August 1978 calendar

Events

• 01 Aug 1978 Commandos occupy Iraqi embassy in Paris, 1 dead
• 05 Aug 1978 New Orleans Saints beat Philadelphia Eagles 14-7 in Mexico City (NFL expo).
• 06 Aug 1978 60th PGA Championship: John Mahaffey shoots a 276 at Oakmont Country Club - Pennsylvania
• 07 Aug 1978 Eddie Mathews, Addie Joss, and Larry MacPhail inducted to Hall of Fame
• 08 Aug 1978 Pioneer-Venus 2 with five atmospheric probes launched toward Venus.
• 09 Aug 1978 Yanks score 5 in bottom of 9th beat Brewers 8-7
• 10 Aug 1978 Three members of the Ulrich family are killed in an accident. This leads to the Ford Pinto litigation.
• 11 Aug 1978 Funeral of Pope Paul VI
• 12 Aug 1978 Arron Marshall completes a record shower of 336 hours
• 13 Aug 1978 Bomb attack in Beirut, 175 killed
• 15 Aug 1978 House of Reps approves (233-169), 39-month extension for ERA
• 17 Aug 1978 1st successful crossing of the Atlantic by balloon
• 18 Aug 1978 Memphis Tenn settles with striking police officers and firefighters
• 19 Aug 1978 422 die in an arson fire at a movie theater in Iran.
• 20 Aug 1978 Tatyana Providokhina runs female world record 1k
• 21 Aug 1978 1st gay theme telefilm - Matlovich vs. US Air Force
• 22 Aug 1978 Sandinistas occupy National Palace in Managua Nicaragua
• 23 Aug 1978 Iranian students occupies Iranian embassy at Wassenaar
• 25 Aug 1978 Baseball umps stage a 1 day strike
• 26 Aug 1978 Soyuz 31 carries two cosmonauts (one the first East German, Sigmund JShn) to Salyut 6.
• 27 Aug 1978 Gerrie Knetemann becomes world cyclist champion
• 29 Aug 1978 USTA National Tennis Center opens in Flushing, New York
• 31 Aug 1978 Constitution adopted by Sri Lanka

Famous Birthday

• Kobe Bryant

  American athlete, basketball star of Los Angeles Lakers, Bryant was accused of rape in 2003.

• Julian Casablancas

  American singer (The Strokes).

• Gianni Giardinelli
• James Corden

  Comedian.

• Dhani Harrison

  Guitarist.

• Andy Samberg

  American comedian.

• Marisa Miller

  American model.

• Emmanuelle Boidron
• Countess Vaughn

  American actress and singer.

• Jeff Stinco

  Canadian musician (Simple Plan).

• Suranne Jones
• Kerri Walsh

  American beach volleyball player.

• Daniela Denby-Ashe

  English actress.

• Lilia Podkopayeva

  Ukrainian gymnast.

• Louis Saha

  French former professional footballer who capped 20 times for the French national team and scored four goals.

• Sébastien Tortelli

  French two-time World Champion motocross racer.

• Marie-Ange Casalta
• Jérémie Elkaïm
• Hayley Wickenheiser

  Ice hockey forward (Canada, Olympics - 1998).

• Karrine Steffans

  Novelist.

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Famous Deaths

• Robert Shaw

  American conductor, longtime musical director of the Atlanta Symphony and dean of American choral conducting.

• Louis Prima

  American singer-songwriter trumpet player and actor (d. 1978).

• Ignazio Silone

  Italian Author (Fontamara, Pane e vino), dies at 78.

• Ezzedin Kalak

  Palestinian PLO representative in Paris, murdered.

• Edward Durell Stone

  American architect (Born 1902).

• Paul VI [Giovanni Montini]

  Italian Pope (1963-78), dies at 80.

• Franz Alphons Wolpert

  Composer, dies at 60.

• James G Cozzens

  US writer (Guard of Honor, Pulitzer), dies at 74.

• Johan Daisne [Thiery]

  Belgian writer (Lago Maggiore), dies at 66.

• Harrison Kerr

  Composer, dies at 80.

• Alidius WL Tjarda van Stachouwer

  Governor-General of the Netherlands Indies, dies at 90.

• Ivan Jirko

  Composer, dies at 51.

• Petros John Petridis

  Composer, dies at 86.

• Charles Trowbridge Haubiel

  Composer, dies at 86.

• Carlos Chavez y Ramires

  Mexican composer, dies at 79.

• John Wrathall

  Rhodesian politician (Born 1913).

• Alidius Stachouwer

  Dutch lawyer and politician (Born 1888).

• Jose Manuel Moreno

  Argentine footballer (Born 1916).

• Nicolas Bentley

  English author and illustrator (d. 1978).

• Jesse Haines

  American baseball player and coach (d. 1978).

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. The Rolling Stones - Miss You
2. Commodores - Three Times A Lady
3. Frankie Valli - Grease
4. Donna Summer - Last Dance
5. Taste Of Honey, A - Boogie Oogie Oogie

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John - You're The One That I Want
2. The Commodores - Three Times A Lady
3. 10cc - Dreadlock Holiday
4. Clout - Substitute
5. Boney M - Rivers Of Babylon / Brown Girl In The Ring