History of 1978

During the year of 1978 the following events have happened in our world's history.

January 01, 1978 - Pres. Ford signs 1st major revision of copyright law since 1909
January 09, 1978 - Commonwealth of Northern Marianas established
January 10, 1978 - Pedro Joaqu¡n Chamorro of La Prensa assassinated in Managua
January 10, 1978 - Soyuz 27 is launched
January 11, 1978 - Gov. Askew dedicates the RCUC solar office building
January 13, 1978 - Yankee manager Joe McCarthy dies at 90
January 16, 1978 - Soyuz 27 returns to Earth
January 28, 1978 - Ranger's Don Murdoch failed on 4th penalty shot against Islanders
February 11, 1978 - 25th hat trick in Islander history - Denis Potvin
March 02, 1978 - Soyuz 28 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Czechoslovakian) to Salyut 6
March 07, 1978 - Canuck's Ron Sedlbauer fails on 5th penalty shot against Islanders
March 10, 1978 - Soyuz 28 returns to Earth
March 15, 1978 - Israel invades Lebanon to rid area of Palestine guerrillas
March 16, 1978 - Soyuz 26 returns to Earth
March 20, 1978 - Flyers' Rick MacLeash scored on 6th penalty shot against Islanders
March 22, 1978 - Robert Frost Plaza - at Calif - Drumm & Market - dedicated
May 20, 1978 - US Launches Pioneer Venus 1-produces 1st global radar map of Venus
May 25, 1978 - Star Wars released
May 29, 1978 - 1st class postage now 15› (13› for 3 years)
June 06, 1978 - Proposition 13 cuts California property taxes 57%
June 10, 1978 - Yankees trade Ken Holzman for Ron Davis
June 14, 1978 - Down 9-7 in 10th with 2 outs Yanks Paul Blair hits a 3 run HR
June 15, 1978 - Soyuz 29 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6; they stay 139 days
June 16, 1978 - Tom Seaver no hits St Louis Cards
June 17, 1978 - Ron Guidry sets Yankee record with 18 strike outs
June 22, 1978 - Pluto's moon Charon discovered by James Christy
June 26, 1978 - 1st dedicated oceanographic satellite - SEASAT 1 launched
June 27, 1978 - Soyuz 30 launched
June 28, 1978 - Supreme Court orders Cal medical school to admit Allan Bakke a white man claiming reverse discrimination when application was rejected
July 02, 1978 - Pitcher Ron Guidry sets Yankee record of 13-0 start
July 05, 1978 - Soyuz 30 is launched
July 07, 1978 - Solomon Is gains independence from Britain (National Day).
July 08, 1978 - Pioneer-Venus 2 Multi-probe launched to Venus.
July 12, 1978 - Sun Bank Building opens
July 17, 1978 - Reggie Jackson refusal to bunt causes mgr Billy Martin to suspend him
July 18, 1978 - Billy Martin suspends Reggie Jackson for not bunting.
July 19, 1978 - Yanks start a 14 1/2 game comeback with 2-0 win
July 24, 1978 - Billy Martin resigns as Yankee manager after 'the one is a born liar the other a convicted one' comment about Steinbrenner & Jackson
July 25, 1978 - Bob Lemon replaces Billy Martin as Yankee manager
July 28, 1978 - At Old Timer's Game it is announced Martin will again manage Yankees
July 29, 1978 - Pioneer 11 transmitted images of Saturn & its rings.
July 31, 1978 - Yanks now 7 1/2 out of 1st picked up 7 games in previous 2 weeks
August 08, 1978 - US launches Pioneer Venus probe
August 09, 1978 - Yanks score 5 in bottom of 9th beat Brewers 8-7
August 17, 1978 - 1st manned balloon crossing of the Atlantic Ocean (Eagle II)
August 26, 1978 - Cardinal Albino Luciani of Venice becomes Pope John Paul I. Also Soyuz 31 is launched
August 27, 1978 - Yankee Catfish Hunter's 6-2 win gives him a perfect 6-0 in Aug 78
September 02, 1978 - Reggie Jackson is 19th player to hit 20 HR in 11 straight years
September 03, 1978 - Crew of Soyuz 31 returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 29
September 04, 1978 - Ron Guidry wins his 20th
September 05, 1978 - Sadat Begin and Carter began peace conference at Camp David Md.
