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Robin Williams
married
Valerie Velardi
on
6/4/1978
...
721881
Ray Jardine
invented
Spring loaded camming device
in
1978
...
338593
A.S. Byatt
wrote
The Virgin in the Garden
in
1978
...
340031
Alice Munro
wrote
The Beggar Maid
in
1978
...
339057
Carmen Mart?n Gaite
wrote
The Back Room
in
1978
...
339038
Georges Perec
wrote
Life: A Users Manual
in
1978
...
308312
Hubert Selby
wrote
Requiem for a Dream
in
1978
...
330617
Ian McEwan
wrote
The Cement Garden
in
1978
...
339132
Iris Murdoch
wrote
The Sea, The Sea
in
1978
...
339855
J.G. Farrell
wrote
The Singapore Grip
in
1978
...
339881
Belgium
entered
Shaba II
in
1978
...
10019
Chad
entered
Chadian?Libyan conflict
in
1978
...
10021
Israel
entered
1978 South Lebanon conflict
in
1978
...
10026
Libya
entered
Chadian?Libyan conflict
in
1978
...
10045
Libya
entered
Uganda?Tanzania War
in
1978
...
10046
PLO
entered
1978 South Lebanon conflict
in
1978
...
10049
PLO
entered
Uganda?Tanzania War
in
1978
...
10050
Somalia
lost
Ogaden War
in
1978
...
10028
Tanzania
entered
Uganda?Tanzania War
in
1978
...
10030
Uganda
entered
Uganda?Tanzania War
in
1978
...
10031
Yulia Tymoshenko
entered
Automatization and Telemechanics Department of the Dnipropetrovsk Mining Institute
in
1978
...
713007
Zaire
entered
Shaba II
in
1978
...
10032
Ted Nugent
released
Double Live Gonzo!
on
1/1/1978
...
226109
Journey
released
Infinity
on
1/20/1978
...
226105
Dusty Springfield
released
It Begins Again
on
2/6/1978
...
226124
Judas Priest
released
Stained Class
on
2/10/1978
...
226125
Manfred Manns Earth Band
released
Watch
on
2/18/1978
...
226130
Village People
released
Macho Man
on
2/25/1978
...
226132
Robert Palmer
released
Double Fun
on
3/1/1978
...
226162
Frank Zappa
released
Zappa in New York
on
3/3/1978
...
226150
David Coverdale
released
Northwinds
on
3/10/1978
...
226152
Carly Simon
released
Boys in the Trees
on
4/1/1978
...
226187
Jethro Tull
released
Heavy Horses
on
4/9/1978
...
226182
The Band
released
The Last Waltz
on
4/10/1978
...
226183
Rick James
released
Come Get It!
on
4/16/1978
...
226184
Cheap Trick
released
Heaven Tonight
on
5/1/1978
...
226217
The Stranglers
released
Black and White
on
5/5/1978
...
226209
Joe Walsh
released
But Seriously, Folks...
on
5/12/1978
...
226210
Hall & Oates
released
Livetime
on
5/16/1978
...
226211
AC/DC
released
Powerage
on
5/25/1978
...
226214
Polands National Footbal Team
played a game against
Fed. Rep. of Ger.s National Footbal Team
on
6/1/1978
...
-114142
Thin Lizzy
released
Live and Dangerous
on
6/2/1978
...
226231
Tunisias National Footbal Team
played a game against
Mexicos National Footbal Team
on
6/2/1978
...
-114250
Irans National Footbal Team
played a game against
Netherlandss National Footbal Team
on
6/3/1978
...
-114382
Irans National Footbal Team
lost a game
0 - 3
on
6/3/1978
...
-114301
Perus National Footbal Team
played a game against
Scotlands National Footbal Team
on
6/3/1978
...
-114390
Spains National Footbal Team
played a game against
Austrias National Footbal Team
on
6/3/1978
...
-114334
Spains National Footbal Team
lost a game
2-Jan
on
6/3/1978
...
-114311
Polands National Footbal Team
played a game against
Tunisias National Footbal Team
on
6/6/1978
...
-114685
Tunisias National Footbal Team
played a game against
Polands National Footbal Team
on
6/6/1978
...
