May 1978 calendar

May 1978
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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in May 1978.
The US president was Jimmy Carter (Democrat), the UK Prime Minister was James Callaghan (Labour), Pope St Paul VI was leading the Catholic Church.

But much more happened on May 1978: find out below

Historical Events

Which were the important events of May 1978?

Events

01 May 1978 1st black Mayor of New Orleans (Ernest Morial) inaugurated
02 May 1978 NBA championship: Portland Trail Blazers win in four games.
03 May 1978 Anderlecht wins 18th Europe Cup II.
04 May 1978 Russian President Brezhnev visits West Germany.
05 May 1978 Norway opens a natural gas field in the Polar Sea.
06 May 1978 104th Kentucky Derby: Steve Cauthen aboard Affirmed wins in 2:01.2.
08 May 1978 ABC TV airs Stars Salute Israel at 30
09 May 1978 Fee Waybill of Tubes breaks a leg falling off stage
10 May 1978 Angel opens at Minskoff Theater NYC for 5 performances
11 May 1978 Margaret A Brewer is first female general in the US Marine Corps.
12 May 1978 US Commerce Department announces that hurricane names will no longer be exclusively female.
13 May 1978 Angel closes at Minskoff Theater NYC after 5 performances
14 May 1978 Working opens at 46th St. Theater NYC for 25 performances
15 May 1978 Students of the University of Tehran riot in Tabriz the army stops the riot.
17 May 1978 Lee Lacy hits record third consecutive pinch-hit homerun.
18 May 1978 Russian dissident Yuri Orlov exiled to compulsory work.
19 May 1978 May 20 ampndash French Foreign Legion paratroopers land in Kolwezi, Zaire, to rescue Europeans in the middle of a civil war.
20 May 1978 US launches Pioneer Venus 1; produces first global radar map of Venus.
21 May 1978 Yamada Mumon Roshi is appointed head of Zen Rinzai Sect.
22 May 1978 Exiled leaders Ahmed Abdallah and Mohammed Ahmed return to the Comoros.
23 May 1978 AL approves transfer of Red Sox to Jean Yawkey for $15M
24 May 1978 Dutch Investment bill (WIR) law goes into effect.
25 May 1978 Star Wars released
26 May 1978 1st legal gambling casino opens in Atlantic City
28 May 1978 Al Unser became 5th to win Indianapolis 500, 3 times
29 May 1978 1st class postage now 15 cents
04 May 1978 The South African Defence Force attacks a SWAPO base at Cassinga in southern Angola, killing about 600 people.