1978

1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year beginning on a Sunday according to the Gregorian calendar.

According to the Chinese horoscope, 1978 was the Year of the Horse.

Events

January

• WHO officially declares the eradication of smallpox.
• 1 January: near Bombay (India), Air India flight 855, a Boeing 747 passengers crashed into the ocean. 213 people die.
• 4 January: Said Hammami, representative of the PLO (Palestinian Liberation Organization) was murdered in London.
• January 4th: In the RFA, the research that proves that the US company Lockheed bribed the governments of Germany, Italy, Japan and the Netherlands.
• 4 January: Augusto Pinochet wins the national plebiscite in Chile.
• January 10: In Managua (Nicaragua) the Somocist dictatorship murders Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Cardenal, director and owner of the opposition newspaper La Prensa.
• January 15: The referendum is held in Ecuador.
• 18 January: the European Court of Human Rights declares to the Government of the United Kingdom guilty of ill-treatment of Northern Irelandn prisoners, although cases of torture cannot be proved.
• 25-27 January: In the United States, a great storm is over the region of the Ohio Valley and the Great Lakes, leaving a balance of 70 dead.

February

• 2 February: In Spain, the Government pays tribute to the Spanish republicans killed by the German Nazis in the concentration camp of Mauthausen (Austria).
• February 4: In Nicaragua, the Sandinista National Liberation Front announces the Sandinista Revolution. The dictatorship of Anastasio Somoza ends.
• February 5: In Costa Rica, Rodrigo Carazo, a social-democratic coalition candidate, won the presidential elections.
• 7 February: The IMF grants $300 million to Spain.
• 7 February: In Spain, the consensus on the Constitution was broken. The PSOE leaves the paper.
• 9 February: in Madrid, the Spanish Carmen Conde enters the Royal Spanish Academy, becoming the first woman to be part of this institution.
• 10 February: In the waters of the Paraguay River, the Miriam Adela boat is shipwrecked; 113 people die.
• 11 February: In China there is a ban on the works of Aristotle, Shakespeare and Charles Dickens.
• 12 February: Alfredo Stroessner is re-elected president of Paraguay.
• 14 February: Canary separatist leader Antonio Cubillo participates in an OAU meeting (Organization for African Unity).
• February 15: In Rodesia (Zimbabue) settlers and indigenous people agree to create a black majority parliament.
• February 18: In Tabriz (Iran), the army attacks a group of unarmed civilian demonstrators.
• 19 February: In Spain, adultery and “amancement” are decriminalized.
• February 19: In Spain, a fire destroys El Pazo de Meirás (the summer residence of the family of the exdictator Francisco Franco).
• February 21: In Mexico City there are ruins belonging to Tenochtitlán in the capital zocalo following the excavation of the company of light and force. A monolith of the lunar goddess Coyolxauhqui was discovered.
• February 24: Madrid resigns Enrique Fuentes Quintana, Vice President and Minister of Economy. Adolfo Suárez takes this opportunity to make other changes to the Cabinet formed a year ago.
• 25 February: In Sa Pereira (Argentina), the country's second largest railway tragedy is recorded: 55 dead.
• February 26: The legislative elections are held in Colombia.

March

Number of Line 2 of the Santiago Metro.

• March 1st: In Switzerland, criminals steal the body of actor Charlie Chaplin.
• March 3: Spanish boxer Alfredo Evangelista is proclaimed champion of Europe of heavyweight.
• March 5: in Guatemala, Fernando Romeo Lucas García is elected president.
• March 6: In Lawrenceville (United States), racist serial killer Joseph Paul Franklin tries to murder editor Larry Flynt for having published an interracial photo in the porn magazine Hustler.
• 7 March: In Argentina, in the Cordoba town of Morteros, a F4 tornado leaves 6 dead, more than 200 wounded and destroys the village.
• 12 March: the first round of the French legislative elections is held.
• March 12: In El Salvador, legislative and municipal elections are held.
• March 16: In France, the American oil tanker Amoco Cadiz stands in front of the coast of Brittany, causing a black tide.
• 17 March: Bolivian President Hugo Banzer breaks diplomatic relations with Chile after failing the negotiations between the two countries on the mediterraneanity of Bolivia.
• 19 March: the second round of the French legislative elections takes place in France.
• March 31: In Santiago, Chile, the first section of the Santiago Metro Line 2 opens from Los Heroes to Franklin.

April

• April 2: In the United States, the CBS television network begins to broadcast the series "Dallas".
• April 5: In Algiers, Spanish authorities make an attempt to murder Antonio Cubillo.
• April 7: in Madrid, Carmen Franco Polo (son of the late dictator Francisco Franco), is held at Barajas Airport when he discovered a smuggling of gold coins, watches and shiny that he had not declared, when he tried to access a flight to Switzerland.
• April 11: In Chile, colour television is introduced under the NTSC standard.
• 13 April: in the center of the city of Rosario, the Argentine civic-military dictatorship kidnapped and disappeared the defense attorney Eduardo Héctor Garat (32).
• 22 April: in Paris, the theme A-ba-ni-bi by Izhar Cohen & The Alpha-Beta win by Israel the XXIII Eurovision Edition.