-114680
Tunisias National Footbal Team
lost a game
0 - 1
on
6/6/1978
...
-114616
Irans National Footbal Team
played a game against
Scotlands National Footbal Team
on
6/7/1978
...
-114774
Irans National Footbal Team
tied a game
1-Jan
on
6/7/1978
...
-114713
Perus National Footbal Team
played a game against
Netherlandss National Footbal Team
on
6/7/1978
...
-114765
Perus National Footbal Team
tied a game
0 - 0
on
6/7/1978
...
-114705
Spains National Footbal Team
played a game against
Brazils National Footbal Team
on
6/7/1978
...
-114746
Spains National Footbal Team
tied a game
0 - 0
on
6/7/1978
...
-114704
The Moody Blues
released
Octave
on
6/9/1978
...
226235
Polands National Footbal Team
played a game against
Mexicos National Footbal Team
on
6/10/1978
...
-115115
Tunisias National Footbal Team
played a game against
Fed. Rep. of Ger.s National Footbal Team
on
6/10/1978
...
-115102
Tunisias National Footbal Team
tied a game
0 - 0
on
6/10/1978
...
-115040
Irans National Footbal Team
lost a game
4-Jan
on
6/11/1978
...
-115192
Irans National Footbal Team
played a game against
Perus National Footbal Team
on
6/11/1978
...
-115285
Netherlandss National Footbal Team
played a game against
Scotlands National Footbal Team
on
6/11/1978
...
-115293
Netherlandss National Footbal Team
lost a game
3-Feb
on
6/11/1978
...
-115203
Perus National Footbal Team
played a game against
Irans National Footbal Team
on
6/11/1978
...
-115259
Spains National Footbal Team
played a game against
Swedens National Footbal Team
on
6/11/1978
...
-115304
Netherlandss National Footbal Team
played a game against
Austrias National Footbal Team
on
6/14/1978
...
-115620
Perus National Footbal Team
played a game against
Brazils National Footbal Team
on
6/14/1978
...
-115642
Perus National Footbal Team
lost a game
0 - 3
on
6/14/1978
...
-115592
Polands National Footbal Team
played a game against
Argentinas National Footbal Team
on
6/14/1978
...
-115617
Polands National Footbal Team
lost a game
0 - 2
on
6/14/1978
...
-115590
Trooper
released
Thick as Thieves
on
6/15/1978
...
226238
Austrias National Footbal Team
played a game against
Italys National Footbal Team
on
6/18/1978
...
-116331
Netherlandss National Footbal Team
played a game against
Fed. Rep. of Ger.s National Footbal Team
on
6/18/1978
...
-116322
Netherlandss National Footbal Team
tied a game
2-Feb
on
6/18/1978
...
-116262
Perus National Footbal Team
played a game against
Polands National Footbal Team
on
6/18/1978
...
-116343
Perus National Footbal Team
lost a game
0 - 1
on
6/18/1978
...
-116244
Polands National Footbal Team
played a game against
Perus National Footbal Team
on
6/18/1978
...
-116341
Austrias National Footbal Team
played a game against
Fed. Rep. of Ger.s National Footbal Team
on
6/21/1978
...
-116752
Netherlandss National Footbal Team
played a game against
Italys National Footbal Team
on
6/21/1978
...
-116768
Perus National Footbal Team
played a game against
Argentinas National Footbal Team
on
6/21/1978
...
-116718
Perus National Footbal Team
lost a game
0 - 6
on
6/21/1978
...
-116691
Polands National Footbal Team
lost a game
3-Jan
on
6/21/1978
...
-116701
Polands National Footbal Team
played a game against
Brazils National Footbal Team
on
6/21/1978
...
-116742
Netherlandss National Footbal Team
lost a game
3-Jan
on
6/25/1978
...
-117232
Netherlandss National Footbal Team
played a game against
Argentinas National Footbal Team
on
6/25/1978
...
-117250
Leon Russell
released
Americana
on
7/1/1978
...
226256
Sammy Hagar
released
All Night Long
on
7/23/1978
...
226255
Roberta Flack
released
Roberta Flack
on
8/2/1978
...
226273
The Who
released
Who Are You
on
8/11/1978
...
