October 1978 calendar

October 1978
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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in October 1978.
The US president was Jimmy Carter (Democrat), the UK Prime Minister was James Callaghan (Labour).

But much more happened on October 1978: find out below

Historical Events

Which were the important events of October 1978?

Events

01 Oct 1978 Comoros adopts constitution
02 Oct 1978 Syrian and Palestinians shoot in East Beirut, 1,300 killed
03 Oct 1978 Gold hits record US$223.50 an ounce in London, England.
04 Oct 1978 Funeral services held for Pope John Paul I
05 Oct 1978 Isaac Bashevis Singer wins the Nobel Prize for Literature.
06 Oct 1978 Hannah H Gray inaugurated as 1st female head of US university
07 Oct 1978 LA Dodgers win the pennant
08 Oct 1978 Ken Warby set the world water speed record at 514 kph (319.627 mph).
09 Oct 1978 12th Country Music Association Award
10 Oct 1978 British pop magazine Smash Hits, 1st published
11 Oct 1978 Belgium government of Tindemans resigns
12 Oct 1978 Sid Vicious charged in murder of girlfriend Nancyh Spungen
13 Oct 1978 Graig Nettles at 3rd makes many spectactular plays in WS game 3 as Guidry beats Dodgers, after trailing 2 games to 0 Yanks win next 4
14 Oct 1978 New York Yank Reggie Jackson causes World Series controversy by getting in the way of a throw to 1st and deflects the ball away
15 Oct 1978 Silvia Bertolaccini wins LPGA Civitan Golf Open
16 Oct 1978 Nobel prize for economy awarded to Herbert A Simon
17 Oct 1978 New York Islanders start a streak of 23 undefeated games at home
18 Oct 1978 1st daughter Susan Ford announces engagement to Charles F Vance
20 Oct 1978 Paul Vanden Boeynants forms Belgium government
21 Oct 1978 Australian civilian pilot Frederick Valentich vanishes in a Cessna 182 over the Bass Strait south of Melbourne, after reporting contact with an unidentified aircraft.
22 Oct 1978 King of Hearts opens at Minskoff Theater NYC for 48 performances
23 Oct 1978 CBS raises LP prices to $8.98
24 Oct 1978 Keith Richards convicted of heroin possession in Toronto
25 Oct 1978 Padres Gaylord Perry is 1st to win Cy Young in both leagues
26 Oct 1978 Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat named winners of 1978 Nobel Peace Prize
27 Oct 1978 Begin and Sadat win Nobel Peace prize
28 Oct 1978 Don Ritchie runs world record 100k
30 Oct 1978 Uganda troops attack Tanzania
31 Oct 1978 Iranian oil workers go on strike

Famous Birthday

Usher (entertainer)
Jyothika Saravanan
Shannyn Sossamon
American actress, dancer and musician.
CM Punk
American professional wrestler.
Jodi Lyn O'Keefe
Ayumi Hamasaki
Japanese singer-songwriter producer and actress.
Alesha Dixon
British pop singer (Mis-Teeq).
Alexandria Karlsen
Salim Sdiri
French athlete, long jumper, of Tunisian descent.
Matthew Morrison
American actor.
Vanessa-Mae
Singaporean-English violinist and skier.
Franck Gastambide
Thomas N'Gijol
Jermaine O'Neal
American basketball player: forward, Trail Blazers.
Joëlle Scoriels
Mike Tindall
English rugby union player.
James Valentine
American musician (Maroon 5).
Martin Verkerk
Dutch tennis player.
Amandine Thiriet
Jessica Marquez
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Famous Deaths

Jacques Brel
Belgian-born French composer, lyricist and singer.
Nancy Spungen
American homicide victim 10/12/1978, by her boyfriend, heavy metal rocker Sid Vicious.
Gig Young
American actor, handsome and personable with a manner of whimsical humor that lent itself well to romantic comedy on film, stage and TV.
Maybelle Carter
American autoharp player (Carter Family and The Carter Sisters) (d. 1978).
Anastas I Mikojan
Russian politician, dies at 83.
Ralph H Metcalfe
American politician (Representative-Democrat-Illinois), dies at age 68.
Ramon Mercader
Assassin of Leon Trotsky (Born 1914).
Anastas Mikoyan
Soviet politician (Born 1895).
John Riley
English poet (murdered) (Born 1937).
Alexander Gerschenkron
Russian-born economic historian (Born 1904).
Giovanni Gronchi
Christian Democratic Italian politician who became the third President of the Italian Republic in 1955, after Luigi Einaudi.
Ralph Metcalfe
American sprinter and politician (d. 1978).
Ralph Marterie
Italian-American trumpet player and bandleader (d. 1978).
Jim Gilliam
Coach (LA Dodgers), dies at 49.
Dan Dailey
Dancer / actor (Gov Drinkwater-Governor & JJ), dies at 63.
Karl Swenson
Actor (Lara-Little House on the Prairie), dies at 70.
Tibor Serly
Hungarian violist / Composer (American Elegy), dies at 76.
Gesina Van der Molen
Dutch WWII resistance fighter / lawyer, dies at 86.
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