1978

Calendar year 1978 1978 the Argentinian horror film 1978 (film)1978 (film) 1978 border:none;b 3/3/3 Mass demonstration in Iran, date unknown.jpg Camp David, Menachem Begin, Anwar Sadat, 1978.jpg Kempes versus Holanda.JPG Bee Gees 1977.JPG Jonestown, Guyana bodies.jpg Soviet ship brings humanitarian help to Cambodia 1979.jpg Habemus papam Ioannes Paulus II.jpg Day after Saur revolution in Kabul (773).jpg Route-128S Needham-MA Blizzard-1978 a.jpg 350 From top to bottom, left to right: the Iranian Revolution begins, culminating in toppling the Shah and bringing in the Islamic Republic under Ruhollah Khomeini in 1979; the Camp David Accords create a peace framework between Egypt and Israel; the 1978 FIFA World Cup in Argentina sees the host nation win its first title; the Bee Gees release the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack; the Jonestown massacre in Guyana kills over 900; the Cambodian–Vietnamese War begins as Vietnam invades Cambodia; Pope John Paul II becomes the first non-Italian pope in over 450 years; the Saur Revolution installs a communist government in Afghanistan; and the Northeastern United States blizzard of 1978 paralyzes the region with record snow. 1978 1978 2 Events January January 1978 January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213.VT-EBD 19780101-1 January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd government).The World Los Angeles Times January 6, 1978 I-2 January 6 – The Holy Crown of Hungary (also known as Stephen of Hungary Crown) is returned to Hungary from the United States, where it was held since World War II.Vance Returns Ancient Crown in Solemn Rites Seeger Murray Los Angeles Times January 7, 1978 I-1 January 10 – Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Cardenal, a critic of the Nicaraguan government, is assassinated; riots erupt against Somoza's government.Editor Opposed to Somoza Slain on Nicargua Street Los Angeles Times January 11, 1978 I-5 January 18 – The European Court of Human Rights finds the British government guilty of mistreating prisoners in Northern Ireland, but not guilty of torture.Britain Ruled Guilty of Prisoner Abuse Los Angeles Times January 19, 1978 I-4 January 22 – Ethiopia declares the ambassador of West Germany persona non grata.The World Los Angeles Times January 23, 1978 I-2 January 24 Soviet satellite Kosmos 954 burns up in Earth's atmosphere, scattering radioactive debris over Canada's Northwest Territories.Russ Nuclear Satellite Loses Its Orbit, Burns— Disintegrates Over Northwest Canada; No Danger of Radioactive Fallout Seen Toth Robert C. Los Angeles Times January 25, 1978 I-14 Rose Dugdale and Eddie Gallagher become the first convicted prisoners to marry in prison since the establishment of the Republic of Ireland.Jailed Couple Marry https://www.rte.ie/archives/2023/0105/1345012-jailed-couple-marry/ 2025-09-28 RTÉ Archives en January 25–27 – The Great Blizzard of 1978 strikes the Ohio Valley and Great Lakes, killing 70.Troops Aid in Saving 1,400 on Ohio Roads; 15-Foot Drifts Strand Motorists in Blizzard; Death Toll Reaches 77 Los Angeles Times January 28, 1978 I-1 February February 1978 February 1 – Film director Roman Polanski skips bail in the United States and flees to France, after pleading guilty to charges of engaging in sex with a 13-year-old girl.https://www.nytimes.com/1978/02/02/archives/polanski-facing-court-sentence-flies-to-europe-warrant-issued.html Polanski, Facing Court Sentence, Flies to Europe February 2, 1978 The New York Times AP Page B5, columns 1-2 24 April 2024 February 2 - the Reunion Tower opens in Dallas Texas. February 5–7 – The Northeastern United States blizzard of 1978 hits the New England region and the New York metropolitan area, killing about 100 people and causing over US$520 million in damage. February 6 – King Dragon operation in Arakan: Burmese General Ne Win targets Muslim minorities in the village of Sakkipara. February 8 – United States Senate proceedings are broadcast on radio for the first time.https://www.archives.gov/exhibits/treasures_of_congress/text/page25_text.html Advice and Consent: The Panama Canal Treaties archives.gov June 16, 2018 February 9 – The Budd Company unveils its first SPV-2000 self-propelled railcar in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.Crouse Chuck Budd Car, the RDC Story 1990 Weekend Chief Publishing Mineola, New York 0-9612814-2-1 141 February 11 Pacific Western Airlines Flight 314, a Boeing 737-200, crashes in Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada, killing 44 of the 50 people on board.Aviation Safety Database The People's Republic of China lifts a ban on works by Aristotle, William Shakespeare and Charles Dickens.Gabay Jonathan Gabay's Copywriters' Compendium: The Definitive Professional Writer's Guide 2007 Routledge 9780750683203 612 https://books.google.com/books?id=zeggqKDO9_gC&q=china+ban+on+aristotle+shakespeare&pg=PA612 January 18, 2019 Google Books en February 13 – Sydney Hilton Hotel bombing: A bomb explodes outside the Hilton Hotel in Sydney, Australia, killing a policeman and two civilians, and injuring several other people. February 15 – Rhodesia, one of only two remaining white-ruled African nations (the other being South Africa), announces that it will accept multiracial democracy within 2 years. February 19 – Egyptian raid on Larnaca International Airport: Egyptian Special Forces attempt to rescue several hostages in Larnaca, Cyprus; 20 Egyptian commandos are injured or killed. February 25 – The first Legislative Assembly election is held in Arunachal Pradesh, India. February 27 – The first global positioning satellite, the Rockwell International-built Navstar 1, is launched by the United States.Aldridge Robert C. First Strike!: The Pentagon's Strategy for Nuclear War https://books.google.com/books?id=x__CgnLTLqkC&pg=PA122 1983 South End Press Boston 978-0-89608-154-3 122 Google Books March March 1978 March 1 – Charlie Chaplin's remains are stolen from Cosier-sur-Vevey, Switzerland.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20507503 Yasser Arafat: 10 other people who have been exhumed November 27, 2012 November 27, 2012 BBC March 2 – Soyuz 28 (Aleksei Gubarev, Vladimír Remek) is launched on a rendezvous with Salyut 6, with the first cosmonaut from a country other than the US or USSR (Czechoslovak Vladimír Remek). March 3 Ethiopia admits that its troops are fighting with the aid of Cuban soldiers, against Somali troops in the Ogaden. Rhodesian Bush War: Rhodesia attacks Zambia. The New York Post publishes an article about David Rorvik's book The Cloning of Man, about a supposed cloning of a human being. March 8 – The first radio episode of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams, is transmitted on BBC Radio 4.And that's the way it was: March 8, 1978 https://www.cjr.org/the_kicker/and_thats_the_way_it_was_march_5.php 2025-09-07 Columbia Journalism Review en March 10 – Soyuz 28 lands. March 11 Coastal Road massacre: Palestinian terrorists kill 34 Israelis. Claude François, French entertainer born 1939, dies by electrocution in his home in Paris. March 14 – Operation Litani: Israeli forces invade Lebanon. March 15 – Somalia and Ethiopia sign a truce to end the Ethio-Somali War. March 16 – Former Italian Premier Aldo Moro is kidnapped by the Red Brigades; 5 bodyguards are killed.1978-03-17 LEFTISTS KIDNAP ITALIAN LEADER; (Published 1978) https://www.nytimes.com/1978/03/17/archives/leftists-kidnap-italian-leader-5-guards-killed-expremier-moro-held.html 