226275
Donna Summer
released
Live and More
on
8/28/1978
...
226277
10cc
released
Bloody Tourists
on
9/1/1978
...
226296
Heart
released
Dog and Butterfly
on
9/1/1978
...
226323
Styx
released
Pieces of Eight
on
9/3/1978
...
226299
David Bowie
released
Stage
on
9/8/1978
...
226300
Hall & Oates
released
Along the Red Ledge
on
9/18/1978
...
226306
Yes
released
Tormato
on
9/19/1978
...
226311
Camel
released
Breathless
on
9/20/1978
...
226312
Jethro Tull
released
Bursting Out
on
9/22/1978
...
226313
Village People
released
Cruisin
on
9/23/1978
...
226317
Black Sabbath
released
Never Say Die!
on
9/25/1978
...
226318
Gentle Giant
released
Giant for a Day
on
9/28/1978
...
226319
Cliff Richard
released
Green Light
on
9/29/1978
...
226320
Tom Waits
released
Blue Valentine
on
9/30/1978
...
226322
Billy Joel
released
52nd Street
on
10/13/1978
...
226347
Slade
released
Slade Alive, Vol. 2
on
10/16/1978
...
226351
Rush
released
Hemispheres
on
10/27/1978
...
226352
Phoebe Snow
released
Against the Grain
on
10/29/1978
...
226353
Bob Marley & The Wailers
released
Babylon by Bus
on
11/3/1978
...
226379
Grateful Dead
released
Shakedown Street
on
11/15/1978
...
226386
Rod Stewart
released
Blondes Have More Fun
on
11/18/1978
...
226388
Mike Oldfield
released
Incantations
on
11/24/1978
...
226389
Eric Clapton
released
Backless
on
11/28/1978
...
226392
Cat Stevens
released
Back to Earth
on
12/1/1978
...
226413
Top of the Poppers
released
The Best of Top of the Pops 78
on
12/1/1978
...
226419
Marvin Gaye
released
Here, My Dear
on
12/8/1978
...
226415
Neil Diamond
released
You Dont Bring Me Flowers
on
12/15/1978
...
226416
Todd Rundgren
released
Back to the Bars
on
12/17/1978
...
226418
Belgium
won
Shaba II
in
1978
...
10020
Ethiopia
won
Ogaden War
in
1978
...
10040
Israel
won
1978 South Lebanon conflict
in
1978
...
10027
PLO
lost
1978 South Lebanon conflict
in
1978
...
10051
Steve Jobs
had a child
Lisa Jobs
in
1978
...
712990
Zaire
won
Shaba II
in
1978
...
10033
Carles Puyol
was born
on
4/13/1978
in
Armenia
...
735336
Sandy Denny
died
on
4/21/1978
...
225964
Frank Lampard
was born
on
6/20/1978
in
London
...
735331
John Paul II
got a job as
Pope
on
10/16/1978
...
225764
Avon Products Inc.
bought
Tiffany Co.
on
11/15/1978
...
746318
?Midnight Express
won
Academy Award for Best Original Score
in
1978
...
280784
?Scared Straight!
won
Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature
in
1978
...
279987
?The Deer Hunter
won
Academy Award for Best Director
in
1978
...
279645
?The Deer Hunter
won
Academy Award for Best Sound
in
1978
...
282355
Anthony Powell
won
Academy Award for Best Costume Design
in
1978
...
279357
Barry Spikings,?Michael Deeley,?Michael Cimino,?Jo
won
Academy Award for Best Picture
in
1978
...
281593
Brian Eno
composed
Music For Airports
in
1978
...
225781
California Suite
won
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
in
1978
...
283653
Christopher Walken
won
Academy award for Best Supporting Actor
in
1978
...
283109
Coming Home
won
Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
in
1978
...
276890
Coming Home
won
Academy Award for Best Actress
in
1978
...
277479
Days of Heaven
won
Academy Award for Best Animated Feature
in
1978
...
278144
Death on the Nile
won
Academy Award for Best Costume Design
in
1978
...
279360
Deer Hunter
won
Academy Award for Best Film Editing
in
1978
...
280609
Gunther Schuller
composed
Deai
in
1978
...
225771
Horatiu Radulescu
composed
Wild Incantesimo
in
1978
...
