What Happened in 1978
43 historical events, 49 notable births, and 11 notable deaths in 1978.
Major Events
January 1978
1978 — year
Eurovision Song Contest 1978 — 23rd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest
1978–79 European Cup — 24th season of the UEFA club football tournament
1978 Formula One season — sports season
1978 African Cup of Nations — football tournament
Nicaraguan Revolution — 20th century armed conflict in Nicaragua
South Lebanon conflict — 1978 war between Israel and Lebanon and the PLO
1978–79 UEFA Cup — 8th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA
1978 Asian Games — eighth edition of the Asian Games
1978 in film — overview of the events of 1978 in film
1978 World Women's Handball Championship — 1978 edition of the World Women's Handball Championship
1978 World Men's Handball Championship — 1978 edition of the World Men's Handball Championship
1978 FIBA World Championship — 1978 edition of the FIBA World Championship
Category:1978 in literature — Wikimedia category
23rd Chess Olympiad — FIDE chess tournament for national teams
1978 World Aquatics Championships — 1978 edition of the World Aquatics Championships
1978 FIFA World Cup qualification — international football competition
1978 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship — sports championship
1978 European Super Cup — tournament
Air India Flight 855 — 1978 plane crash of an Air India Boeing 747 near Bombay, India
1978 Argentine Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1978
1978 FIFA World Cup squads — Wikimedia list article
1978 European Athletics Championships — 1978 edition of the European Athletics Championships
World Chess Championship 1978 — chess match between Anatoly Karpov and Viktor Korchnoi
June 1978
1978 FIFA World Cup — 11th FIFA World Cup, held in Argentina
1978 FIFA World Cup Final — 1978 FIFA World Cup match
1978 Swedish Grand Prix — Grand Prix
1978 Spanish Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1978
September 1978
Camp David Accords — 1978 political agreement between Egypt and Israel
1978 Italian Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1978
December 1978
Chinese economic reform — reforms allowing more free markets in China since Deng Xiaoping
April 1978
50th Academy Awards — movie awards
Korean Air Lines Flight 902 — 1978 aircraft accident in the Soviet Union
May 1978
1978 European Cup Final — match played by Liverpool and Belgium club Brugge
1978 Monaco Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1978
August 1978
Cinema Rex fire — Massacre
1978 Dutch Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1978
1978 Austrian Grand Prix — motor car race
October 1978
1978 Canadian Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1978
1978 United States Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1978
July 1978
1978 German Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1978
1978 British Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1978
March 1978
1978 South African Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1978