May

• May 8: In Costa Rica, Social Democrat Rodrigo Carazo becomes president.
• 9 May: in Rome, Italy, Aldo Moro is killed by the terrorist group Brigades Rojas, after several months of kidnapping.
• May 10: British Liverpool is proclaimed champion of the European Soccer Cup, after defeating the Bruges by 1-0. For its part, the PSV Eindhoven achieves the UEFA Cup, after winning the French team of the Bastia by 3-0.
• 14 May: The first round of the presidential elections is held in Alto Volta.
• May 16: In the Dominican Republic, Antonio Guzmán is elected president.
• May 19: In Cuba the protected area of Jobo Rosado is created with the presence of the commander of the Revolution Guillermo García Frías.
• May 20: The United States launches its Pioneer Venus probe to Venus.
• May 29: in the town of Panzós (Guatemala), the army is a peaceful demonstration of Mayan indigenous kekchís (panzós massacre).

June

• June 1st: Opening of the 11th edition of the 1978 World Cup in Argentina.
• June 4: In Colombia, Julio César Turbay Ayala is elected president.
• 15 June: in Rome, Italy, President Giovanni Leone resigns, charged with tax fraud for collecting bribes from the American company Lockheed (in which the governments of West Germany, Japan and the Netherlands were involved).
• 15 June: the CARI (Argentine Council for International Relations) is created.
• June 19: In 49 United States newspapers, the first comic Garfield.
• June 24: SS Paul VI issues the SERAPHICUS PATRIARCHA APOSTIOLOGICAL BREVE with which the FRANCISCANA SEGLAR REGLA [formerly known as the Third Franciscan Order] is approved.
• 25 June: in Buenos Aires (Argentina) the 1978 World Cup of Football is finished and Argentina is crowned for the first time champion by defeating 3-1 to the Netherlands.
• June 26: Air Canada's DC-9 crashes when taking off: 2 of 107 occupants die.

July

• July 1st: in Guatemala, Fernando Romeo Lucas García, assumes the presidency.
• 7 July: Solomon Islands is independent of the British Empire.
• July 8: Sanfermines of 1978, tragic events where the Spanish police enter the bullring of Pamplona, initiating some incidents that would mark the transition in Navarre.
• July 8: In Italy, Sandro Pertini assumes the presidency.
• 9 July: Presidential elections are held in Bolivia.
• 11 July: in San Carlos de la Rápita (Spain) the Alfaques accident happens, with 217 dead.
• July 13: In Russia a scientist named Anatoli Bugorski put his head in a particle accelerator by accident and survived.
• July 16: Jaime Roldós wins the first round of the elections in Ecuador.
• July 21: in Bolivia, Hugo Banzer is overthrown by a military coup.
• July 25: Louise Brown is born in the UK.
• July 25: In the Cerro Maravilla (Puerto Rico) two young members of the independence movement were killed against the American invasion.
• 26 July: in Madrid, Spain, the police arrested twelve members of the GRAPO.
• 26 July: Radio Ciudad de La Habana (Cuba) is inaugurated.
• July 28: In Peru, the Constituent Assembly of that year was installed, which was the tenth Constituent Assembly in the country convened by the government of General Francisco Morales Bermúdez, to facilitate the return of democracy, after a decade of the self-called Revolutionary Government of the Armed Forces.

August

• 6 August: at the Palace of Castel Gandolfo (Italy), at 21:41 the Italian Pope Paul VI died.
• August 7: In Colombia, Julio César Turbay took office as president.
• August 8: In Honduras, Juan Alberto Melgar Castro is overthrown by a military coup.
• August 13: In Santa Barbara County there is an earthquake of 5.6 that leaves 65 wounded.
• August 16: In the Dominican Republic, Antonio Guzmán assumes the presidency.
• 25-26 August: in Rome, the conclave takes place to choose a new pontiff after the death of Pope Paul VI.
• August 26: in Rome, Cardinal Albino Luciani is elected Pope with the name of John Paul I.
• August 31: in the area of atomic testing in Nevada (about 100 km northwest of the city of Las Vegas), at 6:00 (local time), the United States detonates its 8 kt Panir atomic bomb to 681 m underground. It is the 913 of the 1129 bomb that the United States detonated between 1945 and 1992.
• In August: in Bogotá, Colombia, the Colpatria Tower is inaugurated.
• The Hollywood Sign is demolished for its ongoing reconstruction.

September

• September 8: In Tehran (Iran), the army shoots at protesters, killing 122 people and wounding several thousand.
• September 8: Quito is declared the first UNESCO World Heritage Site.
• September 8: Caracas is born Miriamgelly Poesía Valecillo.
• September 10: Swedish pilot Ronnie Peterson died during the course of the Italian Grand Prix.
• September 12: In Alma Ata (capital of the then Soviet Socialist Republic of Kazakhstan) the International Health Conference is held.
• 13 September: 388 m underground, in the U12n Area of the Nevada Atomic Test Site (about 100 km northwest of the city of Las Vegas), at 7:15 (local time), the United States detonates its atomic bomb n.o 914, Diablo Hawk, 8 kt.
• September 17: In the United States, Israel and Egypt sign the Peace Agreements of Camp David.
• September 28: In Vatican City, Pope John Paul I died after only 33 days of pontificate.