2025-09-14 en March 17 – An oil tanker, Amoco Cadiz, runs aground on the coast of Brittany. March 18 Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Prime Minister of Pakistan, is sentenced to death by hanging, for ordering the assassination of a political opponent. California Jam II is held at the Ontario Motor Speedway in Ontario, California, attracting more than 300,000 fans. March 22 – Karl Wallenda of The Flying Wallendas dies, after falling off a tight-rope between two hotels in San Juan, Puerto Rico. March 26 – The control tower and some other facilities of New Tokyo International Airport, which were scheduled to open on March 31, are illegally occupied and damaged in a terrorist attack by New Left activists, forcing a rescheduling of its opening date to May 20. March 28 San Francisco's City Council signs the United States's most comprehensive gay rights bill. Stump v. Sparkman (435 U.S. 349): The Supreme Court of the United States hands down a 5–3 decision, in a controversial case involving involuntary sterilization and judicial immunity. April April 1978 April 1 New Zealand National Airways Corporation (the domestic airline of New Zealand) is merged with New Zealand's international airline, Air New Zealand. Dick Smith of Dick Smith Foods tows a fake iceberg to Sydney Harbour.http://hoaxes.org/af_database/permalink/the_sydney_iceberg/ Boese Alex The Sydney Iceberg (April Fool's Day - 1978) 2015 The Museum of Hoaxes 22 August 2021 The Philippine College of Commerce, through a presidential decree, is converted to the Polytechnic University of the Philippines.Marcos Ferdinand E. Ferdinand Marcos Presidential Decree No. 1341 PHILIPPINE LAWS, STATUTES and CODES https://www.chanrobles.com/presidentialdecrees/presidentialdecreeno1341.html#.YSMS_0uSmUl 1 April 1978 Chan Robles Virtual Law Library 22 August 2021 April 2 – Dallas debuts on CBS, and gives birth to the modern day primetime soap opera.https://dallasdecoder.com/2012/04/02/critique-dallas-episode-1-diggers-daughter/ Baker Chris Critique: 'Dallas' Episode 1 – 'Digger's Daughter' 2 April 2012 Dallas Decoder 22 August 2021 April 3 – The 50th Academy Awards are held at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, with Annie Hall winning Best Picture.1978 Oscars.org 5 October 2014 https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1978 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences 18 August 2021 April 7 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter decides to postpone production of the neutron bomb, a weapon that kills people with radiation, but leaves buildings relatively intact.BBC ON THIS DAY | 7 April | 1978: Carter delays N-bomb production https://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/7/newsid_2523000/2523051.stm 2008 BBC 22 August 2021 April 9 – Somali military officers stage an unsuccessful coup against the government of Siad Barre; security forces thwart the attempt within hours, and several conspirators are arrested.https://www.nytimes.com/1978/04/10/archives/new-jersey-pages-somali-regime-says-it-crushed-a-revolt-by-military.html SOMALI REGIME SAYS IT CRUSHED A REVOLT BY MILITARY OFFICERS 10 April 1978 The New York Times 18 August 2021 April 14 – Thousands of Georgians demonstrate against an attempt by Soviet authorities to change the constitutional status of the Georgian language.http://www.silkroadstudies.org/new/inside/publications/0419dissertation.pdf Cornell Svante E. Svante Cornell Autonomy and Conflict: Ethnoterritoriality and Separatism in the South Caucasus – Cases in Georgia. Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Report No. 61 150 2002 91-506-1600-5 https://web.archive.org/web/20070630141309/http://www.silkroadstudies.org/new/inside/publications/0419dissertation.pdf 30 June 2007 Uppsala University 18 August 2021 April 18 – The U.S. Senate votes, 68–32, to turn the Panama Canal over to Panamanian control on December 31, 1999.Milestones: 1977–1980: The Panama Canal and the Torrijos-Carter Treaties https://history.state.gov/milestones/1977-1980/panama-canal Office of the Historian, Foreign Service Institute, United States Department of State 28 August 2021 April 18– 30 – The Khmer Rouge massacres 3,157 civilians in Ba Chúc, Vietnam.MEANWHILE: When the Khmer Rouge came to kill in Vietnam https://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/07/opinion/meanwhile-when-the-khmer-rouge-came-to-kill-in-vietnam.html Pringle James The New York Times 7 January 2004 11 March 2024 April 20 – A Soviet air defense plane shoots down Korean Air Lines Flight 902; the plane makes an emergency landing on a frozen lake.https://www.nytimes.com/1978/04/23/archives/south-korean-plane-plunged-30000-feet-after-being-fired-on-several.html Apple R. W. Jr. R. W. Apple Jr. SOUTH KOREAN PLANE PLUNGED 30,000 FEET AFTER BEING FIRED ON The New York Times 23 April 1978 19 August 2021 April 22 Izhar Cohen & the Alphabeta win the Eurovision Song Contest 1978 for Israel with their song A-Ba-Ni-Bi.https://eurovision.tv/event/paris-1978 Paris 1978 Eurovision Song Contest EBU 19 August 2021 The One Love Peace Concert is held at National Heroes Stadium in Kingston, Jamaica.http://dancecrasher.co.uk/peaceconcert.html Griffith Pat Marley meets Manley as "One Love" triumphs https://web.archive.org/web/20050908052432/http://dancecrasher.co.uk/peaceconcert.html 8 September 2005 Black Echoes May 1978 12 28 August 2021 Dance Crasher April 25 – St. Paul, Minnesota becomes the second U.S. city to repeal its gay rights ordinance, after Anita Bryant's successful 1977 anti-gay campaign in Miami-Dade County, Florida. April 27 Saur Revolution – Afghanistan's president Mohammad Daoud Khan and his family are murdered; Nur Muhammad Taraki succeeds him, beginning the Afghan conflict.http://www.historyguy.com/afghan_civil_war.html The Afghan Civil War (1978–Present) Historyguy.com Willow Island disaster – In the deadliest construction accident in United States history, 51 construction workers are killed when a cooling tower under construction collapses at the Pleasants Power Station in Willow Island, West Virginia.https://www.nytimes.com/1978/04/28/archives/51-killed-in-collapse-of-scaffold-at-power-plant-in-west-virginia.html Peterson Iver 51 Killed in Collapse of Scaffold At Power Plant in West Virginia 28 April 1978 The New York Times A1 3 September 2021 April 30 – The "Democratic Republic of Afghanistan" is proclaimed, under pro-communist leader Nur Muhammad Taraki.https://books.google.com/books?id=TdgnEAAAQBAJ&dq=%22abdul+qadir+nuristani%22&pg=PR45 Johnson Thomas H. Thomas Howard Johnson Adamec Ludwig W. Ludwig W. Adamec Chronology Historical Dictionary of Afghanistan Fifth Historical dictionaries of Asia, Oceania, and the Middle East Lanham, Boulder, New York, London Rowman & Littlefield 2021 xlv 9781538149294 25 August 2021 May May 1978 May 4 South African Border War: The Battle of Cassinga occurs in southern Angola. Communist activist Henri Curiel is murdered in Paris. May 8 Norway opens a natural gas field, in the Polar Sea. Reinhold Messner (Italy) and Peter Habeler (Austria) make the first ascent of Mount Everest, without supplemental oxygen. May 9 – In Rome, the corpse of former Italian prime minister Aldo Moro, is found in a red Renault 4. May 12 – Shaba II: In Zaire, rebels occupy the city of Kolwezi, the mining centre of the province of Shaba. The Zairean government asks the U.S., France and Belgium to restore order. May 12–13 – A group of mercenaries, led by Bob Denard, oust