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What Happened In March 1978 In History

Historical Events for March, 1978

  • 2nd » Czechoslovakia Czech Vladimír Remek becomes the first non-Russian (citizen) Russian or non-American to go into outer space space, when he is launched aboard Soyuz 28.
  • 5th » The Landsat program or Landsat 3 is launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
  • 14th » The Israeli Defense Force invades and occupies southern Lebanon, in Operation Litani.
  • 15th » Somalia and Ethiopia signed a truce to end the Ethiopian-Somali War.
  • 16th » Former Italy known as Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro is kidnapped and later killed by his captors.
  • 16th » Supertanker 'Amoco Cadiz' splits in two after running aground on the Portsall Rocks, three miles off the coast of Brittany, resulting in the 5th-largest oil spill in history.
  • 22nd » Karl Wallenda of The Flying Wallendas dies after falling off a tight-rope between two hotels in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
  • 23rd » The first UNIFIL troops arrived in Lebanon for Timeline of UN peacekeeping missions e.g peacekeeping mission along the Blue Line (Lebanon) or Blue Line.
  • 28th » The Supreme Court of the United States called US Supreme Court hands down 5–3 decision in 'Stump v. Sparkman', 435 U.S. 349, a controversial case involving involuntary Human sterilization called sterilization and judicial immunity.

Famous Birthdays on March in 1978

  • 1st » Jensen Ackles, American actor and director
  • 1st » Donovan Patton, Guamanian-American actor
  • 1st » Alicia Leigh Willis, American actress
  • 2nd » Tomáš Kaberle, Czech ice hockey player
  • 2nd » Giannis Skopelitis, Greek footballer
  • 3rd » Ilias Anastasakos, Greek footballer
  • 3rd » Matt Diaz, American baseball player
  • 3rd » Ashwin Madia, American soldier, lawyer, and politician
  • 3rd » Seo Moon-tak, South Korean singer
  • 4th » Pierre Dagenais, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 4th » Denis Dallan, Italian rugby player
  • 4th » César Morales (boxer) called César Morales, Mexican boxer
  • 4th » Jean-Marc Pelletier, American ice hockey player
  • 5th » Jared Crouch, Australian footballer
  • 5th » Mike Hessman, American baseball player
  • 5th » Kimberly McCullough, American actress, singer, and dancer
  • 5th » Carlos Ochoa, Mexican footballer
  • 6th » Lara Cox, Australian actress
  • 6th » Sage Rosenfels, American football player
  • 6th » Chad Wicks, American wrestler
  • 8th » Mohammed Bouyeri, Dutch-Moroccan murderer
  • 8th » Nick Zano, American actor and producer
  • 9th » MickDeth, American bass player (Eighteen Visions, Bleeding Through, and Clear (band) called Clear) (d. 2013)
  • 9th » Lucas Neill, Australian footballer
  • 10th » Camille (singer) known as Camille, French singer-songwriter and actress
  • 10th » Neil Alexander, Scottish footballer
  • 10th » Benjamin Burnley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Breaking Benjamin)
  • 11th » Scott Calderwood, English-Scottish footballer and manager
  • 11th » Didier Drogba, Ivorian footballer
  • 11th » Albert Luque, Spanish footballer
  • 11th » Paulo Musse, Brazilian footballer
  • 11th » Christopher Rice, American author
  • 11th » Andrés Velencoso, Spanish model
  • 12th » Casey Mears, American race car driver
  • 12th » Neal Obermeyer, American cartoonist
  • 12th » Claudio Sanchez, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Coheed and Cambria, Fire Deuce, and The Prize Fighter Inferno)
  • 12th » Arina Tanemura, Japanese illustrator
  • 13th » Tom Danielson, American cyclist
  • 13th » Kenny Watson, American football player
  • 14th » Pieter van den Hoogenband, Dutch swimmer
  • 15th » Flavio Furtado, Cape Verdean boxer
  • 15th » Noé Hernández, Mexican race walker (d. 2013)
  • 15th » Takeru Kobayashi, Japanese competitive eater
  • 16th » Brooke Burns, American actress
  • 16th » Ayesha Dharker, Indian actress
  • 17th » Jason M. Burns, American author and publisher
  • 17th » Saša Stanišić, Bosnian-German author
  • 18th » Fernandão, Brazilian footballer and manager (d. 2014)
  • 18th » Jan Bulis, Czech ice hockey player
  • 18th » Brooke Hanson, Australian swimmer
  • 18th » Antonio Margarito, American boxer
  • 18th » Brian Scalabrine, American basketball player
  • 18th » Yoshie Takeshita, Japanese volleyball player
  • 18th » Jonas Wallerstedt, Swedish footballer, coach, and manager
  • 18th » Virginia Williams, American actress
  • 20th » Chris Draper, English sailor
  • 21st » Nicholas M. Baines, English keyboard player (Kaiser Chiefs)
  • 21st » Charmaine Dragun, Australian journalist (d. 2007)
  • 21st » Kevin Federline, American dancer, rapper, and actor
  • 21st » Cristian Guzmán, Dominican baseball player
  • 21st » Rani Mukerji, Indian actress
  • 21st » Young Noble, American rapper (Outlawz)
  • 21st » Joyce Jimenez, American-Filipino actress
  • 23rd » Simon Gärdenfors, Swedish illustrator
  • 23rd » Perez Hilton, American blogger
  • 23rd » Walter Samuel, Argentinian footballer
  • 23rd » David Tom, American actor
  • 23rd » Nicholle Tom, American actress
  • 24th » Michael Braun (footballer) or Michael Braun, Australian footballer
  • 24th » Kaori Mochida, Japanese singer-songwriter (Every Little Thing (band) called Every Little Thing)
  • 24th » Tomáš Ujfaluši, Czech footballer
  • 25th » Gennaro Delvecchio, Italian footballer
  • 25th » Teanna Kai, Filipino-American porn actress
  • 26th » Anastasia Kostaki, Greek basketball player
  • 27th » Marius Bakken, Norwegian runner
  • 27th » Dee Brown (baseball) named Dee Brown, American baseball player
  • 27th » Kate Church, Australian swimmer
  • 27th » Amélie Cocheteux, French tennis player
  • 27th » Kahlil Joseph, Indian actor
  • 27th » Dorothea Lasky, American poet
  • 28th » Último Gladiador, Mexican wrestler
  • 29th » Pierre Faber, French-German rugby player
  • 29th » Jeffrey Parazzo, Canadian actor
  • 29th » Aaron Persico, New Zealand-Italian rugby player
  • 30th » Chris Paterson, Scottish rugby player and coach
  • 31st » Stephen Clemence, English footballer
  • 31st » Jarrod Cooper, American football player
  • 31st » Daniel Mays, English actor
  • 31st » Jérôme Rothen, French footballer
  • 31st » Tony Yayo, American rapper (G-Unit)