October

• 1 October: Tuvalu is independent of the British Empire.
• 9 October: in Valencia there is a demonstration by the Statute of Autonomy of the Valencian Community. The burning of the flag in the Town Hall square that presupposes the birth of blaverism.
• October 11 in Panama Arístides Royo assumes the presidency.
• October 15 in Brazil João Figueiredo is elected new president.
• 14-16 October: in Rome, the conclave takes place to choose a new pontiff after the death of Pope John Paul I.
• 16 October: in Rome, Cardinal Karol Wojtyła is elected Pope with the name of John Paul II, giving rise to the first year of the three Popes since 1605. It is the first Polish pope and the first non-Italian in 455 years, from Dutch Adriano VI (1522-1523).
• October 20: in Guatemala City, agents of the Government of General Fernando Romeo Lucas García murder the student leader Oliverio Castañeda de León (aged 23).
• 22 October: in Rome, the Pontificate of John Paul II begins
• 23 October: in Tenerife (Canary Islands) the new airport of Tenerife South is inaugurated.
• 26 October: in Barcelona (Cataluña) the first copy of The Newspaper of Catalonia.
• October 31: in Madrid, the Spanish Courts approve the Constitution.

November

• November 3: Dominica is independent of the British Empire.
• November 18: in Puerto Caituma (Guyana) members of the cult of Reverend Jim Jones murders U.S. Congressman Leo Ryan and his comitiva. Hours later, in nearby Jonestown (the village of Jones) more than 900 members of the sect are killed (including 200 children).
• November 18: In Spain, the Guardia Civil and CESID arrested several soldiers who plotted a coup attempt called Operation Galaxy.
• November 24: In Bolivia there was a military coup. The new head of the country was General David Padilla.
• 29 November: In the state of Oaxaca there is a powerful 7.8 earthquake that leaves 9 people dead as well as numerous damages.

December

• December 1st: in a tunnel 248 meters underground, in the U3kn area of the Nevada atomic testing site (about 100 km northwest of the city of Las Vegas), at 9:07 (local time) United States detonates its atomic bomb Concentration, of 0.6 kt. It is the 920 bomb of 1129 that the United States detonated between 1945 and 1992.
• December 2nd: the seventh edition of the Grand Prix of the Ibero-American Song or Festival of the OTI is held in Chile, the Brazilian Denise de Kalafe with the theme "Love, something so rare".
• December 3: In Venezuela, Luis Herrera Campíns is elected new president.
• 6 December: ratification of the Spanish Constitution of 1978 by the Spanish people in referendum.
• 8 and 9 December: the first Teleton in Latin America is held in Chile.
• December 9: In Bangkok, Thailand, the 8th Asian Games begin.
• December 10: Arno Allan Penzias and Robert Woodrow Wilson received the Nobel Prize for their discovery in 1965 of microwave background radiation or CMB
• December 11: mass demonstrations against the Shah in different cities of Iran.
• December 18: China's Supreme Leader Deng Xiaoping launched a series of political reforms, a national economic opening plan and its launch to the west known as the "Reform and Opening"
• December 20: In Bangkok, Thailand, the 8th Asian Games culminate.
• December 22: In Argentina, the military dictatorship began Operation Sovereignty to invade Chile (also under a military dictatorship), but papal mediation stopped it.