Ali Soilih in the Comoros; ten local soldiers are killed. Denard forms a new government.Venter Denis The Comorian comitragedy: Final curtain on Abdallahism? Africa Insight January 1990 https://journals.co.za/doi/epdf/10.10520/AJA02562804_1197 20 3 141–150 10520/AJA02562804_1197 May 17 – Charlie Chaplin's coffin is found some 15 km mi from the cemetery from which it was stolen, near Lake Geneva. May 18 Soviet dissident Yuri Orlov is sentenced to 7 years' hard labor, for distributing 'counterrevolutionary material'. Sarajevo is selected to host the 1984 Winter Olympics, and Los Angeles is selected to host the 1984 Summer Olympics. May 18–19 – Belgian and French paratroopers fly to Zaire, to aid the fight against the rebels. May 19–20 – French Foreign Legion paratroopers land in Kolwezi, Zaire, to rescue Europeans in the middle of a civil war. May 20 – Mavis Hutchinson, 53, becomes the first woman to run across the U.S.; her trek took 69 days. May 22 – Exiled leaders Ahmed Abdallah and Muhammad Ahmad return to the Comoros. May 26 – In Atlantic City, New Jersey, Resorts International, the first legal casino in the eastern United States, opens. May 28 – Indianapolis 500: Al Unser wins his third race, and the first for car owner Jim Hall. May 29 – Ali Soilih is found dead in the Comoros, allegedly shot when trying to escape. June June 1978 June 1 – The 1978 FIFA World Cup starts in Argentina. June 2 – Japan Air Lines 115 had its tail struck on the runway on the airport it landed in. The same aircraft would be involved in a 2nd accident 7 years later June 10 – Affirmed holds off Alydar to win the Belmont Stakes and becomes the last horse to win the U.S. Triple Crown of Horse Racing until 2015. June 15 – King Hussein of Jordan marries 26-year-old Lisa Halaby, who takes the name Queen Noor. June 19 England 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. Garfield's first comic strip, originally published locally as Jon in 1976, goes into nationwide syndication.Garfield comic strip by Davis Britannica https://www.britannica.com/topic/Garfield 2022-06-17 www.britannica.com en June 20 – The 6.2 w y Thessaloniki earthquake shakes Northern Greece with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). Fifty people were killed. June 21 A shootout between Provisional IRA members and the British Army in Northern Ireland leaves one civilian and three IRA men dead. 1978 Iranian Chinook shootdown: Iranian helicopters stray into Soviet airspace and are shot down. June 22 – Charon, a satellite of Pluto, is discovered.2018-06-19 How Pluto's moon Charon was discovered https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/space-science/40-years-since-the-discovery-of-charon 2025-09-27 BBC Sky at Night Magazine en June 24 – The Gay & Lesbian Solidarity March is held in Sydney, Australia to mark the 9th Anniversary of the Stonewall riots (which later becomes the annual Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras; later incorporating a festival). June 25 Argentina defeats the Netherlands 3–1 after extra time to win the 1978 FIFA World Cup. The rainbow flag of the LGBT movement flies for the first time (in its original form) at the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade.https://wehotimes.com/herstory-meet-lynn-segerblom-one-of-the-creators-of-the-original-1978-rainbow-flag/ HERSTORY – Meet Lynn Segerblom, One of the Creators of the Original 1978 Rainbow Flag - WeHo Times West Hollywood Daily News, Nightlife and Events July 18, 2018 June 11, 2022 September 29, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210929014504/https://wehotimes.com/herstory-meet-lynn-segerblom-one-of-the-creators-of-the-original-1978-rainbow-flag/ live June 26 – A bombing by Breton nationalists causes destruction in the Palace of Versailles. June 30 – Ethiopia begins a massive offensive in Eritrea. July July 1978 July 1 – Australia's Northern Territory is granted self-government. July 3 – The Amazon Co-operation Treaty (ACT) is signed. July 7 – The Solomon Islands become independent from the United Kingdom. July 11 – At least 217 tourists die in an explosion of a tanker-truck at a campsite in Costa Daurada, Spain.Chernov Dmitry Sornette Didier Critical Risks of Different Economic Sectors: Based on the Analysis of More Than 500 Incidents, Accidents and Disasters 3 December 2019 Springer Nature 978-3-030-25034-8 170 https://books.google.com/books?id=qZnBDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA170 en July 24 – In Acapulco, Mexico, Margaret Gardiner of South Africa is crowned Miss Universe. July 25 – Louise Brown, the world's first test tube baby, is born in Oldham, Greater Manchester, UK.https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3077913.stm BBC News Martin Hutchinson I helped deliver Louise July 24, 2003 Day unknown - Taito's Space Invaders is released in Japan. It quickly becomes one of the most successful video games of all time, both critically and commercially. August August 1978 August 12 – The Treaty of Peace and Friendship between Japan and the People's Republic of China is concluded. August 17 – Double Eagle II becomes the first balloon to successfully cross the Atlantic Ocean, flying from Presque Isle, Maine, to Miserey, France. August 22 Sandinistas seize the Nicaraguan National Palace. Kenya's first president and founding father, Jomo Kenyatta, dies aged 89 in Mombasa. August 26 – Pope John Paul I succeeds Pope Paul VI as the 263rd Pope. September September 1978 thumb|250px|September 6: Anwar Sadat, Jimmy Carter, and Menachem Begin meet on the Aspen Cabin patio at Camp David. September 5 – Camp David Accords: Hosted by U.S. President Jimmy Carter, Israel's Prime Minister Menachem Begin and Egypt's President Anwar Sadat met at Camp David in Maryland to discuss a peace agreement between the two nations. September 7 – In London, UK, a poison-filled pellet, supposedly injected using an umbrella, fatally poisons Bulgarian defector Georgi Markov; he dies four days later. September 8 – Iranian Army troops open fire on rioters in Tehran, killing 122, wounding over 200. September 12 – The Declaration of Alma Ata is signed and released in the Capital City of Kazakh, USSR. Known as the core document on Primary Health Care Practices and Equity in Healthcare, it paved the way for the modern-day State-sponsored Healthcare System. September 16 The 7.4 w y Tabas earthquake killed at least 15,000 people in the city of Tabas in Iran. The quake was measured with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq officially assumes the post of President of Pakistan. September 17 – The Camp David Accords are signed between Israel and Egypt. September 19 – The Solomon Islands join the United Nations.United Nations Department of Public Information Yearbook of the United Nations 2011 https://books.google.com/books?id=o_iqDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA1462 31 December 2015 United Nations 978-92-1-057510-2 1462 September 20 – General Rahimuddin Khan assumes the post of martial law Governor of Balochistan. September 25 – PSA Flight 182, a Boeing 727, collides with a small private airplane and crashes in San Diego, California; 144 are killed. September 27 – The last Forest Brother guerrilla movement fighter is discovered and killed in Estonia. September 28 – Pope John Paul I dies after only 33 days as the Roman Catholic Pontiff. September 30 – Finnair Flight 405 aircraft is hijacked by Aarno Lamminparras in Oulu, Finland.Lauri Puintila Kaappari Lamminparras: Suomen