistan's president Daoud Khan was killed, and his family murdered, during a Marxist military coup d'état; Nur Muhammad Taraki succeeded him, beginning the Afghan Civil War which as of 2021 has not yet ended.[1]
- Willow Island disaster – In the deadliest construction accident in United States history, 51 construction workers were killed when a cooling tower under construction collapsed at the Pleasants Power Station in Willow Island, West Virginia.[2]
- Born:
- Died: John Doeg, American tennis player (b. 1908)
April 28, 1978 (Friday)
- Born: Robert Oliveri, American former actor
- Died:
April 29, 1978 (Saturday)
- Born:
- Bob and Mike Bryan, American doubles tennis team
- Tyler Labine, Canadian actor
- Died:
April 30, 1974 (Sunday)
- The Marxist "Democratic Republic of Afghanistan" was proclaimed, under pro-communist leader Nur Muhammad Taraki.
- Born:
- Died:
References
- ^ "The Afghan Civil War (1978–Present)". historyguy.com. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
- ^ Ward, Ken Jr. (27 April 2008). "'It was gone': String of problems led to 51 deaths at Willow Island". The Charleston Gazette. Archived from the original on 1 May 2008. Retrieved 17 August 2021.