Births

January

• January 1st: Vidya Balan, Indian actress.
• January 1: Yohann Diniz, French athlete.
• January 1st: Xavier Samin, Franco-Polinessian footballer.
• January 1st: Chris Davidson, Australian surfer (f. 2022).
• January 1st: Anca Heltne, a Romanian athlete.
• January 1st: Mariusz Musial, Norwegian bobsleigh pilot.
• January 2: Yevgueni Levchenko, Ukrainian footballer.
• January 2: Gina Varela, actress, singer and Mexican driver.
• January 3: Stefan Adamsson, Swedish cyclist.
• January 3: Jorge Poza, Mexican actor.
• January 3: Ronny Thorsen, Norwegian singer.
• January 4: Dominik Hrbaty, Slovak tennis player.
• January 4: Mai Meneses, Spanish singer, of the band Nena Daconte.
• January 4: Marek Wesoły, Polish cyclist.
• January 5: Jay de la Cueva, Mexican singer-songwriter, of the Moderatto band.
• January 5: Franck Montagny, French Formula 1 pilot.
• January 5: January Jones, American actress.
• January 5: Serginho Baiano, Brazilian footballer.
• January 6: Cédric Roussel, Belgian footballer.
• January 6: David García Cubillo, Spanish footballer.
• January 6: Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo, Spanish tennis player.
• January 7: Emilio Marcos Palma, Argentine child, the first person born in Antarctica.
• January 7: Diego Clemente Giménez, Spanish politician.
• January 7: Anis Lunifi, Tunisian Yudoca.
• January 7: Janine Jansen, a Dutch violinist.
• January 7: David Gil, Spanish basketball player.
• January 8: Leonardo Bertagnolli, Italian cyclist.
• January 8: Ido Kozikaro, Israeli basketball.
• January 9: Gennaro Gattuso, Italian footballer.
• January 9: A.J. McLean, American singer, from the Backstreet Boys band.
• January 9: Ana Turpin, Spanish actress.
• January 9: Vagner da Silva Sarti, Brazilian footballer.
• January 10: Daniele Bracciali, Italian tennis player.
• January 10: Vanessa de la Torre, a Colombian journalist.
• January 10: Tamina Snuka, American professional fighter.
• January 11: Emerson Martins Figueiredo, Brazilian footballer.
• January 11: Holly Brisley, Australian actress.
• January 11: Emile Heskey, English footballer.
• January 12: Kim Sa-rang, actress, model and South Korean mc.
• January 12: Bonaventure Kalou, Ivorian footballer.
• January 12: Luis Ayala, Mexican baseball player.
• January 12: Jeremy Camp, American singer-songwriter and guitarist.
• January 12: Santiago Hirsig, Argentine footballer.
• January 13: Paulo César Fonseca do Nascimento, Brazilian footballer.
• January 14: Kuno Becker, Mexican actor.
• January 15: Eddie Cahill, American actor.
• January 15: Vandinho, Brazilian footballer.
• January 15: Pablo Amo, Spanish footballer.
• January 15: Jamie Clayton, American actress.
• January 17: Pampita, Argentine model.
• January 17: Ricky Wilson, British musician, from the Kaiser Chiefs band.
• January 18: Thor Hushovd, Norwegian cyclist.
• January 19: Paloma Valencia, Colombian politics.
• January 19: Thiago Lacerda, Brazilian actor.
• January 20: Ricardo de Freitas Carreira, Brazilian footballer.
• January 20: Luciano Zauri, Italian footballer.
• January 20: Salvatore Aronica, Italian footballer.
• January 20: Volodymyr Groysman, Ukrainian politician.
• January 20: José Narváez, actor, singer and presenter from Colombia.
• January 24: Antonio Berasategi, Spanish cyclist.
• January 24: Jesús Mora, Spanish footballer.
• January 24: Yekaterina Klímova, Russian actress.
• January 25: Claiton Fontoura dos Santos, Brazilian footballer.
• January 25: Dalmiro Cuéllar Ayala, Bolivian singer.
• January 25: Volodimir Zelenski, actor, screenwriter, comedian director and Ukrainian politician, Act. President of Ukraine since 2019.
• January 26: Gonzalo Valenzuela, Chilean actor.
• January 26: Nastja Čeh, Slovenian footballer.
• January 28: Vanessa Villela, Mexican actress.
• January 28: Gianluigi Buffon, Italian footballer.
• January 28: Jamie Carragher, English footballer.
• January 28: Hassan Abdulkadir, Somali footballer.
• January 28: Pope Bouba Diop, Senegalese footballer (f. 2020).
• January 29: Antonio Fernández Rivadulla, Spanish footballer.

February

• February 1: Anderson Roberto da Silva Luiz, Brazilian footballer.
• February 1st: Macarena Gómez, Spanish actress.
• February 2nd: Barbara Mori, Uruguayan-Mexican actress.
• February 2: Guido Kaczka, Argentine actor and driver.
• February 2: Macarena Gómez, Spanish actress.
• February 2: Antoñito, Spanish footballer.
• February 3: Joan Capdevila Méndez, Spanish footballer.
• February 4: Danna García, Colombian actress.
• February 6: Denis Boyarintsev, Russian footballer.
• February 7: Endy Chávez, Venezuelan baseball player.
• February 7: Ashton Kutcher, American actor.
• February 7: Daniel van Buyten, Belgian footballer.
• February 7: Gonzalo Molina, Peruvian actor.
• February 9: Santiago Del Moro, actor and presenter of Argentine radio and television.
• February 9: Federico Álvarez, Uruguayan writer.
• February 10: Don Omar, Puerto Rican singer.
• February 10: Henri Castelli, Brazilian actor.
• February 16: Frédéric Amorison, Belgian cyclist.
• February 16: Patricia Castañeda, Colombian actress.
• February 18: Laura Caballero, screenwriter and Spanish television producer.
• 18 February: Josip Šimunić, a Croatian footballer born in Australia.
• February 18: Lena Burke, Cuban singer and actress.
• February 18: Juan José del Río Serrano, Spanish footballer.
• February 19: Unai Alba, Spanish footballer.
• February 20: Jay Hernández, Mexican-American actor.
• February 20: Joaquín Reyes Chávez, Mexican footballer.
• February 20: Jakki Degg, English model and actress.
• February 20: Lauren Ambrose, American actress.
• February 21: Kim Ha-neul, South Korean actress.
• February 23: René Pérez Joglar, Puerto Rican singer.
• February 25: Yūji Nakazawa, Japanese footballer.
• February 26: Tom Beck, German actor and singer.
• 26 February: Mohammed Noor, Saudi footballer.
• February 27: Ismael Santiago López, Spanish footballer.
• February 28: Mariano Zabaleta, Argentine tennis player.
• February 28: Jeanne Cherhal, French singer.