Famous Deaths for March 1978

  • 1st » Paul Scott (novelist) named Paul Scott, English author, poet, and playwright (b. 1920)
  • 4th » Wesley Bolin, American politician, 15th Governor of Arizona (b. 1909)
  • 4th » Joe Marsala, American clarinet player and songwriter (b. 1907)
  • 4th » John Meighan, Irish politician (b. 1891)
  • 6th » Dennis Viollet, English footballer (b. 1933)
  • 7th » Steve Bilko, American baseball player (b. 1928)
  • 11th » Claude François, Egyptian-French singer-songwriter and dancer (b. 1939)
  • 11th » Sofia Vembo, Greek singer and actress (b. 1910)
  • 12th » John Cazale, American actor (b. 1935)
  • 12th » Gene Moore (outfielder) or Gene Moore, American baseball player (b. 1909)
  • 18th » Leigh Brackett, American author (b. 1915)
  • 18th » Peggy Wood, American actress (b. 1892)
  • 19th » M. A. Ayyangar, Indian politician, 2nd Speaker of the Lok Sabha (b. 1891)
  • 19th » Gaston Julia, French mathematician (b. 1893)
  • 21st » Louis Cottrell, Jr., American saxophonist and clarinet player (b. 1911)
  • 22nd » Karl Wallenda, German-American acrobat (b. 1905)
  • 23rd » Haim Ernst Wertheimer, Israeli biochemist (b. 1893)
  • 25th » Hanna Ralph, German actress (b. 1888)
  • 26th » Wilfred Pickles, English actor and radio host (b. 1904)
  • 27th » Nat Bailey, Canadian businessman, founded the White Spot (b. 1902)
  • 28th » Dino Ciani, Croatian-Italian pianist (b. 1941)
  • 30th » George Paine (cricketer) or George Paine, English cricketer and coach (b. 1908)
  • 31st » Charles Herbert Best, American-Canadian medical scientist, co-discovered Insulin (b. 1899)

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