April 1978 calendar

Events

• 01 Apr 1978 The Philippine College of Commerce, through a presidential decree, becomes the Polytechnic University of the Philippines.
• 02 Apr 1978 TV show Dallas premieres on CBS (as a 5 week mini-series)
• 03 Apr 1978 50th Academy Awards - Annie Hall, Rich Dreyfuss and Diane Keaton win.
• 06 Apr 1978 Karnataka beat Uttar Pradesh by inning and 193 to win Ranji Trophy.
• 07 Apr 1978 US President Jimmy Carter defers production of the neutron bomb.
• 08 Apr 1978 Regular radio broadcasts of British Parliament proceedings start.
• 09 Apr 1978 David Thompson scores ties 3rd highest total in the NBA - 73
• 10 Apr 1978 Formation of the Major Indoor Soccer League is announced.
• 13 Apr 1978 Jackson slugs a 3-run HR in the 1st inning, and the field is showered
• 14 Apr 1978 WRR-AM in Dallas Texas changes call letters to KAAM
• 15 Apr 1978 43 die as two express trains collide head-on south of Bologna, Italy.
• 16 Apr 1978 History of the American Film closes at ANTA NYC after 21 performances
• 17 Apr 1978 Pulitzer prize awarded to Carl Sagan for Dragons of Eden
• 18 Apr 1978 US Senate votes to turn Panam� Canal over to Panam� on December 31, 1999.
• 19 Apr 1978 Yitzhak Navron elected fifth President of Israel.
• 20 Apr 1978 Korean Airlines flight 007 shot down by Soviets in Russian airspace
• 22 Apr 1978 Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Earl Anthony.
• 23 Apr 1978 Amy Alcott wins LPGA American Defender Golf Classic.
• 25 Apr 1978 Phillie Phanatic makes 1st appearance
• 26 Apr 1978 France sends troops to Chad.
• 27 Apr 1978 Accident at nuclear reactor Willow Island, Charleston, West Virginia, kills 51.
• 28 Apr 1978 President of Afghanistan, Mohammed Daoud Khan, is overthrown and assassinated in a coup led by pro-communist rebels.
• 30 Apr 1978 Elvis: The Legend Lives! closes at Palace NYC after 101 performances

Famous Birthday

• James Franco

  American actor.

• Louisy Joseph
• Anna Mouglalis
• Amanda Sthers

  French writer also known as Amanda Maruani, she published her first novel, said to be autobiographical, in 2004.

• Stana Katic

  Canadian actress.

• Guy Berryman

  British musician (Coldplay).

• Mirka Federer

  Slovak-Swiss tennis player.

• Matthew Goode

  English actor.

• Sylvie van der Vaart
• Jukka Nevalainen

  Finnish drummer.

• Myleene Klass

  British singer.

• Rachel Stevens

  English singer (S Club).

• Carles Puyol

  Soccer Player.

• Tommy Haas

  German-American tennis player.

• Naman Keïta

  French track and field athlete, who takes part in the 400 m hurdles and 4x400m relay, competing internationally for his country.

• Lara Dutta

  Indian actress.

• Riley Smith

  American actor.

• Duncan James

  Pop Singer.

• Franziska van Almsick

  German swimmer.

• Arnaud Tournant

  French track cyclist who has won 14 World Championships and won a gold, silver and a bronze at the Summer Olympics.

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Famous Deaths

• Gino Contilli

  Composer, dies at 70.

• Ernest Kanitz

  Composer, dies at 83.

• Mohammed Daud

  Premier / President of Afghanistan, murdered.

• Thomas Wyatt Turner

  American civil rights advocate and agricultural engineer (Born 1877).

• Reinoud Anders

  Dutch actor (Unrest of Grave), dies at age 65.

• Ford C Frick

  baseball commissioner, dies at age 83.

• Lucius D Clay

  General/Governor US zone West Germany (airlift), dies at age 80.

• Emile de Strijker

  Belgian philosopher, dies at age 70.

• Lee Kim Lai

  Singaporean police officer (Born 1960).

• Nicolas Nabokov

  Russian-American composer and educator (d. 1978).

• Clough Williams-Ellis

  English-Welsh architect designed the Portmeirion Village (d. 1978).

• Paul McGrath

  Actor (Witness, No Time for Love), dies at 74.

• Ray Noble

  English bandleader composer and actor (d. 1978).

• Ford Frick

  American journalist and businessman (d. 1978).

• Will Geer

  Actor (Grandpa Walton-Waltons), dies at 75.

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Bee Gees - Night Fever
2. Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive
3. Yvonne Elliman - If I Can't Have You
4. Eric Clapton - Lay Down Sally
5. Barry Manilow - Can't Smile Without You

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Brian & Michael - Matchstalk Men And Matchstalk Cats And Dogs
2. Boney M - Rivers Of Babylon / Brown Girl In The Ring
3. Showaddywaddy - I Wonder Why
4. Johnny Mathis & Deniece Williams - Too Much Too Little Too Late
5. Blondie - Denis