1978
1978 (
MCMLXXVIII) was a
common year starting on Sunday.
January
*
January 1 - The Copyright Act of
1976 takes effect, making sweeping changes to
United States copyright law.
*
January 1 -
Air India's
Boeing 747 explodes near
Bombay - 213 dead.
*
January 4 -
Referendum in
Chile supports policies of
Augusto Pinochet.
*
January 6 - The Hungarian
Holy Crown (also known as
Stephen of Hungary Crown) returned to
Hungary from the
United States where it was held after
World War II.
*
January 7 -
Emilio Palma is born in
Antarctica, making his birth the southernmost in history.
*
January 10 - Assassination of
Pedro JoaquÃn Chamorro, who had criticized the
Nicaraguan government. Riots erupt against
Somoza's government.
*
January 18 - The
European Court of Human Rights finds the
United Kingdom government guilty of mistreating prisoners in
Northern Ireland, but not guilty of
torture.
*
January 19 - Federal Appeals Court Judge
William H. Webster appointed as Director of the
FBI.
*
January 22 -
Ethiopia announces the ambassador of
West Germany as
Persona non grata.
*
January 23 -
Sweden becomes the first nation to ban
aerosol sprays that are thought to damage earth's protective
ozone layer.
*
January 24 -
Soviet satellite
Cosmos 954 burns in Earth atmosphere and its debris is scattered over
Canada's Northwest Territories*
January 28 -
Richard Chase, the "Vampire of Sacramento", is arrested.
*
January 29 - General
Rahimuddin Khan assumes the
authoritarian post of
Martial Law Governor of
Balochistan *
January 30 -
Blizzards in the USA kill 90.
February
*
February 1 - Film director
Roman Polanski skips
bail and flees to
France after pleading guilty to charges of engaging in
sex with a 13-year-old girl.
*
February 8 - Proceedings of the
United States Senate are broadcasted on
radio for the first time.
*
February 11 -
Pacific Western Airlines Flight 314, a
Boeing 737-200, crashes in
Cranbrook,
British Columbia. 44 of the 50 people onboard are killed.
*
February 11 - 16
Unification Church couples wed in
New York City.
*
February 11 - Military
mobilization in
Somalia due to an apparent
Ethiopian attack.
*
February 11 - The
People's Republic of China lifts a ban on works by
Aristotle,
William Shakespeare and
Charles Dickens.
*
February 13 -
Hilton bombing: A bomb explodes outside the
Hilton Hotel in
Sydney,
Australia, killing two garbagemen, a policeman and several others. Many believe that
ASIO was responsible.
*
February 15 -
Rhodesia's prime minister
Ian Smith and three black leaders agree on the transfer to black majority rule.
*
February 15 - Serial killer
Ted Bundy is captured in
Florida.
*
February 16 - The first
computer bulletin board system is created (
CBBS in
Chicago, Illinois).
*
February 21 - Electrical workers in
Mexico City find an
Aztec monolith in the middle of the city.
March
*
March 1 -
Charlie Chaplin's remains are stolen from
Cosier-sur-Vevey,
Switzerland but are recovered 11 weeks later near
Lake Geneva.
*
March 1 - Broadway play
Timbuktu! opens at the
Mark Hellinger Theatre.
*
March 3 -
Ethiopia admits that its troops are fighting with the aid of
Cuban soldiers against
Somalian troops in
Ogaden.
*
March 3 -
Rhodesia attacks
Zambia.
*
March 3 -
New York Post publishes an article about
David Rorvik's book
The Cloning of Man about a supposed
cloning of a human being.
*
March 6 -
US porn publisher
Larry Flynt is shot and paralysed
*
March 11 -
Coastal Road Massacre by
Palestinian terrorists kill 34
Israelis.
*
March 14 -
Israeli forces invade
Lebanon in
Operation Litani.
*
March 15 - The
United States Senate approves the
Panama Canal neutrality treaty; votes to turn the canal over to
Panama by the year
2000 on
April 18.
*
March 16 - Former
Italian premier
Aldo Moro is kidnapped by
Red Brigades, who kill five bodyguards; he is found dead on
May 9.
