February 1978 calendar

Events

• 01 Feb 1978 Harriet Tubman is 1st black woman honored on a US postage stamp
• 03 Feb 1978 India needing 493 to beat Australia at Adelaide, all out 445
• 05 Feb 1978 Fred Newman makes 88 consecutive basketball free-throws blindfolded.
• 06 Feb 1978 Snowstorm hits New England, parts of RI (54 (137cm))
• 07 Feb 1978 Ethiopian offensive in Ogaden desert.
• 08 Feb 1978 The proceedings of the United States Senate are first broadcast on radio.
• 09 Feb 1978 Ted Bundy kills Kimberly Leach, age 12, in Lake City, Florida.
• 10 Feb 1978 Frank C Carlucci succeeds John F Blake as deputy director of US Central Intelligence Agency.
• 11 Feb 1978 16 Unification church couples wed in New York City
• 12 Feb 1978 Jesus Christ Superstar closes at Longacre Theater NYC after 96 performances
• 13 Feb 1978 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
• 14 Feb 1978 First "micro on a chip" patented by Texas Instruments.
• 15 Feb 1978 Leon Spinks beats Muhammad Ali in 15 rounds for world heavyweight crown.
• 16 Feb 1978 The first computer bulletin board system is created (CBBS in Chicago, Illinois).
• 17 Feb 1978 The Troubles: The Provisional IRA detonates an incendiary bomb at the La Mon restaurant, near Belfast, killing 12 and seriously injuring 30.
• 18 Feb 1978 The first Ironman Triathlon competition takes place on the island of Oahu, won by Gordon Haller.
• 19 Feb 1978 On the 20th Century opens at St. James Theater NYC for 460 performances
• 20 Feb 1978 Bob Backland beats Billy Graham in New York, to become WWF wrestling champion.
• 21 Feb 1978 Electrical workers in Mexico City find the remains of the Great Pyramid of Tenochtitlan in the middle of the city.
• 22 Feb 1978 Two tankers with propane gas explode killing 15 at Waverly, Tennessee.
• 23 Feb 1978 20th Grammy Awards: "Hotel California", Fleetwood Mac, Debbie Boone win.
• 24 Feb 1978 Kevin Porter, New Jersey Nets, sets NBA record with 29 assists in a game.
• 26 Feb 1978 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Bent Tree Golf Classic.

Famous Birthday

• Ashton Kutcher

  American actor, investor, producer, and former model.

• Amal Clooney

  British-Lebanese lawyer (barrister), author, and activist, London-based.

• Barbara Mori

  Model.

• Jay Hernández
• Anne-Gaëlle Riccio
• Philippe Jaroussky

  French sopranist countertenor.

• Jenny Frost

  English singer and dancer (Precious and Atomic Kitten).

• Mini Anden

  Swedish model and actress.

• Rie Rasmussen
• Lauren Ambrose

  American actress and producer.

• Thomas Pesquet

  French aerospace engineer, pilot, and European Space Agency astronaut.

• Yael Naim

  French-Israeli singer-songwriter.

• Immortal Technique

  American rapper.

• Jakki Degg

  English glamour model/actress.

• Jérôme Fillol
• Yiruma

  Pianist.

• Louise Woodward

  British au pair, hired on 11/18/1996 by the Eappen family in America to care for their infant, Matthew.

• Chelsea Peretti

  Comedian.

• Mariano Zabaleta

  Argentinian tennis player.

• David Aebischer

  Swiss ice hockey player.

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Famous Deaths

• Wendy Barrie

  British-American actress, a vivacious minor star who was on-screen from 1935 in Hollywood.

• Harry Martinson

  Swedish author and poet Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1978).

• Vadim Nikolayevich Salmanov

  Composer, dies at 65.

• Eric Frank Russell

  Sci-fi Author (Hugo, Deep Space), dies at 73.

• Philip Ahn of Los Angeles

  California, actor (Master Kan - Kung Fu), dies at age 66.

• Bergen Evans

  English Professor ($64, 000 Question), dies at 73.

• Charlotte Greenwood

  Actress (Oklahoma, Moon over Miami), dies at 84.

• James B Conant

  American chemist and university president (Born 1893).

• E Roland Harriman

  American financier (Born 1895).

• Frans van Immerseel

  Belgian graphic artist, dies at age 68.

• Annie [Anna HM] Romein-Verschoor

  Dutch historian (Omzien), dies at age 83.

• Daniel "Chappie" James Jr

  retired US Air Force General, dies at age 58.

• Julio Jaramillo

  Ecuadorian singer (Born 1935).

• Paul Governali

  American football player (Born 1921).

• Mieczys?aw Zywczynski

  Polish historian and priest (Born 1901).

• Daniel ''Chappie'' James Jr

  American general (Born 1920).

• Ilka Chase

  American actress, writer and humorist.

• Costante Girardengo

  Italian cyclist (Born 1893).

• Zara Cully

  American actress (Born 1892).

• Vadim Salmanov

  Russian pianist and composer (d. 1978).

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive
2. Andy Gibb - (Love Is) Thicker Than Water
3. Randy Newman - Short People
4. Player - Baby Come Back
5. Billy Joel - Just The Way You Are

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Abba - Take A Chance On Me
2. Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights
3. Brotherhood Of Man - Figaro
4. Scott Fitzgerald & Yvonne Keely - If I Had Words
5. Blondie - Denis