ensimmäisen konekaappauksen tarina WSOY 2010 978-951-0-35501-5 fi September – Attempted poisoning of 500 members of the African National Congress by South African government infiltrators.http://www.anc.org.za/show.php?id=2652 African National Congress The ANC's second submission to the TRC: Operations Report – 2.2. June 1976 Kabwe 1985 May 7, 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20141007224203/http://www.anc.org.za/show.php?id=2652 October 7, 2014 dead September – Serial criminal Lawrence Singleton commits heinous crime against Mary Vincent. October October 1978 October 1 Vietnam attacks Cambodia. Tuvalu becomes independent from the United Kingdom. October 2 – Mommie Dearest, written by Christina Crawford that discusses her adoptive mother Joan Crawford's abusive nature, is published. It is the first celebrity tell-all memoir. October 5 – Brother Eddie Villanueva and 15 others from the Polytechnic University of the Philippines begin the Jesus Is Lord Church. October 7 – Wranslide in New South Wales: the Wran government is re-elected with an increased majority. October 8 – Australia's Ken Warby sets the current world water speed record of 317.6 mph (511.13 km/h) at Blowering Dam, Australia. October 9 – P.W. Botha succeeds John Vorster as Prime Minister of South Africa. October 10 Daniel arap Moi becomes president of Kenya. John Vorster becomes State President of South Africa.A Guide for Study of Historical Offices: South Africa: Heads of State: 1961–1994, Archontology.org; accessed April 14, 2017. A massive short circuit in Seasat's electrical system ends the satellite's scientific mission. October 13 – The Soviet Union launches a major Russification campaign throughout all union republics. October 16 – Pope John Paul II succeeds Pope John Paul I as the 264th pope, resulting in the first Year of Three Popes since 1605. He is the first Polish pope in history, and the first non-Italian pope since Pope Adrian VI (1522–1523). October 18 – Thorbjörn Fälldin steps down as Prime Minister of Sweden, and is succeeded by Ola Ullsten, the Leader of the liberal People's Party ("Folkpartiet"). October 20 – The first Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras is held as a protest march and commemoration of the Stonewall riots. October 21 – Australian civilian pilot Frederick Valentich vanishes in a Cessna 182 Skylane over the Bass Strait south of Melbourne, after reporting contact with an unidentified aircraft.Nickell Joe The Valentich Disappearance: Another UFO Cold Case Solved http://www.csicop.org/si/show/the_valentich_disappearance_another_ufo_cold_case_solved Volume 37.6, November/December 2013 November 2013 Committee for Skeptical Inquiry 14 March 2014 October 27 – Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin win the Nobel Peace Prize for their progress toward achieving a Middle East accord. October 31 – The South African Railways sets a still unbeaten world rail speed record on Cape gauge.128–29 November November 1978 November 2: 8:00 pm – The Republic of Ireland's second television channel RTÉ 2 goes on air (renamed Network 2, 1988; RTÉ Network Two, 1995; N2, 1997; and RTÉ Two in 2004). November 3 – Dominica gains its independence from the United Kingdom. November 5 – Indira Gandhi is elected to the Indian parliament for the first time in 20 months after winning a by-election.Mrs. Gandhi, in Comeback, Wins Seat in Parliament AP Los Angeles Times November 8, 1978 I-5 November 18 – In Guyana, Jim Jones leads his Peoples Temple cult in a mass murder–suicide in his commune, Jonestown, that claims 918 lives in all, 909 of them at Jonestown itself, including over 270 children. Representative Leo J. Ryan is assassinated by members of Peoples Temple shortly beforehand. November 24 – China starts an experimental "household responsibility system", in Anhui Province. November 26 – Two British commercial divers, Michael Ward and Tony Prangley, die of hypothermia and drowning in the East Shetland Basin after their diving bell plunges to the seabed at a depth of over 100 m.North Sea Divers – a Requiem Limbrick Jim 157–58 Hertford Authors OnLine 2001 0-7552-0036-5 https://books.google.com/books?id=lPp68NAoUF0C&pg=PA157 November 27 – Moscone-Milk assassinations: San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk are assassinated by disgruntled former Supervisor Dan White. December December 1978 December 4 – Dianne Feinstein succeeds the murdered George Moscone, to become the first woman mayor of San Francisco; she will remain in office until January 8, 1988. December 6 – Spanish transition to democracy: The Spanish Constitution officially restores the country's democratic government.Spain starts a new post-Franco era - archive, 1978 https://www.theguardian.com/world/from-the-archive-blog/2018/jun/01/spain-constitution-new-era-1978 The Guardian 8 March 2022 en 1 June 2018 December 16 Train 87 from Nanjing to Xining collides with train 368 from Xi'an to Xuzhou near Yangzhuang railway station in China, killing 106, injuring 218. The Mystery of Mamo is released in cinemas in Japan. December 19 – Former Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi is arrested and jailed for a week for breach of privilege and contempt of parliament. December 22 The pivotal Third Plenum of the 11th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party is held in Beijing, with Deng Xiaoping reversing Mao-era policies to pursue the reform and opening up. Chicago serial killer John Wayne Gacy, who was subsequently convicted of the murder of 33 young men and boys committed between 1972 and 1978, is arrested. Argentina begins Operation Soberanía against Chile, but Argentinian forces quickly withdraw. December 25 – Vietnam launches a major offensive against the Khmer Rouge of Cambodia. December 27 – The Constitution of Spain is approved in a referendum, officially ending 40 years of military dictatorship. Date unknown Myriodontium keratinophilum is first isolated in Italy during the screening of soil microbes.Samson Robert Polonelli Luciano Myriodontium keratinophilum Persoonia 1978 9 505–509 Synthetic insulin is developed. Romanian painter Doina Bumbea is abducted by the North Korean government.https://www.bangkokpost.com/world/400381/n-korea-kidnap-victim-brother-wants-pyongyang-to-come-clean N. Korea kidnap victim's brother wants Pyongyang to come clean Bangkok Post 17 March 2014 Abortion is legalized in Italy for the first time. 