*
March 17 - The oil tanker
Amoco Cadiz runs aground on the coast of
Brittany.
*
March 18 -
Prime Minister of Pakistan,
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto is sentenced to death by hanging for ordering the
assassination of a political opponent.
*
March 22 -
Karl Wallenda of the
Flying Wallendas dies after falling off a tight-rope between two hotels in
San Juan, Puerto Rico.
*
March 24 - The tanker
Amoco Cadiz splits in two off
Brittany spilling 50,000 metric tons of crude oil.
*
March 28 - The
US Supreme Court hands down 5-3 decision in
Stump v. Sparkman, 435 U.S. 349, a controversial case involving involuntary
sterilization and judicial
immunity.
April
*
April 1 -
Dick Smith of
Dick Smith Foods tows a fake
iceberg to
Sydney Harbour.
*
April 8 - Regular broadcasts of proceedings in
British Parliament start.
*
April 10 -
Volkswagen becomes the first non-American
automobile manufacturer to open a plant in the United States, commencing production of the Rabbit, the North American version of the
Volkswagen Golf, in
New Stanton, Pennsylvania. (The plant is forced to close ten years later.)
*
April 16 - In
Cologne, 15,000 former members of the resistance movement demonstrate against
National Socialism.
*
April 18 - The US Senate votes 68-32 to turn the
Panama Canal over to
Panamanian control on
December 31 1999.
*
April 22 -
One Love Peace Concert held at
National Heroes Stadium in
Kingston, Jamaica.
Bob Marley united the two opposing political leaders at this concert bringing peace to the civil war ridden streets of
Kingston, Jamaica.
*
April 27 - President of
Afghanistan,
Daud Khan is killed during a military coup -
Mohammed Takain succeeds him.
*
April 30 - The Democratic Republic of
Afghanistan is proclaimed, under pro-communist leader
Nur Mohammed Taraki.
May
*
May 4 -
Communist activist
Henri Curiel is murdered in
Paris.
*
May 5 -
Pete Rose of the
Cincinnati Reds gets his 3000th major league hit.
*
May 8 -
Norway opens a
natural gas field in the
Polar Sea.
*
May 9 - In
Rome, the body of
Aldo Moro, the Italian president of the Christian-Democrats, is found in a parked car.
*
May 12-
May 13 - Group of
mercenaries lead by
Bob Denard oust
Ali Soilih in the
Comoros - 10 local soldiers killed. Denard forms a new government
*
May 12 - In
Zaire, rebels occupy the city of
Kolwezi, the mining centre of the province of
Shaba. The government of Zaire asks the U.S., France and Belgium to restore order.
*
May 15 - Students of the
University of Teheran riot in
Tabriz - an army stops the riot.
*
May 17 -
Charles Chaplin's coffin is found ten miles from the cemetery it was stolen from, near Lake Geneva.
*
May 18 - Soviet dissident
Yuri Orlov is sentenced for seven years hard labor for distributing counterrevolutionary material.
*
May 18-
May 19 - Belgian and French paratroopers fly to Zaire to aid the fight against the rebels.
*
May 20 -
Mavis Hutchinson, 53, becomes the first woman to run across the USA - trek took 69 days.
*
May 22 - Exiled leaders
Ahmed Abdallah and
Mohammed Ahmed return to the
Comoros*
May 25 - A bomb explodes in the security section of
Northwestern University - security guard is wounded. The first bomb of the
Unabomber case.
*
May 26 - In
Atlantic City, New Jersey,
Resorts International, the first legal
casino in the eastern
United States, opens.
*
May 28 -
Indianapolis 500-Mile Race:
Al Unser wins his third race, and the first for car owner
Jim Hall.
*
May 29 -
Ali Soilih is found dead, allegedly shot when trying to escape.
June
*
June 1 -
1978 FIFA World Cup starts, held in Argentina.
*
June 6 -
Californians in referendum approve
Proposition 13 for a nearly 60% slash in property tax revenues.
*
June 9 -
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints extends the priesthood and temple blessings to "all worthy males," ending a general policy of excluding blacks from priesthood and temples since 1849 (see
Blacks and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints).
*
June 12 - Serial killer
David Berkowitz, the "Son of Sam," is sentenced to 25 years to life in prison.