March

• March 1: Jensen Ackles, American actor.
• March 3: Iván Lalinde, journalist and Colombian presenter.
• March 3: Vanessa Terkes, Peruvian actress.
• March 3: Alejandra Azcárate, actress, model, presenter and Colombian comedian.
• March 4: Betty Monroe, Mexican actress and model.
• March 6: Lara Cox, Australian actress.
• March 8: Anaílson Brito Noleto, Brazilian footballer.
• March 8: Belky Arizala, Colombian actress and model.
• March 9: Chema Ruiz, Spanish bassist, of the band El Canto del Loco.
• March 10: Neil Alexander, Scottish footballer.
• March 10: Marta Torné, Spanish actress and presenter.
• March 11: Didier Drogba, Ivorian footballer.
• March 11: Albert Luque, Spanish footballer.
• March 11: Christopher Khayman Lee, American actor.
• March 13: Adriana Nieto, Mexican actress.
• 14 March: María Casado Paredes, presenter of Spanish television.
• March 14: Moon Hee-joon, South Korean singer.
• March 14: Monica Mayhem, Australian pornographic actress.
• March 15: Noé Hernández, Mexican marcher (f. 2013).
• March 16: Juan Cabandié, an Argentine politician born in captivity.
• March 16: Bianca Arango, actress, presenter and Colombian model.
• March 17: Pilar Rubio, Spanish reporter and presenter.
• March 18: Andrea Nocetti, Colombian actress and model.
• March 21: Daniel Alfaro Paredes, Peruvian economist.
• March 21: Marco de Luigi, a Sanmarinian footballer.
• March 23: Walter Samuel, Argentine footballer.
• March 23: Nicholle Tom, American actress.
• March 24: Kaori Mochida, Japanese singer.
• March 24: Tomáš Ujfaluši, Czech footballer.
• March 25: Gennaro Delvecchio, Italian footballer.
• March 26: Guillermo Ramírez Ortega, a Guatemalan footballer.
• March 29: Francisco Javier Farinós, Spanish footballer.
• March 30: Christoph Spycher, Swiss footballer.
• March 30: María José Pizarro, a Colombian activist and politician.
• March 31: Jérôme Rothen, French footballer.
• March 31: Stephen Clemence, English footballer.

April

• April 1: Marian Álvarez, Spanish actress.
• April 1: Anamaria Marinca, Romanian actress.
• April 1st: Duncan Fernie, British curling player.
• April 1: Anahí Durand, a Peruvian sociologist and politics.
• April 2: Jaime Ray Newman, American actress and singer.
• April 2: Deon Richmond, American actor.
• April 2: Griselda Siciliani, an Argentine actress.
• April 3: María Barracuda, Mexican singer.
• April 3: Tommy Haas, German tennis player.
• April 3: Karyme Lozano, Mexican actress.
• April 3: Roberto Pérez Toledo, screenwriter, director and producer of Spanish cinema (f. 2022).
• April 5: Jairo Patiño, former footballer and Colombian coach.
• April 9: Rachel Stevens, British singer, actress and dancer, S Club 7 band.
• April 9: Jorge Andrade, Portuguese footballer.
• April 9: Salva Reina, Spanish actor.
• April 11: Victor Sikora, Dutch footballer.
• April 12: Guy Berryman, British bassist, of the Coldplay band.
• April 13: Carles Puyol, Spanish footballer.
• April 15: Luis Fonsi, Puerto Rican singer and composer.
• April 16: Igor Tudor, soccer player and Croatian coach.
• April 19: James Franco, American actor.
• April 19: Flavio Medina, Mexican actor.
• April 19: Victoria Aihar, Uruguayan web designer.
• April 19: Gorka Brit, Spanish footballer.
• April 20: Manuel Baqueiro, Spanish actor.
• April 20: David Karanka, Spanish footballer.
• April 21: Diana Navarro, Spanish singer.
• April 21: Jukka Nevalainen, Finnish drummer, of the Nightwish band.
• April 21: Catalina Aristizabal, Colombian actress, model and presenter.
• April 23: Inti Podesta, Uruguayan footballer.
• April 23: Saori Obata, Japanese tennis player.
• April 23: Clemente Alonso, Spanish triathle.
• April 23: Gezahegne Abera, Ethiopian athlete.
• April 24: Jesper Christiansen, Danish footballer.
• April 24: Libor Došek, Czech footballer.
• April 25: Letícia Birkheuer, actress and Brazilian model.
• April 25: Bart Deelkens, Belgian footballer.
• April 26: Stana Katić, Canadian actress, known for her role in Castle.
• April 26: Elson Becerra, Colombian footballer (f. 2006).
• April 26: Shinnosuke Tachibana, Japanese seiyū.
• April 27: Sebastián Ariel Romero, Argentine soccer player.
• April 29: Facundo Gómez Brueda, Mexican driver and comedian.
• April 29: Bob Bryan, American tennis player.
• April 29: Mike Bryan, American tennis player.
• April 29: Tony Armas, Jr., Venezuelan baseball player.
• April 29: Guillermo Díaz Gómez, Spanish politician.
• April 30: Simone Barone, Italian footballer.

