July 1978 calendar

Events

• 01 Jul 1978 Act closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 233 performances
• 02 Jul 1978 Pitcher Ron Guidry sets New York Yankees record of 13-0 start.
• 03 Jul 1978 Establishment Amazon Pact
• 04 Jul 1978 Memphis fire fighters halt 3-day strike under a court order
• 05 Jul 1978 Soyuz 30 spacecraft touches down in Soviet Kazakhstan.
• 06 Jul 1978 Israeli jet fighters swooped over mostly Moslem West Beirut
• 07 Jul 1978 85th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats C Evert
• 08 Jul 1978 Alessandro Pertini elected President of Italy
• 09 Jul 1978 Hello, Dolly! closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC after 152 performances
• 10 Jul 1978 Bloodless military coup in Mauritania
• 11 Jul 1978 49th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-3 at San Diego Stadium
• 12 Jul 1978 Sun Bank Building opens
• 13 Jul 1978 BBC bans Sex Pistols No One is Innocent
• 14 Jul 1978 Anatoly Scharansky convicted of anti-Soviet agitation
• 15 Jul 1978 107th British Golf Open: Jack Nicklaus shoots a 281 at St. Andrews
• 16 Jul 1978 Joanne Carner wins LPGA Borden Golf Classic
• 17 Jul 1978 New York Yank manager Billy Martin and Reggie Jackson fight in dug out
• 18 Jul 1978 Egyptian and Israeli officials begin two days of talks.
• 21 Jul 1978 Bolivia milt coup under general Juan Pereda, President Hugo Banzer flees
• 23 Jul 1978 Reggie Jackson returns and helps Yankees win their 5th straight
• 24 Jul 1978 Billy Martin resigns as Yankee manager after one is a born liar the other a convicted one comment about Steinbrenner and Jackson
• 25 Jul 1978 Bob Dylan booed off Newport Folk Festival for using electric guitar
• 26 Jul 1978 Johnny Bench hits his 300th career home run
• 27 Jul 1978 Indians Duane Kuiper is 3rd to hit 2 bases-loaded triples
• 28 Jul 1978 600,000 attend Watkins Glen Summer Jam in New York
• 29 Jul 1978 600,000 attend "Summer Jam" rock festival, Watkins Glen, New York.
• 30 Jul 1978 Expos crush Braves, 19-0, collecting 28 hits and NL-record-tying 8 HRs
• 31 Jul 1978 Gunman shoots his way into Iraqi Embassy in Paris

Famous Birthday

• Mélissa Theuriau

  French journalist and news anchor.

• Josh Hartnett

  American actor.

• Michelle Rodríguez
• Tia Mowry

  American actress.

• Tamera Mowry

  Twin actress (Sisters).

• Topher Grace

  American actor.

• A J Cook

  Canadian actress.

• Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
• Pennelope Jimenez
• Rhea Durham
• Emilie Simon

  French singer.

• Sheila Mello

  Brazilian exotic dancer noted for the sway of her ample hips, a blonde beauty.

• Damian Marley

  Jamaican musician.

• Dolores Fonzi
• Louise Brown

  British child, the world's first test-tube baby, born by Caesarean section.

• Darine Hamze
• Cédric Heymans
• Brian Bianchini
• Yannick Jauzion
• Adrien Hardy
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Famous Deaths

• Willem van Otterloo

  Dutch conductor and composer (Born 1907).

• Aladar Zoltan

  Composer, dies at 49.

• Michel Gusikoff

  Composer, dies at 85.

• Antonio Veretti

  Composer, dies at 78.

• Jan Willem van Otterloo

  Composer, dies at 70.

• Wesley La Violette

  Composer, dies at 84.

• Carleton Percy Hobbs

  Actor (I Claudius, Dark Places), dies at 80.

• [John] Willem van Otterloo

  Conductor / Composer (Symphonic), dies at 70.

• Aasan Ferit Alnar

  Composer, dies at 72.

• John D Rockefeller III

  American businessman (Born 1906).

• Enoch Light

  orchestra leader (Gulf Road Show with Bob Smith), dies at age 70.

• Aris Alexandrou

  Greek novelist, poet and translator (Born 1922).

• Thayer David

  Actor (Rocky, Roots, Savages), dies at 51.

• Kurt Student

  German Luftwaffe general (Born 1890).

• Joe Davis

  English snooker / billiards-world champ (1927-46).

• Abdul Razak al-Naif

  Premier of Iraq, murdered.

• James Daly

  American theater, film and television actor, who is perhaps best known for his role as Dr. Paul Lochner in the hospital drama series Medical...

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Andy Gibb - Shadow Dancing
2. Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street
3. Bonnie Tyler - It's A Heartache
4. ABBA - Take A Chance On Me
5. The Rolling Stones - Miss You

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John - You're The One That I Want
2. Father Abraham & The Smurfs - The Smurf Song
3. Marshall Hain - Dancin' In The City
4. Clout - Substitute
5. The Motors - Airport