*
June 15 - King
Hussein of Jordan marries 26-year-old
Lisa Halaby.
*
June 19 - Cricketer
Ian Botham becomes the first man in the history of the game to score a century and take eight wickets in one innings of a Test match.
*
June 19 - Comic Strip
Garfield debuts in newspapers.
*
June 20 - A powerful magnitude 6.5
earthquake hits
Thessaloniki,
Greece's second largest city, resulting in the total collapse of an apartment building at the central Ippodromio district and the subsequent death of more than 40 people.
*
June 21 - An outbreak of shooting between
Provisional IRA members and the
British Army leaves one civilian and three IRA men dead.
*
June 22 - Discovery of
Charon, a satellite of
Pluto, announced.
*
June 23 -
Josip Broz Tito is named for
Yugoslav president for life.
*
June 24 - President of
Yemen Arab Republic Ahmad al-Ghashmi is killed.
*
June 25 -
Argentina defeat
the Netherlands 3-1 after extra time to win the
1978 World Cup.
*
June 26 - The bombing of
Breton nationalists causes destruction in
Versailles.
*
June 26 - The
Supreme Court of the United States, in the Bakke case, bars
quota systems in college admissions but affirms constitutionality of programs giving advantage to minorities.
*
June 30 -
Ethiopia begins a massive offensive in
Eritrea.
July
*
July 7 - The
Solomon Islands become independent from the
United Kingdom.
*
July 25 - First human
birth, girl
Louise Brown, from
in vitro fertilization.
August
*
August 6 -
Pope Paul VI dies at age of 80.
*
August 7 - United States President
Jimmy Carter declares a federal emergency at
Love Canal.
*
August 12 -
Sino-Japanese relations: The
Treaty of Peace and Friendship is signed between
Japan and the
People's Republic of China.
*
August 15 - Foundation of
Mirapuri - The City of Peace and Future Man in Europe, Italy.
*
August 17 -
Double Eagle II becomes first
balloon to cross the
Atlantic Ocean when it lands in
Miserey near
Paris, 137 hours after leaving
Presque Isle, Maine*
August 19 - Fire in Rex Cinema in
Tehran - 477 dead.
*
August 20 - Gunmen open fire on an Israeli
El Al airline bus in
London.
*
August 20 - In
Abadan,
Iran, nearly 400 are killed when
Muslim extremist arsonists set fire to a crowded theater.
*
August 25 - The
Shroud of Turin goes on public display for the first time in 45 years.
*
August 25 - US Army sergeant
Walter Robinson "walks" across the
English Channel in 11 hours 30 minutes using homemade water shoes
*
August 26 - Albino Cardinal Luciani succeeds Pope Paul VI as
Pope John Paul I.
September
*
September 1 -
Dublin Institute of Technology is established.
*
September 5 -
Camp David Accords:
Menachem Begin and
Anwar Sadat begin peace process at Camp David, Maryland.
*
September 8 - Riots in
Teheran - Iranian army troops open fire - 122 dead, 4000 wounded.
*
September 11 - The tip of an umbrella poisons
Bulgarian defector
Georgi Markov, probably on orders of Bulgarian intelligence. He dies four days later.
*
September 16 -
Strongman military ruler General
Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq officially assumes the post of
President of Pakistan.
*
September 17 -
Camp David peace agreement between
Israel and
Egypt*
September 19 - British Police launch a massive
murder hunt when newspaper boy
Carl Bridgewater is shot dead after disturbing a
burglary.
*
September 25 -
PSA Flight 182, a Boeing 727, collides with a small private airplane and crashes in
San Diego,
California resulting in the death of 144.
*
September 28 -
Pope John Paul I dies after only 33 days of papacy.
October
*
October 1 -
Vietnam attacks
Cambodia.
*
October 7 -
Wranslide in
NSW; the Wran government is re-elected with an increased majority.
*
October 8 -
Australia's
Ken Warby sets the current world
water speed record of 317.60
mph at Blowering Dam, Australia.
*
October 10 - US President
Jimmy Carter signs a bill into law that authorizes the minting of the
Susan B. Anthony dollar.
