1978

Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries: 19th century20th century21st century
Decades: 1940s  1950s  1960s 1970s 1980s  1990s  2000s
Years: 1975 1976 197719781979 1980 1981
1978 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar1978
MCMLXXVIII
Ab urbe condita2731
Armenian calendar1427
ԹՎ ՌՆԻԷ
Assyrian calendar6728
Bahá'í calendar134–135
Bengali calendar1385
Berber calendar2928
British Regnal year26 Eliz. 2  27 Eliz. 2
Buddhist calendar2522
Burmese calendar1340
Byzantine calendar7486–7487
Chinese calendar丁巳(Fire Snake)
4674 or 4614
     to 
戊午年 (Earth Horse)
4675 or 4615
Coptic calendar1694–1695
Discordian calendar3144
Ethiopian calendar1970–1971
Hebrew calendar5738–5739
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat2034–2035
 - Shaka Samvat1900–1901
 - Kali Yuga5079–5080
Holocene calendar11978
Igbo calendar978–979
Iranian calendar1356–1357
Islamic calendar1398–1399
Japanese calendarShōwa 53
(昭和53年)
Juche calendar67
Julian calendarGregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar4311
Minguo calendarROC 67
民國67年
Thai solar calendar2521
Unix time252460800–283996799
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1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (dominical letter A) of the Gregorian calendar, the 1978th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 978th year of the 2nd millennium, the 78th year of the 20th century, and the 9th year of the 1970s decade.

Events

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Afghanistan President Daoud Khan was assassinated by the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan on April 25

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September

September 6: Anwar Sadat, Jimmy Carter, and Menachem Begin meet on the Aspen Cabin patio at Camp David.

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Date unknown

Births

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March

Pieter van den Hoogenband

April

John Smit

May

Ricardo Carvalho

June

Mía Maestro

July

Pavel Datsyuk
Josh Hartnett

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Virendra Sehwag

November

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Date unknown

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Nobel Prizes

References

  1. Accident description for VT-EBD at the Aviation Safety Network
  2. "Advice and Consent: The Panama Canal Treaties". archives.gov.
  3. "Pensacola Police Make a Mark in History". pensacolapolice.com. Pensacola Police Department. Archived from the original on 26 April 2012. Retrieved 2011-04-24.
  4. 1 2 "Yasser Arafat: 10 other people who have been exhumed". BBC. 27 November 2012. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
  5. Hutchinson, Martin (24 July 2003). "I helped deliver Louise". BBC News.

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