1978: The Year in People

What happened in 1978

1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1978th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 978th year of the 2nd millennium, the 78th year of the 20th century, and the 9th year of the 1970s decade.

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Died in 1978

• Jim Jones1931–1978 · American cult leader and mass murderer
• Golda Meir1898–1978 · Prime Minister of Israel from 1969 to 1974
• Babe Paley1915–1978 · American editor and socialite
• Bob Crane1928–1978 · American actor
• Gig Young1913–1978 · American actor
• Adolf Dassler1900–1978 · Founder of Adidas
• Aldo Moro1916–1978 · Prime Minister of Italy (1963–1968; 1974–1976)
• Jack L. Warner1892–1978 · Canadian-born American film executive
• Charles Boyer1899–1978 · French-American actor
• Anastas Mikoyan1895–1978 · Soviet statesman and revolutionary
• Aram Khachaturian1903–1978 · Soviet Armenian composer
• Georgi Markov1929–1978 · Bulgarian dissident writer