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Kelman Ilan Antarcticness - Inspirations and imaginaries 2022 UCL Press Google Scholar 978-1-80008-146-8 119 https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10143171/1/Antarcticness.pdf#page=154 8 - The ant-architecture of religion and spirituality in Antarctica January 9 Gennaro Gattuso, Italian footballer and coach Chad Johnson, American football playerChad Johnson Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/J/JohnCh01.htm 2024-06-15 Pro-Football-Reference.com en AJ McLean, American singerNetter Matt Backstreet Boys * Aaron Carter Pocket Books January 1999 New York 46–47 978-0-671-03539-6 https://archive.org/details/backstreetboysaa0000nett/page/46 January 10 – Kanako Mitsuhashi, Japanese voice actress January 11 – Emile Heskey, English footballer January 12 – Hannah Gadsby, Australian comedian January 13 Ashmit Patel, Indian actor Mohit Sharma Indian Army Officerhttp://www.gallantryawards.gov.in/Awardee/mohit-sharma-sm Mohit Sharma, SM 22 March 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180322144836/http://www.gallantryawards.gov.in/Awardee/mohit-sharma-sm 2018-03-22 dead January 14 – Shawn Crawford, American sprinter January 15 Eddie Cahill, American actorTrongo, Rachel (January 15, 2013). "Happy Birthday, Eddie Cahill!". CSI Files. Archived from the original on February 4, 2013. Retrieved October 26, 2019. Franco Pellizotti, Italian cyclist January 16 – Vijay Sethupathi, Indian actor January 17 Susanne Schaper, German politician Ricky Wilson, British vocalist (Kaiser Chiefs) January 18 – Thor Hushovd, Norwegian cyclist January 20 – Omar Sy, French actor and comedian January 24 – Kristen Schaal, American actress, comedian, and writerJohn Patterson https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2010/oct/16/kristen-schaal-interview Kristen Schaal: The toast of American comedy The Guardian October 15, 2010 June 6, 2013 August 22, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150822022601/http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2010/oct/16/kristen-schaal-interview live January 25 – Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukrainian politician and comedian, President of UkraineAndrew L. Urban Chris McLeod Zelensky: The Unlikely Ukrainian Hero Who Defied Putin and United the World Regnery Publishing 2022 9781684513789 94 January 28 Gianluigi Buffon, Italian footballerhttps://www.figc.it/it/nazionali/nazionali-in-cifre/dettaglio-convocato/ Convocazioni e presenze in campo August 5, 2020 Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio Jamie Carragher, English footballerhttps://www.lfchistory.net/Players/Player/Profile/277 Liverpool career stats for Jamie Carragher - LFChistory - Stats galore for Liverpool FC! www.lfchistory.net Papa Bouba Diop, Senegalese footballer (d. 2020)5826 Sheamus, Irish professional wrestler Vanessa Villela, Mexican actress February February 1 – Karen Martello, Venezuelan singer and television presenter.Briografia https://karenmartello.com/briografia/ 2024-09-22 es February 2 Nelson Chamisa, Zimbabwean politician http://www.mdczimbabwe.org/Profiles/Secretariesandministers/nelsonchamisaprofile.htm Nelson Chamisa 1 April 2007 Movement for Democratic Change Online Movement for Democratic Change https://web.archive.org/web/20051119005745/http://www.mdczimbabwe.org/Profiles/Secretariesandministers/nelsonchamisaprofile.htm 19 November 2005 dead Barry Ferguson, Scottish footballer and coachhttps://www.scottishfa.co.uk/players/?pid=17136 Barry Ferguson Scottish FA 24 October 2020 February 3 Joan Capdevila, Spanish footballerCapdevila https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/j/j1274.html bdfutbol.com Amal Clooney, British-Lebanese barrister, activist and authorRussian Ale Amal's Big 40! George Clooney Celebrates Wife's Birthday on 24-Hour Getaway http://people.com/movies/amals-big-40-george-clooney-celebrates-wifes-birthday-on-24-hour-getaway/ People 5 February 2018 en February 4 – Danna García, Colombian actress and model February 5 – Samuel Sánchez, Spanish road bicycle racer February 6 Danny Buderus, Australian rugby league player Olena Zelenska, Ukrainian first lady and former model Yael Naim, Israeli-French singer and songwriter February 7 Omotola Jalade Ekeinde, Nigerian actress, singer, philanthropist and former model Ashton Kutcher, American actorSeptember 2026 Ivan Leko, Croatian football player and coachLeko, Ivan https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/8255/Ivan_Leko.html national-football-teams.com Daniel Van Buyten, Belgian footballerDaniel van Buyten https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=21017 soccerbase.com February 10 Isabella Eklöf, Swedish screenwriter and film director Don Omar (stage name for William Omar Landrón Rivera), Puerto Rican American rapper known as the "King of Reggaeton";Moser John J. Don Omar, one of Latin music's biggest stars, to play Sands Bethlehem Event Center https://www.chicagotribune.com/mc-ent-don-omar-sands-bethlehem-20180622-story.html Chicago Tribune 24 August 2023 22 June 2018 in San Juan February 12 Gethin Jones, Welsh television presenter Silver Meikar, Estonian politician February 13 – Niklas Bäckström, Finnish hockey player February 14 Richard Hamilton, American basketball player Danai Gurira, Zimbabwean-American actress and playwright Darius Songaila, Lithuanian basketball player February 15 – Rafał Romanowski, Polish politician February 16 Tia Hellebaut, Belgian athlete Yekaterina Volkova, Russian middle-distance runner February 19 – Immortal Technique, Peruvian-American rapper February 20 Julia Jentsch, German actress Ken Takeuchi, Japanese voice actor February 21 Kim Ha-neul, South Korean actress Kumail Nanjiani, Pakistani-American actor and comedian Miki Sakai, Japanese actress February 24 – Gary, South Korean musician, entertainer February 25 – Yuji Nakazawa, Japanese footballerNakazawa, Yūji https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/3464/Yuji_Nakazawa.html national-football-teams.com February 27 – Kakha Kaladze, Georgian footballer and politician, Mayor of Tbilisi February 28 Jeanne Cherhal, French singer-songwriter Yasir Hameed, Pakistani cricketer Benjamin Raich, Austrian skier March March 1 Jensen Ackles, American actor Liya Kebede, Ethiopian model and fashion designer Sakura Nogawa, Japanese voice actress March 2 Jim Chalmers, Australian politician, Treasurer of Australia (2022-present) Hon Dr Jim Chalmers MP https://www.aph.gov.au/Senators_and_Members/Parliamentarian?MPID=37998 2026-07-31 www.aph.gov.au en-AU Tomáš Kaberle, Czech hockey player March 3 – Tanishaa Mukerji, Indian actress March 4 – Denis Dallan, Italian rugby union footballer March 11 Didier Drogba, Ivorian footballer Ha Jung-woo, South Korean actor and director March 13 – Tom Danielson, American cyclist March 14 Pieter van den Hoogenband, Dutch swimmer Carl Johan Bergman, Swedish biathlete Moon Hee-joon, Korean singer March 15 – Flavio Furtado, Cape Verdean boxer March 16 Matthew Montgomery, American actor Brooke Burns, American fashion model and actress March 17 – Pilar Rubio, Spanish reporter and TV presenter March 18 Fernandão, Brazilian footballer (d.2014) Antonio Margarito, Mexican-American boxerSeptember 2026 Yoshie Takeshita, Japanese volleyball playerYoshie Takeshita https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/109216 Olympedia March 19 – Lenka, Australian singer and actressLenka https://www.allmusic.com/artist/lenka-mn0001010609/biography allmusic.com March 21 – Rani Mukerji, Indian actress March 22 – Vanessa Senior, Venezuelan comedian and actress.Rodríguez Nill 8 July 2016 Vanessa Senior: Las personas que me catalogan de vulgar son más groseras que yo http://acn.com.ve/vanessa-senior-las-personas-me-catalogan-vulgar-mas-groseras/ 11 September 2016 acn.com.ve/ 12 September 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160912140603/http://acn.com.ve/vanessa-senior-las-personas-me-catalogan-vulgar-mas-groseras/ dead March 23 Nicholle Tom, American actressSeptember 2026 Perez Hilton, American actor and bloggerSeptember 2026 March 24 – Tomáš Ujfaluši, Czech footballerUjfaluši https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/j/j8468.html bdfutbol.com March 27 – Romesh Ranganathan, English-Pakistani comedian and actorSeptember 2026 March 29 – Igor Rakočević, Serbian basketball player April April 2 – Nick Berg, American businessman (d. 2004) April 3 Matthew Goode, English actor Tommy Haas, German tennis playerTommy Haas https://www.atptour.com/en/players/-/H355/overview atptour.com