*
October 14 -
Daniel arap Moi becomes president of
Kenya.
*
October 16 - Cardinal Karol Wojtyła becomes
Pope John Paul II.
*
October 27 - Egyptian President
Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister
Menachem Begin were named winners of the
Nobel Peace Prize for their progress toward achieving a Middle East accord.
November
*
November 3 -
Dominica gains its independence from the
United Kingdom.
*
November 5 - Riots and demonstrations in Tehran - the British embassy is sacked.
*
November 7 -
Indira Gandhi re-elected to Indian parliament.
*
November 17 -
The Star Wars Holiday Special airs on CBS.
*
November 18 -
Jonestown mass suicide: In
Jonestown,
Guyana,
Jim Jones leads his
Peoples Temple in a mass murder-suicide; 913 die, including 276 children.
*
November 19 - The first US
Take Back the Night march occurs in
San Francisco.
*
November 20 -
Spanish Constitution Arrival of Democracy in Spain.
*
November 27 - In
San Francisco, California, city mayor
George Moscone and city supervisor
Harvey Milk are
assassinated by former supervisor
Dan White.
*
November 30 - Publication of
The Times suspended - industrial relations problems until
November 13 1979.
December
*
December 4 - Following the murder of Mayor
George Moscone,
Dianne Feinstein becomes
San Francisco, California's first woman mayor (she served until Friday,
January 8,
1988).
*
December 11 -
Lufthansa heist - Six men rob a Lufthansa cargo facility in
New York City's
Kennedy airport.
*
December 11 - Massive anti-Shah demonstration in
Iran - 2 million demonstrators.
*
December 13 - First
Susan B. Anthony dollar enters circulation.
*
December 15 -
Cleveland, Ohio becomes the first major American city to go into default since the
Great Depression, under the mayoral administration of
Dennis Kucinich.
*
December 25 -
Vietnam launches a major offensive against the
Khmer Rouge of
Cambodia.
*
December 27 - The
Spanish Constitution is approved in referendum officially ending 40 years of military
dictatorship.
Unknown dates
*The
Hillside Strangler, a stealthy serial killer, is on the prowl in
Los Angeles.
*The
Usu volcano erupts in Japan.
*
Eagles'
Hotel California was nominated for a
Grammy award.
*
Fleetwood Mac's
Rumours was nominated for a
Grammy award.
*Artificial
insulin is invented.
*
David Rorvik claims he has participated in a creation of a
human clone in his book
In His Image.
*
Abortion legalized in
Italy for first time.
*
Acorn Computers Ltd is founded.
*
Remove Intoxicated Drivers established.
*
Marin Institute for the Prevention of Alcohol and Other Drug Problems established to promote
temperance.
January
*
January 1 -
Phillip Mulryne, Northern Irish footballer
*
January 3 -
Alex Leigh, British model
*
January 4 -
Dwight Freeney, American football player
*
January 9 -
Chad Johnson, American football
*
January 9 -
AJ McLean, member of the
Backstreet Boys*
January 12 -
Kris Roe, American guitarist and singer (
The Ataris)
*
January 14 -
Shawn Crawford, American runner
*
January 15 -
Franco Pellizotti, Italian professional road racing cyclist
*
January 17 -
Warren Feeney, Northern Irish footballer
*
January 26 -
Kelly Stables, actress
*
January 28 -
Gianluigi Buffon, Italian footballer
February
*
February 5 -
Shawn Reaves, American actor
*
February 7 -
Christopher Ashton Kutcher, American actor
*
February 14 -
Richard Hamilton, American basketball player
* February 14 -
Darius Songaila, basketball player
*
February 15 -
Tuan Le, American poker player
*
February 18 -
Ben Adams, American entrepreneur
*
February 20 -
Jakki Degg, British model
*
February 20 -
Julia Jentsch, German actress
*
February 23 -
Dan Snyder, Canadian hockey player (d.