May

• May 1st: James Badge Dale, American actor.
• 2 May: Marta Aledo, Spanish actress.
• May 3: Raúl Navas, Spanish footballer.
• 4 May: Daisuke Ono, Japanese seiyū.
• May 5: Lilian Tintori, Venezuelan activist.
• May 8: Li Xiaoran, Chinese actress.
• May 8: Josie Maran, American model.
• May 8: Lúcio, Brazilian footballer.
• May 10: Kenan Thompson, American actor.
• May 10: César Caneda, Spanish footballer.
• May 11: Antonio Colom, Spanish cyclist.
• May 15: Dwayne De Rosario, Canadian footballer.
• May 15: Caroline Dhavernas, Canadian actress.
• May 16: Chris Ackerman, American actor.
• May 17: Moreno Merenda, Swiss footballer.
• May 18: Ricardo Carvalho, Portuguese footballer.
• May 20: Sophie Alexander, Mexican actress.
• May 21: Lisette Morelos, Mexican actress.
• May 21: Jamaal Magloire, Canadian basketball.
• May 21: Choi Yong-Sin, South Korean Yudoca.
• May 21: Briana Banks, American pornographic actress of German origin.
• May 21: José Manuel Sierra, Spanish basketball.
• May 21: Erin Taylor-Talcott, American athlete.
• May 21: Ricardo Rodriguez, Dominican baseball player.
• May 21: Katharina Wagner, German theatre director.
• May 22: Ginnifer Goodwin, American actress.
• May 23: María Juliana Ruiz, first Colombian lady.
• May 24: Brian Ching, American footballer.
• May 25: Adam Gontier, Canadian singer.
• May 26: Benji Gregory, American actor.
• May 27: Jacques Abardonado, French footballer.
• May 28: Jake Johnson, American actor and comedian.
• May 28: Jimmy Casper, French cyclist.
• May 30: Keinan Abdi Warsame, Somali rapper.

June

• June 1: Antonietta Di Martino, Italian athlete.
• 2 June: Dominic Cooper, British actor.
• June 2: Justin Long, American actor.
• June 3: Kamil Čontofalský, Slovak footballer.
• June 4th: Vanesa Romero, Spanish actress.
• June 5: Catalina Aristizábal, actress, presenter and Colombian model.
• June 5: Takayuki Kondō, Japanese seiyū.
• June 6: Mirko Saric Argentine footballer (f. 2001).
• June 6: Andrew Reynolds, professional skater of American nationality.
• June 7: Mini Andén, Swedish actress.
• June 7: Talal Al-Meshal, Saudi footballer.
• June 8: Adriana Silva, Colombian actress and model.
• June 9: Matthew Bellamy, singer, guitarist and British pianist, of the Muse band.
• June 9: Miroslav Klose, German footballer.
• June 10: DJ Qualls, American actor.
• June 10: Shane West, American actor.
• June 11: Joshua Jackson, Canadian actor.
• June 14: Pedro Palacio, Colombian actor.
• June 15: Érika Zaba, Mexican actress and singer, from the band OV7
• June 16: Daniel Brühl, German-Spanish actor.
• June 17: Andrea Campagnolo, Italian footballer.
• June 18: Luca Dirisio, Italian singer.
• June 19: Dirk Nowitzki, German basketball player.
• June 19: Zoe Saldana, American actress.
• June 20: Frank Lampard, British footballer.
• June 21: Erica Durance, Canadian actress.
• June 22: Dan Wheldon, British Car Pilot (f. 2011).
• June 24: Juan Román Riquelme, Argentine soccer player.
• June 24: Luis García Sanz, Spanish footballer.
• June 24: Shunsuke Nakamura, Japanese footballer.
• June 24: Mikael Nilsson, Swedish footballer.
• June 24: Emppu Vuorinen, Finnish guitarist, Nightwish band.
• June 25: Aramis Ramírez, Dominican baseball player.
• June 28: Ha Ji Won, South Korean actress and singer.
• June 28: Dermival Almeida Lima, Brazilian footballer.
• June 29: Nicole Scherzinger, American singer-songwriter.
• June 30: Kayla Carrera, pornographic actress and American erotic model.
• June 30: Laura Ramos, Cuban actress.

July

• July 1st: Alessandra Aguilar, Spanish athlete.
• 2 July: Iñaki Muñoz, Spanish footballer.
• July 5: Andreas Johansson, Swedish footballer.
• July 5: Sari Multala, Finnish sailor.
• 6 July: Hassan Roudbarian, Iranian footballer.
• July 6: Joseba Albizu, Spanish cyclist.
• July 7: Leo Morales, Venezuelan footballer.
• July 7: Esther Basurto, Spanish volleyballist.
• July 7: Judith Diakhate, Spanish actress.
• July 10: Kotaro Koizumi, Japanese actor.
• July 12: Michelle Rodriguez, American actress and model.
• July 12: Topher Grace, American actor.
• July 12: Andrea Beccari, Italian swimmer.
• July 12: Ziad Jaziri, Tunisian footballer.
• July 13: Antônio da Silva, Brazilian footballer.
• July 15: Antonio Sambruno Aragón, Spanish footballer.
• July 17: Dolores Fonzi, Argentine actress.
• 18 July: Goran Brajković, Croatian footballer (f. 2015).
• July 18: Tomas Danilevičius, Lithuanian footballer.
• July 21: Josh Hartnett, American actor and producer.
• July 21: Justin Bartha, American actor.
• July 22: A. J. Cook, Canadian actress.
• July 23: Marianela González, Venezuelan actress and model.
• July 24: Gustavo Alba, Spanish footballer.
• July 28: Alejandra Botero Barco, Colombian economist.
• July 31: Will Champion, British percussionist, of the Coldplay band.
• July 31: Justin Wilson, British motor racing pilot (f. 2015).