Association of Tennis Professionals John Smit, South African rugby union player April 4 – Sam Moran, Australian singer April 5 Franziska van Almsick, German swimmer Arnaud Tournant, French track cyclist Athlete Biography: Arnaud Tournant http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/0/217140.shtml 2023-06-06 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Castillo, Uruguayan goalkeeper Jason White, Scottish rugby union player April 19 James Franco, American actor Gabriel Heinze, Argentine football player and coachGabriel Heinze https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=23346 soccerbase.com April 21 – Jukka Nevalainen, Finnish drummer April 25 – Duncan Kibet, Kenyan long-distance runner April 26 Stana Katic, Canadian-American actress Shinnosuke Tachibana, Japanese voice actor May May 4 Daisuke Ono, Japanese voice actor Ognjen Jovanić, Croatian chess grandmaster May 6 Tony Estanguet, French slalom canoeist Aleksandr Fyodorov, Russian bodybuilder May 8 – Lúcio, Brazilian footballerLúcio https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe3192/lucio/ worldfootball.net 29 January 2020 May 10 Kenan Thompson, African-American actor and comedianhttp://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/kenan-thompson/160421/ https://web.archive.org/web/20160727042434/http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/kenan-thompson/160421/ Kenan Thompson TV Guide July 27, 2016 Princess Lalla Salma of Morocco, former princess consort of Morocco May 11 Laetitia Casta, French supermodel and actress Judy Ann Santos, Filipino actress May 12 Hossein Rezazadeh, Iranian weightlifter Jason Biggs, American actorMonitor Entertainment Weekly May 18, 2012 1207 29 Aya Ishiguro, Japanese singer, writer, and fashion designer Malin Åkerman, Swedish-Canadian actress May 13 – Barry Zito, American baseball player May 14 – Elisa Togut, Italian volleyball playerITA / Italy - Player's biography http://www.fivb.org/EN/Volleyball/Competitions/WorldChampionships/Women/2002/Teams/VB_Player.asp?No=13618 fivb.org May 15 Dwayne De Rosario, Canadian soccer player Caroline Dhavernas, French-Canadian actress Krzysztof Ignaczak, Polish volleyball player May 16 – Lionel Scaloni, Argentine football coach and former football playerL. Scaloni https://int.soccerway.com/players/-/116/ soccerway.com Soccer Way May 18 Ricardo Carvalho, Portuguese footballer Cindy Parlow Cone, American soccer player May 19 – Marcus Bent, English footballer May 22 Katie Price (Jordan), English model and television personalityKATRINA AMY ALEXANDRA ALEXIS PRICE https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/3438406 17 September 2020 www.thegazette.co.uk Ginnifer Goodwin, American actress http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/ginnifer-goodwin/189986 Ginnifer Goodwin TV Guide April 13, 2014 September 5, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150905191513/http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/ginnifer-goodwin/189986/ dead May 25 – Adam Gontier, Canadian singer May 28 Jake Johnson, American actor and comedianJake Johnson - Biography https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2159926/bio/ 2024-03-25 IMDb en-US Tomohiko Ito, Japanese footballer May 29 Pelle Almqvist, Swedish singer-songwriter Sébastien Grosjean, French tennis playerSebastien Grosjean https://www.atptour.com/en/players/-/G379/overview Association of Tennis Professionals May 30 – Lyoto Machida, Brazilian mixed martial artist May 31 – Sara Duterte, 15th Vice President of the Philippines June June 1 – Antonietta Di Martino, Italian high-jumper June 2 Nikki Cox, American actressCox, Nikki 1978– Encyclopedia.com https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/cox-nikki-1978 2024-03-25 www.encyclopedia.com Dominic Cooper, English actor Justin Long, American actorLong, Justin 1978– Encyclopedia.com https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/long-justin-1978 2024-03-25 www.encyclopedia.com June 4 Simone Maludrottu, Italian boxer Scott Cawthon, video game developer, creator of the Five Nights at Freddy's franchise June 5 – Nick Kroll, American actor and comedianhttp://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/nick-kroll/bio/280161/ Nick Kroll TVGuide.com 23 September 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20130623023822/http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/nick-kroll/bio/280161 23 June 2013 June 6 Konstantīns Konstantinovs, Latvian powerlifter (d. 2018) Mariana Popova, Bulgarian singer June 7 Mini Andén, Swedish model Bill Hader, American actor and comedianhttp://www.hollywood.com/celebrities/bill-hader-57635941/ Hollywood.com Bill Hader Biography and Filmography 1978 23 June 2016 May 5, 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170527065559/https://www.hollywood.com/celebrities/bill-hader-57635941/ May 27, 2017 June 8 Maria Menounos, American actress, journalist, and television presenterhttp://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/maria-menounos/bio/198320 https://web.archive.org/web/20090204130215/http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/maria-menounos/bio/198320 dead February 4, 2009 Maria Menounos: Biography TVGuide.com April 10, 2013 Eun Ji-won, South Korean rapper and singerko 네이버 인물검색 - 은지원 Naver. 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June 9 Michaela Conlin, American actress Miroslav Klose, German footballer Matt Bellamy, British musician and singer June 10 Han Hee-won, South Korean golfer Subhash Khot, Indian-American mathematician and computer scientistSubhash Khot - Heidelberg Laureate Forum https://www.heidelberg-laureate-forum.org/laureate/subhash-khot.html 2024-07-03 - Heidelberg Laureate Forum en-EN DJ Qualls, American actor, producer, and modelDJ Qualls - Biography https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0702809/bio/ 2024-03-25 IMDb en-US Shane West, American actorWest, Shane 1978- Encyclopedia.com https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/west-shane-1978 2024-03-25 www.encyclopedia.com June 11 – Joshua Jackson, Canadian actor June 13 Faizal Yusof, Malaysian actor (d. 2011) Vishwananda, Hindu guruPARAMAHAMSA VISHWANANDA'S BIRTHDAY 2023 https://events.bhaktimarga.org/products/paramahamsa-vishwananda-s-birthday-2023 2024-03-24 Bhakti Event en June 14 – Nikola Vujčić, Croatian basketball player and team manager of Maccabi Tel Avivhttps://www.basketball-reference.com/international/players/nikola-vujcic-1.html Nikola Vujcic International Stats Basketball-Reference.com June 15 – Wilfred Bouma, Dutch footballer June 16 – Daniel Brühl, German actor June 19 Mía Maestro, Argentine actress Dirk Nowitzki, German basketball player Zoe Saldaña, American actress June 20 – Frank Lampard, English footballer June 21 Thomas Blondeau, Belgian writer (d. 2013) Ignacio Corleto, Argentine rugby union player Erica Durance, Canadian actress Jean-Pascal Lacoste, French singer, actor and television host June 22 Diederik Boomsma, Dutch politician Tim Driesen, Belgian actor Dan Wheldon, English racing driver (d. 2011)https://www.independent.co.uk:80/news/obituaries/dan-wheldon-one-of-the-few-british-racing-drivers-to-win-the-indy-500-2371986.html Dan Wheldon: One of the few British racing drivers to win the Indy 500 Maume Chris 18 October 2011 The Independent January 2, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20111021084325/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/dan-wheldon-one-of-the-few-british-racing-drivers-to-win-the-indy-500-2371986.html 