2003)
*
February 24 -
Janine Machin, English radio presenter
*
February 28 -
Benjamin Raich, Austrian Olympic skier
March
*
March 1 -
Jensen Ackles, American actor
*
March 2 -
Tomas Kaberle, Czech Hockey Player
*
March 12 -
Claudio Sanchez, Lead Singer and guitarist (Coheed and Cambria)
*
March 14 -
Pieter van den Hoogenband, Dutch swimmer
*
March 14 -
Carl Johan Bergman, Swedish biathlete
*
March 21 -
Kevin Federline, American dancer
*
March 22 -
Josh Heupel, American football player
*
March 23 -
Nicholle Tom, American actress
*
March 25 -
Brian Urlacher, American football player
*
March 31 -
Stephen Clemence, English footballer
* March 31 -
Jérôme Rothen, French footballer
* March 31 -
Tony Yayo, American rapper
April
*
April 5 -
Franziska van Almsick, German swimmer
*
April 6 -
Tim Hasselbeck American NFL quarterback.
*
April 9 -
Jorge Andrade, Portuguese footballer
*
April 9 -
Rachel Stevens, English singer
*
April 16 -
Lara Dutta, Indian actress
*
April 21 -
Branden Steineckert, American drummer (The Used)
*
April 23 -
Princess Tamara Czartoryski-Borbon, Spanish athlete
*
April 26 -
Ivana Milicevic, American actress
May
*
May 7 -
Brian Clevinger, American author
*
May 9 -
Marwan al-Shehhi, United Arab Emirates hijacker (d.
2001)
*
May 12 -
Jason Biggs, American actor
*
May 12 -
Aya Ishiguro, Japanese singer, writer, and fashion designer
*
May 13 -
Mike Bibby, American basketball player
*
May 13 -
Barry Zito, baseball player
*
May 15 -
Caroline Dhavernas, French Canadian actress
*
May 18 -
Ciarán Toland, Northern Irish activist
*
May 21 -
Briana Banks, German actress
*
May 22 -
Jordan, English model
*
May 29 -
Lorenzo Odone, patient who had
AdrenoleukodystrophyJune
*
June 1 -
Danielle Harris, American voice actress
*
June 6 -
Carl Barat, English singer and guitarist (
The Libertines)
*
June 8 -
Maria Menounos, American actress, journalist, and television presenter
*
June 9 -
Matthew Bellamy, lead singer of the British band Muse
*
June 9 -
Miroslav Klose, German football player
*
June 10 -
Shane West, American actor
*
June 13 -
Christian Stepien, Canadian artist
*
June 19 -
Dirk Nowitzki, German basketball player
*
June 20 -
Mark Powell, Australian politician
*
June 21 -
Erica Durance, Canadian actress
*
June 22 -
Champ Bailey, American football player
*
June 22 -
Dan Wheldon, English race car driver
*
June 25 -
Marcus Stroud, American football player
*
June 29 -
Nicole Scherzinger, lead singer of the
Pussycat DollsJuly
*
July 6 -
Kevin Senio, New Zealand rugby union footballer
*
July 9 -
Linda Park, Korean-born actress
*
July 18 -
Ben Sheets, baseball player
*
July 20 -
Elliott Yamin, American singer
*
July 21 -
Francine Dee, import car
model*
July 23 -
Stuart Elliott, Northern Irish footballer
*
July 23 -
Stefanie Sun, Singapore singer
*
July 25 -
Gerard Warren, American football player
August
*
August 1 -
Edgerrin James, American football player
*
August 3 -
Mariusz Jop, Polish football (soccer) player
*
August 6 -
Marisa Miller, American model
*
August 7 -
Alexandre Aja, French Director
* August 7 -
Vanness Wu, Taiwanese singer
* August 7 -
Linsey Dawn McKenzie, English model and porn star
* August 7 -
Cirroc Lofton, American actor
* August 7 -
Jamey Jasta, American singer (
Hatebreed)
*
August 19 -
Callum Blue, English actor
*
August 21 -
Reuben Droughns, American football player
* August 21 -
Alan Lee, Irish footballer
*
August 23 -
Kobe Bryant, American basketball player
*
August 23 -
Julian Casablancas, American musician (
The Strokes)
*
August 24 -
Rafael Furcal, Dominican
Major League Baseball player
*
August 25 -
Kel Mitchell, American actor
September
*
September 7 -
