Year 1978

16 March 1978

US Senate approves Panama Canal neutrality treaty ; votes treaty to turn canal over to Panama by year 2000 (April 18)

16 October 1978

succeeded by Karol Cardinal Wojtyla of Poland as John Paul II

17 September 1978

'Framework for Peace' in Middle East signed by Egypt's President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Premier Menachem Begin after 13-day conference at Camp David led by President Jimmy Carter

18 November 1978

Jim Jones's followers commit mass suicide in Jonestown, Guyana

1978

A fusion reaction in a reactor at Princeton reaches 60 million degrees Fahrenheit for 1/20 of a second

1978

Sony introduces the Walkman, the first portable stereo

28 September 1978

new Pope, John Paul I, 65, dies unexpectedly after 34 days in office

6 August 1978

Pope Paul VI, dead at 80, mourned

9 May 1978

Former Italian Premier Aldo Moro kidnapped by left wing terrorists, who kill five bodyguards (March 16); he is found slain

1978

Iran, Tabas 25.000 deads - magnitudo 7,7

1978

Japan, Sendai - 21 deads - magnitudo 7,5

1978

Nobel Prizes Physics: Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa, Arno A. Penzias, Robert W. Wilson$

1978

Nobel Prizes Economy: Herbert A. Simon

1978

Nobel Prizes Peace: Menachem Begin, Mohamed Anwar El Sadat

1978

Nobel Prizes Physiology or Medicine: Werner Arber, Daniel Nathans, Hamilton O. Smith

1978

Nobel Prizes Literature: Isaac Bashevis Singer

1978

Nobel Prizes Chemistry: Peter D. Mitchell, per la sua formulazione della teoria chemiosmotica

1978

UEFA Champions League, UEFA Champions League: Liverpool (England)

1978

NBA, Basketball NBA Championship: Washington Bullets d. Seattle (4-3)

1978

Tennis Wimbledon Women: Martina Navratilova d. C. Evert (2-6 6-4 7-5)

1978

Tennis Wimbledon Men: Bjorn Borg d. J. Connors (6-2 6-2 6-3)

1978

Baseball World Series: New York Yankees (AL) 4-2 Los Angeles Dodgers (NL)

1978

Football XXII Super Bowl: Dallas Cowboys d. Denver Broncos (27-10)

1978

UEFA_Champions_League, Soccer World Cup: Argentina d. Holland (3-1) in Argentina

1978

1978 Playboy cover

1978 November 18

Aldo Montano, campione olimpionico (born at Livorno,Italy) Scorpio

1978 September 12

Elisabetta Canalis, television host (born at Sassari,Italy) Virgo

1978 December 08

Ian Somerhalder, actor (born at Covington, Louisiana, USA) Sagittarius

1978 November 24

Katherine Heigl, Model (born at Washington DC, USA) Sagittarius

1978 December 18

Katie Holmes, actress (born at Toledo,USA) Sagittarius

1978 August 23

Kobe Bryant, basketball player (born at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,USA) Leo

1978 May 11

Laetitia Casta, actress (born at Pont-Audemer, France) Taurus

1978 August 06

Marisa Miller, actress (born at Santa Cruz, California,USA) Leo

1978 December 02

Nelly Furtado, singer (born at Victoria, British Columbia,Canada) Sagittarius

1978 June 29

Nicole Scherzinger, singer (Nicole Prescovia Elikolani Valiente) (born at Honolulu, Hawaii, USA) Cancer

1978 November 17

Rachel McAdams, actress (born at London, Ontario,Canada) Scorpio

1978 March 21

Alena Seredova , model Aries

1978 June 25

Alessia Mancini , showgirl,actress (born at Marino) Cancer

1978 August 09

Audrey Tautou , actress Leo

1978 April 14

Carolina Marconi , actress Aries

1978 June 30

Claudio Rivalta , soccer player (born at Ravenna) Cancer

1978 June 30

Eleonora Abbagnato , dancer (born at Italy) Cancer

1978 December 21

Emiliano Brembilla , nuotatore Sagittarius

1978 January 28

Gianluigi Buffon , soccer goalkeeper (born at Carrara,Italy) Aquarius

1978 May 12

Jason Biggs , actor Taurus

1978 May 12

Jason Biggs , WORK Taurus

1978 May 22

Katie Price , PROF Gemini

1978 May 12

Malin Akerman , WORK Taurus

1978 November 06

Manuel Casella , actor (born at Piacenza,Italy) Scorpio

1978 July 11

Massimiliano Rosolino , nuotatore Cancer

1978 January 28

Pierluigi Buffon , soccer player Aquarius

1978 August 15

Selion Lassisi , soccer player Leo

1978 January 19

Thiago Lacerda , actor Capricorn

1978 October 27

Vanessa Mae , musician, violinista (Vanakorn Nicholson) Scorpio

1978 June 19

Zoe Saldana , actress Gemini

1978 November 20

Giorgio de Chirico, painter (dead at Rome,Italy) (born 1888 July 10) Cancer

1978 May 09

Aldo Moro , politician, assassinated by terrorist organization Red Brigades (dead at Rome, Italy) (born 1916 September 23) Libra

1978 November 16

Claude Dauphin , actor (dead at Paris,France) (born 1903 August 19) Leo

1978 September 28

Giovanni Paolo I , Pope (Papa Luciani) (dead at Cittą del Vaticano) (born 1912 October 17) Libra

1978 December 08

Golda Meir , policito (Golda Mabovic) (dead at Gerusalemme) (born 1898 May 03) Taurus

1978 July 19

Marcello Marchesi , writer (dead at Cabras) (born 1912 April 04) Aries

1978 July 26

Mary Blair , Ilustratrice statunitense (born 1911 October 21) Libra

1978 August 06

Paolo VI , 262 Pope of Catolich Church (dead at Castel Gandolfo,Italy) (born 1897 September 26) Libra