September 07, 1978 - The 1st game of the Boston Massacre Yanks beat Red Sox 15-3
September 08, 1978 - The 2nd game of the Boston Massacre Yanks beat Red Sox 13-2
September 09, 1978 - The 3rd game of the Boston Massacre Yanks beat Red Sox 7-0
September 10, 1978 - The 4th game of the Boston Massacre Yanks beat Red Sox 7-4. This ties them for 1st place. Yanks outhit em 67-21 and outscore 42-9
September 15, 1978 - Yanks beat Boston 4-0 Guidry wins # 22 Yanks lead 2 1/2 games
September 16, 1978 - Yanks beat Red Sox for 6th time in 2 weeks 3-2
September 17, 1978 - Begin Sadat & Carter sign the Camp David accord
September 17, 1978 - Red Sox finally beat Yanks in Sept 1978 7-3
September 24, 1978 - Ron Guidry beats Cleveland 4-0 rasing his record to 23-3 ERA 174
September 25, 1978 - Pacific SW Airlines Boeing 727 & a Cessna private plane collide
September 28, 1978 - Pope John Paul I died of a heart attack at 65
September 30, 1978 - Tuvalu (Ellice Islands) gains independence from Britain
October 01, 1978 - Yanks lose 9-2 to Indians setting up a play off game with Red Sox
October 02, 1978 - Yanks win 3rd straight AL East beating Red Sox 5-4 in a playoff game. Guidry wins #25 aided by Dent's homer & Pinella's fielding
October 06, 1978 - Royals' George Brett hits 3 HRs Yanks win championship game 3 6-5
October 08, 1978 - Kenneth Warby sets world speed record on water (514 kph).
October 08, 1978 - Yanks win 3rd straight AL Championship against Kansas City
October 10, 1978 - Pres Carter signs a bill authorizing the Susan B. Anthony dollar.
October 10, 1978 - Yanks & Dodgers play in World Series # 75
October 13, 1978 - Graig Nettles at 3rd makes spectactular play after spectacular play
October 13, 1978 - Guidry beats Dodgers after trailing 2 games to 0 Yanks win next 4
October 14, 1978 - 1st TV movie from a TV series - Rescue from Gilligan's Island
October 14, 1978 - Despite Denis Potvin hat trick in 3:21 Islanders lose 7-10 making Islander record when scoring a hat trick - 22-2-1
October 16, 1978 - Polish Cardinal Karol Wojtyla elected supreme pontiff-John Paul II.
October 17, 1978 - Islanders start 23 undefeated games at home streak (15-0-8)
October 17, 1978 - Yanks win 22nd World Championship capping their great comeback year
October 27, 1978 - Begin & Sadat with the Nobel Peace prize
October 30, 1978 - Laura Nickel & Curt Noll find 25th Mersenne prime 2 ^ 21701 - 1.
November 02, 1978 - Crew of Soyuz 29 returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 31
November 03, 1978 - UK grants Dominica independence (Natl Day)
November 04, 1978 - Islanders start 15 game undefeated streak (12-0-3)
November 10, 1978 - Yanks trade Lyle Rajsich McCall Heath & Ramos to Texas for Righetti Mirabella Beniquez Jemison & Griffin
November 19, 1978 - Rev Jim Jones leads 911 people in suicide in Jonestown Guyana
November 27, 1978 - SF Mayor George Moscone & City Sup Harvey Milk shot by Dan White
December 05, 1978 - Pioneer Venus 1 begins orbiting Venus
December 07, 1978 - Islander's Mike Bossy's 1st career hat trick
December 09, 1978 - Pioneer Venus 2 drops 5 probes into atmosphere of Venus
December 10, 1978 - Islanders ends 15 game undefeated streak (12-0-3) to Canadians
December 13, 1978 - Susan B Anthony dollar 1st US coin to honor a woman issued
December 23, 1978 - Islanders scored 7 goals in one period against the Rangers Trottier scores 8 pts vs Rangers 5 goals-NHL rec 6 pts in 1 pd
December 28, 1978 - 30th hat trick in Islander history - Mike Bossy