Nora Greenwald, American professional wrestler
*
September 11 -
Ed Reed, American football player
*
September 12 -
Benjamin McKenzie, American actor
*
September 12 -
Ruben Studdard, American singer
*
September 20 -
Jason Bay, Canadian
Major League Baseball player
*
September 22 -
Harry Kewell, Australian footballer
*
September 24 -
Wietse van Alten, Dutch archer
*
September 25 -
Jodie Kidd, English model
*
September 29 -
Kurt Nilsen, Norwegian singer
*
September 30 -
Candice Michelle, American professional wrestler and model
October
*
October 2 -
Ayumi Hamasaki, Japanese singer
*
October 3 -
Shannyn Sossamon, American actress and musician (
Law & Order: SVU)
*
October 5 -
Shane Ryan, Irish Gaelic Footballer
*
October 13 -
Jermaine O'Neal, American basketball player
*
October 14 -
Usher Raymond, American musician
*
October 20 -
Virender Sehwag, Indian cricketer
*
October 21 -
Joey Harrington, American football player
*
October 25 -
Russell Anderson, Scottish footballer
*
October 26 -
Antonio Pierce, American football player
*
October 26 -
Phil "CM Punk" Brooks, American Wrestler
*
October 26 -
Jimmy Aggrey, English footballer
*
October 27 -
Vanessa-Mae, Singaporean musician
*
October 28 -
Justin Guarini, American singer
*
October 29 -
Travis Henry, American football player
November
*
November 1 -
Manju Warriar, Indian actress
*
November 6 -
Taryn Manning, American actress
*
November 9 -
Sisqó, American actor and singer (
Dru Hill)
*
November 10 -
Eve, American rapper
*
November 17 -
Reggie Wayne, American football player
*
November 18 -
Damien Johnson, Northern Irish footballer
*
November 21 -
Annie, Norwegian singer
*
November 24 -
Katherine Heigl, American actress
*
November 25 -
Shina Ringo, Japanese singer and musician
*
November 28 -
Ludwika Paleta, Polish Mexican actress
*
November 30 -
Clay Aiken, American singer
December
*
December 1 -
Brad Delson, American guitarist (
Linkin Park)
*
December 2 -
Nelly Furtado, Canadian-born singer and songwriter
*
December 7 -
Shiri Appleby, American Actress
*
December 8 -
Ian Somerhalder, American actor
*
December 8 -
Vernon Wells, baseball player
*
December 9 -
Jesse Metcalfe, American actor
*
December 12 -
Monica Barladeanu, Romanian actress
*
December 15 -
Jerome McDougle, professional football player,
Philadelphia Eagles*
December 18 -
Curtis Taylor, '
Bullycide' victim (d.
1993)
*
December 18 -
Katie Holmes, American actress
*
December 22 -
Edo Maajka, Bosnian rapper
*
December 23 -
Andra Davis, American football player
*
December 23 -
VÃctor MartÃnez, Venezuelan
Major League Baseball player
*
December 23 -
Estella Warren, Canadian swimmer, model, and actress
*
December 26 -
Kaoru Sugayama, Japanese volleyball player
*
December 29 -
Alexis Amore, Peruvian actress, dancer, and model
*
December 29 -
LaToya London, American singer
Unknown Date
* Stuart Tusspot, a.k.a.
2D singer for virtual rock band
GorillazJanuary
*
January 13 -
Hubert H. Humphrey, U.S Vice President and Senator (b.
1911)
*
January 13 -
Joe McCarthy, baseball manager (b.
1887)
*
January 14 -
Harold Abrahams, English athlete (b.
1899)
*
January 14 -
Kurt Gödel, Austrian-born mathematician (b.
1906)
*
January 22 -
Herbert Sutcliffe, English cricketer (b.
1894)
*
January 23 -
Terry Kath, American musician (
Chicago) (b.
1946)
*
January 23 -
Jack Oakie, American actor (b.
1903)
February
*
February 11 -
James B Conant, American chemist and headmaster of Harvard University (b.
1893)
*
February 11 -
Harry Martinson, Swedish writer,
Nobel Prize laureate (b.
1904)
*
February 27 -
Vadim Salmanov, Russian composer (b.
1912)
March
*
March 18 -
Leigh Brackett, American author (b.