21 October 2011 dead dmy-all June 23 Gladys Reyes, Filipino actress Frédéric Leclercq, French musician June 24 Emppu Vuorinen, Finnish musician Juan Román Riquelme, Argentine footballer Shunsuke Nakamura, Japanese footballer June 25 Aramis Ramírez, Dominican baseball player Aftab Shivdasani, Indian actor June 26 Daniel Constantin, Romanian politician Cristian Lucchetti, Argentine footballer June 28 – Ha Ji-won, South Korean actress and singer June 29 Luke Kirby, Canadian actor Nicole Scherzinger, American singer Steve Savidan, French footballer July July 1 Aleki Lutui, Tongan rugby player Liu Kwok Man, Chinese footballer Mark Hunter, British rower July 2 Ganesh, Indian actor and television presenter Diana Gurtskaya, Georgian singer Jüri Ratas, Estonian politician and 18th Prime Minister of Estonia July 3 – Mizuki Noguchi, Japanese long-distance runner July 4 – Becki Newton, American actress July 5 – Nandamuri Kalyan Ram, Indian actor and film producer July 6 Danil Khalimov, Kazakh Greco-Roman wrestler Tia and Tamera Mowry, African-American actresses July 7 Chris Andersen, American basketball player DJ Manian, German music producer and DJ July 8 – Erin Morgenstern, American artist and author July 9 Linda Park, Korean-born actress Gulnara Samitova-Galkina, Russian middle-distance runnerGulnara GALKINA https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/russia/gulnara-galkina-14299161 worldathletics.org July 10 Ray Kay, Norwegian director and photographer Jesse Lacey, American singer-songwriter July 11 Kim Kang-woo, South Korean actor Mattias Gustafsson, Swedish handball player July 12 Topher Grace, American actor Michelle Rodriguez, American actress July 16 – Ahmede Hussain, Bangladeshi writer July 17 Panda Bear, American musician Justine Triet, French film director and screenwriterJustine Triet https://www.semainedelacritique.com/en/directors/justine-triet 1 June 2023 La Semaine de la Critique of Festival de Cannes July 18 Shane Horgan, Irish rugby player Virginia Raggi, Italian lawyer, politician Joo Sang-wook, South Korean actor Vladimir Tintor, Serbian film actor July 20 Pavel Datsyuk, Russian ice hockey player Tamsyn Manou, Australian athlete July 21 Josh Hartnett, American actor Kyoko Iwasaki, Japanese swimmer July 22 A. 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Cook, Canadian actress Kyōko Hasegawa, Japanese model and actress Dennis Rommedahl, Danish footballerDennis Rommedahl https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=15728 soccerbase.com July 23 – Stefanie Sun, Singapore singer July 25 Louise Brown, British citizen, first human born through in vitro fertilisation Gerard Warren, American football player Asma Lamnawar, Moroccan singer July 26 Jehad Muntasser, Libyan footballer Eve Myles, Welsh actress July 28 Mine Tugay, Turkish actressMine Tugay https://www.turkishworld.org/mine-tugay/ November 12, 2021 12 November 2021 Turkish world Hitomi Yaida, Japanese singer July 29 – Ayşe Hatun Önal, Turkish singer, actress, model and beauty pageantAyşe Hatun Önal https://musicbrainz.org/artist/849052dc-6be0-4fb3-9fcc-ea7363ee45c6 musicbrainz.org Music Brainz July 31 Abelardo de la Espriella, Colombian politician, President of Colombia (2026-present)Biografía de Abelardo De La Espriella: conozca qué estudió, carrera política y más detalles del abogado que se posesiona como Presidente de Colombia https://www.eltiempo.com/politica/abelardo-de-la-espriella/biografia-de-abelardo-de-la-espriella-conozca-que-estudio-carrera-politica-y-mas-detalles-del-abogado-que-se-posesiona-como-presidente-de-colombia-3576835 2026-08-18 www.eltiempo.com Nick Sorensen, American football player and sportscaster July – Caucher Birkar, born Fereydoun Derakhshani, Kurdish-born mathematician August August 1 – Oliver Dowden, British politician August 3 – Mariusz Jop, Polish football player and coach August 4 – Kurt Busch, American race car driver August 5 Carolina Duer, Argentine boxer Harel Levy, Israeli tennis playerhttp://www.atptour.com/en/players/harel-levy/l336/overview Harel Levy | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis ATP Tour August 6 – Marisa Miller, American supermodel August 7 Alexandre Aja, French director Vanness Wu, Taiwanese singer August 8 Natsuko Kuwatani, Japanese voice actress Louis Saha, French footballerLouis Saha https://www.fff.fr/equipe-nationale/joueur/8606-saha-louis/fiche.html French Football Federation August 10 – Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono, Indonesian politician and former military officer August 11 – Leszek Laszkiewicz, Polish ice hockey player and executive August 15 Jennie Eisenhower, American actress Kerri Walsh Jennings, American beach volleyball player August 17 Vibeke Stene, Norwegian rock singer Jelena Karleuša, Serbian pop singer August 18 – Andy Samberg, American actor and comedian August 20 – Noah Bean, American actor August 21 Reuben Droughns, American football player Alan Lee, Irish footballer August 22 Vitaliy Balytskyi, Ukrainian football player and manager (d. 2018) James Corden, British comedian and television personality August 23 – Kobe Bryant, American basketball player (d. 2020) August 25 – Kel Mitchell, American actor, stand-up comedian, musician, singer, and rapper August 26 – Amanda Schull, American actress August 27 – Suranne Jones, English actress August 28 Pablo Echenique, Argentine born-Spanish politician Kelly Overton, American actress Sam Wills, New Zealand comic August 29 – Danielle Hampton, Canadian actress August 31 Ido Pariente, Israeli mixed martial artist Jennifer Ramírez Rivero, Venezuelan model and businesswoman (d. 2018)28 August 2018 Lo que se sabe sobre el asesinato de modelo venezolana en Cúcuta http://www.eltiempo.com/colombia/otras-ciudades/modelo-asesinada-es-el-decimo-feminicidio-ocurrido-en-frontera-261158 14 May 2022 El Tiempo September September 1 – Manju Warrier, Indian actress September 2 – Tatiana Okupnik, Polish singer and composer September 3 – Tinkara Kovač, Slovenian singer and musician September 4 Wes Bentley, American actor Frederik Veuchelen, Belgian cyclist September 5 – Chris Hipkins, New Zealand Prime Minister September 6 Mathew Horne, English actor Homare Sawa, Japanese footballer Peter van Huffel, Canadian jazz musician September 7 – Devon Sawa, Canadian actor September 9 – Gina Gogean, Romania artistic gymnast September 11 Ed Reed, American football player Ben Lee, Australian singer Yevgeny Popov, Russian politician and journalist Else-Marthe Sørlie Lybekk, Norwegian handball player Dejan Stanković, Serbian football player and coachD. Stanković https://int.soccerway.com/coaches/dejan-stankovic/763// soccerway.com September 12 Ruben Studdard, American singer Ben McKenzie, American actor September 13 – Megan Henning, American actress September 14 Ben Cohen, English rugby union player Ron DeSantis, American politician, 46th Governor of Florida Carmen Kass, Estonian supermodel September 15 – Eiður Guðjohnsen, Icelandic football player September 16 – Stephanie Murphy, American politicianMURPHY, Stephanie https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/M001202 bioguide.congress.gov September 18 – Billy Eichner, American actor and comedian September 19 – Mariano Puerta, Argentine tennis playerMariano Puerta https://www.atptour.com/en/players/-/P372/overview atptour.com Association of Tennis Professionals September 20 Jason Bay, Canadian baseball player Patrizio Buanne, Italian singer Sarit Hadad, Israeli pop singer September 21 