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What Happened In February 1978 In History

Historical Events for February, 1978

  • 1st » Director Roman Polanski skips bail and flees the United States to France after pleading guilty to charges of having sex with a 13-year-old girl.
  • 8th » Proceedings of the United States Senate are broadcast on radio for the first time.
  • 11th » Censorship: China lifts a ban on works by Aristotle, William Shakespeare and Charles Dickens.
  • 13th » Sydney Hilton bombing known as Hilton bombing: a bomb explodes in a refuse truck outside the Hilton Hotel in Sydney, Australia, killing two refuse collectors and a policeman.
  • 16th » The first computer bulletin board system is created (CBBS in Chicago, Illinois).
  • 17th » The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army known as Provisional IRA detonates an incendiary bomb at the La Mon restaurant bombing or La Mon restaurant, near Belfast, killing 12 and seriously injuring 30.
  • 18th » The first Ironman Triathlon competition takes place on the island of Oahu and is won by Gordon Haller.
  • 19th » Egyptian raid on Larnaca International Airport named Egyptian forces raid Larnaca International Airport in an attempt to intervene in a hijacking, without authorisation from the Republic of Cyprus authorities. The Cypriot National Guard and Police forces
  • 20th » The last Order of Victory is bestowed upon Leonid Brezhnev.

Famous Birthdays on February in 1978

  • 1st » Domenick Davies, Welsh-German rugby player
  • 1st » Tim Harding (musician) named Tim Harding, Australian singer and actor (Hi-5 (Australian band) e.g Hi-5)
  • 1st » Ken Johnson (basketball, born 1978) called Ken Johnson, American basketball player
  • 2nd » Eden Espinosa, American actress and singer
  • 2nd » Annabel Ellwood, Australian tennis player
  • 2nd » Barry Ferguson, Scottish footballer
  • 2nd » Rich Sommer, American actor
  • 2nd » Faye White, English footballer
  • 3rd » Joan Capdevila, Spanish footballer
  • 3rd » Sergei Kulichenko, Russian footballer
  • 3rd » Eliza Schneider, American actress and singer
  • 4th » Danna García, Colombian actress
  • 4th » Ömer Onan, Turkish basketball player
  • 5th » Mohamed Ousserir, Algerian footballer
  • 5th » Shawn Reaves, American actor
  • 5th » Brian Russell (football player) or Brian Russell, American football player
  • 5th » Samuel Sánchez, Spanish cyclist
  • 6th » Yael Naim, French-Israeli singer-songwriter
  • 7th » David Aebischer, Swiss ice hockey player
  • 7th » Endy Chávez, Venezuelan baseball player
  • 7th » Ashton Kutcher, American model, actor, and producer
  • 7th » Daniel Van Buyten, Belgian footballer
  • 9th » A. J. Buckley, Irish-Canadian actor
  • 9th » Airton Daré, Brazilian race car driver
  • 10th » Don Omar, Puerto Rican singer-songwriter and actor
  • 12th » Brett Hodgson, Australian rugby player
  • 12th » Gethin Jones, Welsh television host
  • 12th » Silver Meikar, Estonian politician
  • 13th » Niklas Bäckström, Finnish ice hockey player
  • 13th » Hamish Glencross, Scottish guitarist (My Dying Bride)
  • 13th » Philippe Jaroussky, French tenor
  • 14th » Dwele, American singer-songwriter and producer
  • 14th » Dean Gaffney, English actor
  • 14th » Danai Gurira, Zimbabwean-American actress and playwright
  • 14th » Richard Hamilton (basketball) called Richard Hamilton, American basketball player
  • 14th » Darius Songaila, Lithuanian basketball player
  • 15th » Yiruma, South Korean pianist and composer
  • 15th » Kimberly Goss, American singer and keyboard player (Sinergy and Ancient (band) or Ancient)
  • 15th » Tuan Le, French-American poker player
  • 16th » Alexandre Beaudoin, Canadian forensic scientist
  • 16th » Tia Hellebaut, Belgian high jumper
  • 16th » Wasim Jaffer, Indian cricketer
  • 16th » John Tartaglia, American actor, singer, and puppeteer
  • 17th » Jacob Wetterling, American kidnapping victim
  • 18th » Oliver Pocher, German comedian and actor
  • 18th » Josip Šimunić, Croatian footballer
  • 19th » Ben Gummer, English politician
  • 19th » Michalis Konstantinou, Cypriot footballer
  • 19th » Immortal Technique, Peruvian-American rapper
  • 19th » Stephanie Waring, English actress
  • 20th » Lauren Ambrose, American actress
  • 20th » Jakki Degg, English model and actress
  • 20th » Jay Hernandez, American actor
  • 20th » Julia Jentsch, German actress
  • 21st » Park Eun-hye, South Korean actress
  • 21st » Kim Ha Neul, South Korean actress
  • 21st » Nicole Parker, American actress and singer
  • 22nd » Jenny Frost, English singer and dancer (Precious (band) or Precious and Atomic Kitten)
  • 23rd » Residente, Puerto Rican singer-songwriter (Calle 13 (band) or Calle 13)
  • 23rd » Dan Snyder, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2003)
  • 24th » Gary (rapper) known as Gary, South Korean rapper and producer (Leessang)
  • 24th » Shinya (musician) e.g Shinya, Japanese drummer and songwriter (Dir En Grey)
  • 24th » John Nolan (musician) called John Nolan, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Straylight Run and Taking Back Sunday)
  • 24th » DeWayne Wise, American baseball player
  • 24th » Leon Constantine, English footballer
  • 25th » Maian Kärmas, Estonian singer-songwriter and journalist
  • 26th » Abdoulaye Diagne-Faye, Senegalese footballer
  • 26th » Marc Hynes, English race car driver
  • 27th » James Beattie (footballer) called James Beattie, English footballer
  • 27th » Kakha Kaladze, Georgian footballer
  • 27th » Innar Mändoja, Estonian cyclist
  • 27th » Emelie Öhrstig, Swedish skier
  • 27th » Yelena Vasilevskaya, Russian volleyball player
  • 28th » Jeanne Cherhal, French singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 28th » Yasir Hameed, Pakistani cricketer
  • 28th » Rei Kikukawa, Japanese actress
  • 28th » Benjamin Raich, Austrian skier
  • 28th » Jamaal Tinsley, American basketball player
  • 28th » Mariano Zabaleta, Argentinian tennis player

Famous Deaths for February 1978

  • 9th » Costante Girardengo, Italian cyclist (b. 1893)
  • 9th » Julio Jaramillo, Ecuadorian singer (b. 1935)
  • 9th » Warren King (cartoonist) e.g Warren King, American cartoonist (b. 1916)
  • 11th » James Bryant Conant, American chemist, academic, and diplomat, 1st United States Ambassador to West Germany (b. 1893)
  • 11th » Harry Martinson, Swedish sailor and author, Nobel Prize in Literature or Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)
  • 14th » Paul Governali, American football player (b. 1921)
  • 16th » E. Roland Harriman, American financier (b. 1895)
  • 18th » Maggie McNamara, American actress (b. 1928)
  • 21st » Mieczysław Żywczyński, Polish historian and priest (b. 1901)
  • 22nd » Hal Borland, American author (b. 1900)
  • 22nd » Phyllis McGinley, American author and poet (b. 1905)
  • 25th » Daniel James, Jr., American general and pilot (b. 1920)
  • 27th » Vadim Salmanov, Russian composer (b. 1912)
  • 28th » Philip Ahn, American actor (b. 1905)
  • 28th » Zara Cully, American actress (b. 1892)
  • 28th » Eric Frank Russell, English author (b. 1905)

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