225777
Iannis Xenakis
composed
La Legende DEer
in
1978
...
225769
John Cage
composed
Empty Words
in
1978
...
225767
John Forbes Nash
won
John von Neumann Theory Prize
in
1978
...
735512
John Harbison
composed
Piano Concerto
in
1978
...
225776
Jon Voight
won
Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
in
1978
...
276892
Krysztof Penderecki
composed
Paradise Lost
in
1978
...
225772
Michael Cimino
won
Academy Award for Best Director
in
1978
...
279648
N?stor Almendros
won
Academy Award for Best Animated Feature
in
1978
...
278145
Philips releases the laserdisc player
was invented
in
1978
...
360758
Sofia Gubaidulina
composed
Introitus Piano Concerto
in
1978
...
225773
Special Delivery?
won
Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film
in
1978
...
278911
Talivaldis Kenins
composed
Symphony 6
in
1978
...
225768
The Deer Hunter
won
Academy Award for Best Picture
in
1978
...
281921
The Deer Hunter
won
Academy award for Best Supporting Actor
in
1978
...
283114
Alien
won
Academy Award for Best Visual Effects
on
1/1978
...
284091
Angel
released
White Hot
on
1/1978
...
226118
Emmylou Harris
released
Quarter Moon in a Ten Cent Town
on
1/1978
...
226114
Gordon Lightfoot
released
Endless Wire
on
1/1978
...
226110
Kenny Rogers
released
Ten Years of Gold
on
1/1978
...
226115
Muddy Waters
released
Im Ready
on
1/1978
...
226111
Oliver Stone
won
Academy Award for Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
on
1/1978
...
284785
Robert C. Jones?(screenplay)
won
Academy Award for Best Writing (Original Screenplay)
on
1/1978
...
285455
Sweet
released
Level Headed
on
1/1978
...
226112
Warren Zevon
released
Excitable Boy
on
1/1978
...
226102
Anne Murray
released
Lets Keep It That Way
on
2/1978
...
226140
Bachman?Turner Overdrive
released
Street Action
on
2/1978
...
226141
Barry Manilow
released
Even Now
on
2/1978
...
226137
Kris Kristofferson
released
Easter Island
on
2/1978
...
226136
Lou Reed
released
Street Hassle
on
2/1978
...
226142
The Tubes
released
What Do You Want from Live
on
2/1978
...
226143
Average White Band
released
Warmer Communications
on
3/1978
...
226172
Bob Marley & The Wailers
released
Kaya
on
3/1978
...
226159
Buzzcocks
released
Another Music in a Different Kitchen
on
3/1978
...
226151
Hot Tuna
released
Double Dose
on
3/1978
...
226153
Jimmy Buffett
released
Son of a Son of a Sailor
on
3/1978
...
226167
Little Feat
released
Waiting for Columbus
on
3/1978
...
226171
Renaissance
released
A Song for All Seasons
on
3/1978
...
226166
REO Speedwagon
released
You Can Tune a Piano, But You Cant Tuna Fish
on
3/1978
...
226156
Camel
released
A Live Record
on
4/1978
...
226193
Genesis
released
...And Then There Were Three...
on
4/1978
...
226178
Heart
released
Magazine
on
4/1978
...
226194
Kevin Ayers
released
Rainbow Takeaway
on
4/1978
...
226196
Kiss
released
Double Platinum
on
4/1978
...
226189
Rainbow
released
Long Live Rock n Roll
on
4/1978
...
226181
The Isley Brothers
released
Showdown
on
4/1978
...
226199
Todd Rundgren
released
Hermit of Mink Hollow
on
4/1978
...
226180
Willie Nelson
released
Stardust
on
4/1978
...
226200
Carole King
released
Welcome Home
on
5/1978
...
226225
Commodores
released
Natural High
on
5/1978
...
226220
Foghat
released
Stone Blue
on
5/1978
...
226224
Kraftwerk
released
The Man-Machine
on
5/1978
...
226219
Rita Coolidge
released
Love Me Again
on
5/1978
...
226218
The Kinks
released
Misfits
on
5/1978
...
226212
Laura Nyro
released
Nested
on
6/1978
...
226243
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