Doug Howlett, New Zealand rugby union player Josh Thomson, American mixed martial artist Alaine Laughton, Jamaican American singer September 22 – Harry Kewell, Australian footballer September 23 Anthony Mackie, American actor Worm Miller, American screenwriter, director and actor Keri Lynn Pratt, American actress September 24 – Wietse van Alten, Dutch archer September 25 Jodie Kidd, English model Rossif Sutherland, Canadian actor September 27 – Ani Lorak, Ukrainian singer September 28 Dane Boedigheimer, American Internet personality Pastora Soler, Spanish singer September 29 – Kurt Nilsen, Norwegian singer September 30 Candice Michelle, American professional wrestler and model Daniel Grossberg, American politicianLegislator-Profile - Legislative Research Commission https://legislature.ky.gov/Legislators/Pages/Legislator-Profile.aspx?DistrictNumber=30 2023-11-26 legislature.ky.gov October October 1 – Katie Aselton, American actress October 2 – Ayumi Hamasaki, Japanese singer October 3 Jake Shears, American singer and songwriter Claudio Pizarro, Peruvian footballer Gerald Asamoah, German footballer Christian Coulson, English actor Shannyn Sossamon, American actress October 4 Dana Davis, American actress Mark Day, Canadian actor Phillip Glasser, American actor and producer Kei Horie, Japanese actor October 5 Shane Ryan, Irish Gaelic footballer James Valentine, American musician October 6 – Ricky Hatton, British professional boxer (d. 2025)Ricky Hatton dead: The Hitman's legacy will 'live on' as tributes pour in for champion boxer https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c201x6891e8t 2025-10-11 BBC News en-GB October 9 – Nicky Byrne, Irish musician (Westlife) October 10 Caroline Evers-Swindell, New Zealand sailorCaroline Evers-Swindell https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/104182 Olympedia Georgina Evers-Swindell, New Zealand sailorGeorgina EVERS-SWINDELL https://worldrowing.com/athlete/3142 worldrowing.com October 14 Paul Hunter, English snooker player (d. 2006) Usher, American singer and actor October 15 – Boško Balaban, Croatian footballer October 17 Isabel Díaz Ayuso, Spanish politician Pablo Iglesias Turrión, Spanish politician October 20 Tomohiko Ito, Japanese anime director Michael Johns, Australian singer (d. 2014) Kira, German singer Dionne Quan, American voice actress Virender Sehwag, Indian cricketer October 21 – Joey Harrington, American football player October 24 – Carlos Edwards, Trinidadian footballer October 25 Russell Anderson, Scottish footballer Zachary Knighton, American actor David T. Little, American composer and drummer October 26 – CM Punk, American professional wrestler October 27 David Walton, American actor Vanessa-Mae, Singaporean violinist October 28 Byron Donalds, American politicianDONALDS, Byron https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/D000032 bioguide.congress.gov Marta Etura, Spanish actressPerfil: Rumbo al Goya https://www.informacion.es/cultura/2009/11/04/perfil-rumbo-goya-7256129.html informacion.es 4 November 2009 Justin Guarini, American singer October 29 – Travis Henry, American football player October 30 – Matthew Morrison, American actor and singer November November 1 Jessica Valenti, American blogger and writer Mary Kate Schellhardt, American actress November 4 – Shaun Berrigan, Australian rugby league player November 5 Bubba Watson, American golfer Xavier Tondo, Spanish cyclist (d. 2011)Xavi Tondo: Anti-doping cyclist who died just as his career was 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Ozkan https://www.turkishdrama.com/ebru-ozkan.html turkishdrama.com 30 December 2014 November 19 – Mahé Drysdale, New Zealand rowerMahé Drysdale https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/104358 Olympedia November 22 – Karen O, American singer-songwriter and musician November 23 – Destin Daniel Cretton, American film director November 24 – Katherine Heigl, American actress November 25 – Shiina Ringo, Japanese singer and musician November 26 – Jun Fukuyama, Japanese voice actor November 27 Mike Skinner, English musician Radek Štěpánek, Czech tennis playerRadek Stepanek https://www.atptour.com/en/players/-/S694/overview atptour.com November 30 Clay Aiken, American singer-songwriter and author Gael García Bernal, Mexican actor Robert Kirkman, American comic book writer December December 1 Stefan Kapičić, Serbian actor Jen Psaki, American television political analyst and former government official December 2 Nelly Furtado, Portuguese-Canadian singer and songwriter Alo Kõrve, Estonian actor December 4 – Lars Bystøl, Norwegian ski jumper December 5 Neil Druckmann, Israeli-American video game writer and programmer, founder of Naughty Dog Olli Jokinen, Finnish ice hockey player December 7 – Shiri Appleby, American actress December 8 – Ian Somerhalder, American actor https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/ian-somerhalder/154274 https://web.archive.org/web/20080509150253/http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/ian-somerhalder/154274 dead May 9, 2008 Ian Somerhalder Biography TVGuide.com May 9, 2013 December 9 – Gastón Gaudio, Argentine tennis player December 10 – Summer Phoenix, American actress December 11 – Courtney Henggeler, American former actress December 12 – Monica Bîrlădeanu, Romanian actress December 14 – Patty Schnyder, Swiss tennis playerPatty Schnyder https://www.wtatennis.com/players/190519/name wtatennis.com Women's Tennis Association December 16 – Veronica Schneider, Venezuelan actress and model December 17 Riteish Deshmukh, Indian actor, architect, producer and entrepreneur Manny Pacquiao, Filipino boxer and politician December 18 Daniel Cleary, Canadian ice hockey player Josh Dallas, American actor Katie Holmes, American actressEncyclopædia Britannica Almanac 2010 Encyclopaedia Britannica, Incorporated 2009 51 December 19 – Patrick Casey, American screenwriter and actor December 20 Geremi, Cameroon footballer Jacqueline Saburido, Venezuelan-American social activist (d. 2019) December 21 – Shaun Morgan, South African musician and singer-songwriter December 22 Edo Maajka, Bosnian rapper Emmanuel Olisadebe, Polish-Nigerian footballer Joanne Kelly, Canadian actress December 23 Víctor Martínez, Venezuelan baseball player Estella Warren, Canadian swimmer, model, and actress December 24 – Yıldıray Baştürk, Turkish footballer December 25 Paula Seling, Romanian singer and radio DJ Jeremy Strong, American actor Miyuki Takahashi, Japanese volleyball playerMiyuki Takahashi (Shin) https://women.volleybox.net/miyuki-takahashi-p2403/awards volleybox.net December 26 – Kaoru Sugayama, Japanese volleyball player December 28 Feng Kun, Chinese volleyball player- CN / China, People's Rep. of - Player's biography http://www.fivb.org/EN/Volleyball/Competitions/Olympics/2008/W/Teams/VB_PlayerDB.asp?No=111619 fivb.org John Legend, African-American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actorJohn Legend – Biography https://www.allmovie.com/artist/john-legend-p496659 Southern Nathan Allmovie 2020-04-30 December 29 Alexis Amore, Peruvian actress, dancer, and model Angelo Taylor, American athlete December 30 Tyrese Gibson, African-American singer, songwriter, rapper, actor, model, and screenwriter Inferno, Polish musician December 31 – Yulia Barsukova, Russian rhythmic gymnast Deaths Deaths in 1978 Nobel Prizes right|100px Physics – Pyotr Kapitsa, Arno Allan Penzias, Robert Woodrow Wilson Chemistry – Peter D. 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