August

• 2 August: Goran Gavrančić, Serbian footballer.
• 2 August: Deividas Šemberas, Lithuanian footballer.
• August 3: Rati Aleksidze, Georgian footballer.
• August 3: Patrice Abanda, Cameroonian footballer.
• August 3: Collin Benjamin, Namibian footballer.
• August 3: Mariusz Jop, Polish footballer.
• August 3: Serkan Özsoy, Turkish footballer.
• August 3: Juan Carlos Higuero, Spanish athlete.
• August 3: César Bellido, Peruvian footballer.
• 4 August: Ibán Espadas Zubizarreta, Spanish footballer.
• August 7: Alexandre Aja, French screenwriter.
• August 8: Ana Serradilla, Mexican actress.
• August 8: Massamasso Tchangai, Togolese footballer (f. 2010).
• August 8: Adriana Arboleda, model and Colombian host.
• August 9: Yalena Jácome, journalist and Colombian news anchor.
• August 15: Yoo Kyoung-youl, South Korean footballer.
• August 15: Héctor Bosque, Brazilian footballer.
• 17 August: Vibeke Stene, Norwegian singer of the Tristania band.
• August 17: Enrique de Lucas, Spanish footballer.
• August 18: Andy Samberg, actor, writer, producer and American musician.
• August 19: Michelle Borth, American actress.
• August 22: Jeff Stinco, American guitarist, Simple Plan band.
• August 23: Kobe Bryant, American basketball player (f. 2020).
• August 23: Julian Casablancas, American singer, The Strokes band.
• August 24: Beth Riesgraf, American actress.
• August 24: Melissa Ashley, American pornographic actress.
• August 25: Kel Mitchell, American actor, singer and comedian.
• August 26: David Cañas, Spanish footballer.
• August 26: Amanda Schull, American actress.
• August 30: Adalto Batista da Silva, Brazilian footballer.
• August 30: Cherie DeVille, pornographic actress and American erotic model.
• August 31: Sol Estevanez, an Argentine actress.
• August 31: Regiane Alves, Brazilian actress.
• August 31: Jennifer Ramírez Rivero, Venezuelan model. (f. 2018)

September

• September 3: Tinkara Kovač, Slovenian singer.
• September 3: Ivan Amaya, Spanish footballer.
• September 4: Héctor El Father, Puerto Rican singer.
• September 4th: Wes Bentley, American actor.
• September 8: Lucilla Agosti, Italian actress.
• September 11: Stanković, Serbian footballer.
• September 12: Benjamin Mckenzie, American actor.
• September 12: Elisabetta Canalis, Italian actress.
• September 12: Ramón Pereira, Spanish footballer.
• September 14: Silvia Navarro, Mexican actress.
• September 14: Ron DeSantis, American politician.
• September 15: Kew Jaliens, Dutch footballer.
• September 16: Laureano Olivares, Venezuelan actor.
• September 16: Johanna Cure, Colombian actress and model.
• September 16: Carolina Dieckmann, Brazilian actress.
• September 17: Cristina Alcázar, Spanish actress.
• September 18: Pilar López de Ayala, Spanish actress.
• September 19: Ognjen Koroman, Serbian footballer.
• September 19: Michelle Alves, Brazilian model.
• September 19: Jorge López Montaña, Spanish footballer.
• September 20: Inés Sainz, TV presenter, journalist and Mexican model.
• September 22: Harry Kewell, Australian footballer.
• September 22: Daniella Alonso, American actress and model.
• September 24: Miguel Abellán, Spanish bullfighter.
• September 25: Igbert Marín Chaparro, a military and university professor.
• September 28: Bushidō, German rapper.
• September 28: Pastora Soler, Spanish singer.
• September 28: Julia Michelón, locutora, actress and Argentine teacher.
• September 28: Liliana Lozano, Colombian actress and model (f. 2009).
• September 30: Candice Michelle, actress, model and professional exluder.
• September 30: Juan Magán, discotheque producer and Spanish singer.

October

• October 2: Ayumi Hamasaki, Japanese singer.
• October 3: Claudio Pizarro, Peruvian footballer.
• October 6: Samara Felippo, Brazilian actress.
• October 6: Albert Serra Figueras, Spanish footballer.
• 7 October: Asen, Spanish footballer.
• October 7: Jorge Luis Herrera, Mexican writer.
• October 7: Omar Benson Miller, American actor.
• October 7: Mario Bermejo, Spanish footballer.
• October 9: Nicky Byrne, Irish singer, from the Westlife band.
• October 11: Oriol Nolis, Spanish journalist.
• October 14: Usher Raymond, American singer, dancer and actor.
• October 14: José Luis Reséndez, Mexican actor and model.
• October 14: Alonso Solís, Costa Rican footballer.
• October 14: Antonio Sánchez de la Calle, Spanish footballer.
• October 14: Paul Hunter, British snooker player (f. 2006).
• October 15: Boško Balaban, Croatian footballer.
• October 16: Kala Savage, American actress and singer.
• October 16: Gianluca Comotto, Italian footballer.
• October 17: Isabel Díaz Ayuso, Spanish politics (current president of the Community of Madrid).
• October 17: Pablo Iglesias Turrión, Spanish politician.
• October 18: Valeri Falkov, Russian politician.
• October 18: Sean Grassie, Canadian curling player.
• October 20: Claudia Apablaza, Chilean writer.
• October 20: Paul Wilson, Irish musician.
• October 20: Alberto Ammann, Argentine actor.
• October 20: Andy Dawson, footballer and English coach.
• October 20: Michael Johns, Australian singer (f. 2014).
• October 20: Anthony Taylor, an English football referee.
• October 20: Mike Levin, American politician.
• October 20: Nora Hirano, Japanese actress.
• October 20: Princess Dudu, Nigerian taekwondista.
• October 20: Brooke Ellison, American politics.
• October 20: Robert Maras, German basketball player.
• October 20: Rodrigo Vargas, Australian footballer.
• October 22: Christoffer Andersson, Swedish footballer.
• October 24: Carlos Edwards, footballer trinitense.
• October 26: Cm Punk, American professional fighter.
• October 26: Stefano Morrone, Italian footballer.
• October 28: Marta Etura, Spanish actress.
• October 30: Cristina Castaño, Spanish actress.
• October 31: Marek Saganowski, Polish footballer.
• October 31: Siboney Lo, Chilean actress (f. 2021).