1915)
*
March 19 -
Gaston Julia, French mathematician (b.
1893)
*
March 21 -
Cearbhall Ã" Dálaigh, fifth
President of Ireland (b.
1911)
*
March 31 -
Charles Best, American-born medical scientist (b.
1899)
April
*
April 21 -
Sandy Denny, English singer (b.
1947)
May
*
May 1 -
Aram Khachaturian, Armenian composer (b.
1903)
*
May 9 -
Aldo Moro, former
Prime Minister of Italy (b.
1916)
*
May 14 -
Robert Menzies, twelfth
Prime Minister of Australia (b.
1894)
*
May 20 -
Bjarne Brustad, Norwegian violinist, composer and teacher (b.
1895)
*
May 22 -
Joe Colombo, American gangster (b.
1914)
June
*
June 7 -
Ronald George Wreyford Norrish, British chemist,
Nobel Prize laureate (b.
1897)
*
June 25-
Barry Brown, American actor and writer(b.
1951)
July
*
July 30 -
Umberto Nobile, Italian aviator (b.
1885)
August
*
August 2 -
Carlos Chávez, Mexican composer (b.
1899)
*
August 6 -
Pope Paul VI (heart attack) (b.
1897)
*
August 14 -
Nicolas Bentley, British writer and illustrator (b.
1907)
*
August 21 -
Charles Eames, American architect and designer (b.
1907)
*
August 22 -
Jomo Kenyatta, Kenyan statesman
*
August 26 -
Charles Boyer, French actor (b.
1899)
September
*
September 7 -
Keith Moon, English drummer (
The Who) (drug overdose) (b.
1947)
*
September 9 -
Jack Warner, Canadian film studio founder (b.
1892)
*
September 10 -
Ronnie Peterson, Swedish race car driver (racing accident) (b.
1944)
*
September 11 -
Georgi Markov, Bulgarian dissident (assassinated) (b.
1929)
*
September 15 -
Willy Messerschmitt, German aircraft engineer (b.
1898)
*
September 23 -
Lyman Bostock, baseball player (murdered) (b.
1950)
*
September 25 -
Bret Morrison, actor, voice of
The Shadow (b.
1912)
*
September 26 -
Manne Siegbahn, Swedish physicist,
Nobel Prize laureate (b.
1886)
*
September 28 -
Pope John Paul I (b.
1912)
October
*
October 6 -
Johnny O'Keefe, Australian singer (b.
1935)
*
october 9 -
Jacques Brel, Belgian singer (b.
1929)
*
October 10 -
Ralph Metcalfe, American athlete (b.
1910)
*
October 12 -
Nancy Spungen, American groupie and girlfriend of
Sid Vicious (b.
1958)
*
October 23 -
Maybelle Carter, American singer (b.
1909)
November
*
November 6 -
Harry Bertoia, Italian artist and designer (b.
1915)
*
November 8 -
Norman Rockwell, American artist and illustrator (b.
1894)
*
November 15 -
Margaret Mead, American anthropologist (b.
1901)
December
*
December 8 -
Golda Meir,
Prime Minister of Israel (b.
1898)
*
December 10 -
Ed Wood, American filmmaker (b.
1924)
*
December 11 -
Vincent du Vigneaud, American chemist,
Nobel Prize laureate (b.
1901)
*
December 27 -
Houari Boumédiènne,
President of Algeria (b.
1932)
Unknown dates
*
Walter C. Alvarez, American physician (b.
1884)
*
Pankaj Mullick, Bengali composer and singer (b.
1904)
*
Mark A. Shaw, American
temperance movement leader and
Prohibition Party candidate for vice-president in 1964 (b. ?)
*
Physics -
Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa,
Arno Allan Penzias,
Robert Woodrow Wilson*
Chemistry -
Peter D. Mitchell*
Medicine -
Werner Arber,
Daniel Nathans,
Hamilton O. Smith*
Literature -
Isaac Bashevis Singer*
Peace -
Mohamed Anwar Al-Sadat and
Menachem Begin *
Economics -
Herbert Simon*
Pierre Deligne,
Charles Fefferman,
Grigory Margulis,
Daniel Quillen*
Professor Thomas F. Torrance