November

• November 1st: Danny Koevermans, Dutch footballer.
• November 2: Alexander Östlund, Swedish footballer.
• November 3: Risa Mizuno, Japanese voice actress.
• November 3: Akapei Latu, Yudoca Tongano.
• November 3: Julia Taylor, Hungarian pornographic actress.
• 5 November: Xavi Tondo, Spanish cyclist (f. 2011).
• 5 November: Bubba Watson, American golfer.
• 7 November: Rio Ferdinand, English footballer.
• 7 November: Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink, Dutch footballer.
• 7 November: Mohamed Aboutrika, Egyptian footballer.
• November 8: Tim de Cler, Dutch footballer.
• 9 November: Steven López, American taekwondista.
• November 9: Sisqó, American singer, from the Dru Hill band.
• November 10: Nadine Angerer, German footballer.
• November 10: Marcia Coutiño, Mexican actress.
• November 10: Kyla Cole, Slovak model.
• November 10: Park Jae-hong, South Korean footballer.
• 11 November: Erik Edman, Swedish footballer.
• 11 November: Liudmila Rádchenko, Russian model and actress.
• November 11: LaMont Jordan, American footballer.
• 12 November: Alexandra Maria Lara, Romanian actress.
• November 13: Nikolai Fraiture, a U.S. bassist, from The Strokes.
• 14 November: Jonathan Sesma, Spanish footballer.
• November 14: Washington Luigi Garcia, Brazilian footballer.

Rachel McAdams

• 17 November: Rachel McAdams, Canadian actress.
• November 17th: Tom Ellis, Welsh actor.
• 17 November: Zoë Bell, actress and double New Zealander.
• 17 November: Jorge Wágner Goés Conceição, Brazilian footballer.
• November 17: Julio César Santos Correa, Brazilian footballer.
• 17 November: Echendu Adiele, Nigerian footballer (f. 2011).
• November 19: Dries Buytaert, Belgian computer.
• November 20: Fran Perea, Spanish actor and singer.
• November 23: Tote, Spanish footballer.
• November 24: Katherine Heigl, American actress.
• 25 November: Shiina Ringo, Japanese singer.
• 25 November: Taís Araújo, Brazilian actress.
• 26 November: Andrejs Rubins, Latvian footballer (f. 2022).
• November 27: Unax Ugalde, Spanish actor.
• November 28: Mayré Martínez, Venezuelan singer.
• November 29: Benjamin Vicuña, Chilean actor.
• November 29: Andriy Vorobey, Ukrainian footballer.
• 29 November: Ludwika Paleta, Polish-Mexican actress.
• November 29: Lauren German, American actress.
• November 29: Rafael Zea, Colombian actor.
• November 30: Gael García Bernal, Mexican actor.
• November 30: Clay Aiken, American singer.

December

• December 2: Nelly Furtado, Canadian singer.
• December 2: Peter Moylan, Australian baseball player.
• December 2: David Rivas Rodríguez, Spanish footballer.
• December 2nd: Christopher Wolstenholme, bassist and British singer, from the Muse band.
• December 4: Jaclyn Victor, Malaysian singer, winner Malaysian Idol.
• December 5: Mariano Martínez, Argentine actor.
• December 5: Peter Hlinka, Slovak footballer.
• December 7: Shiri Appleby, American actress.
• December 8: Ian Somerhalder, American actor.
• December 8: Diego Cadavid, actor, model, photographer and Colombian musician.
• December 8: Samat Smakov, Kazakh footballer.
• December 9: Gastón Gaudio, Argentine tennis player.
• December 10: Jose Mari, Spanish footballer.
• December 13: Tote King, Spanish rapper.
• December 14: Zdeněk Pospěch, Czech footballer.
• December 17: Víctor S. Peña, Mexican writer, lawyer and journalist.
• December 17: Chase Utley, American baseball player.

Manny Pacquiao

• December 17: Manny Pacquiao, Filipino boxer.
• December 17: Neil Sanderson, Canadian drummer, Three Days Grace band
• December 18: Katie Holmes, American actress.
• December 19: Carlos Aguiar, Uruguayan footballer.
• December 19: Antonio Soldevilla, Spanish footballer.
• December 19: Wisin, rapper and Puerto Rican singer.
• December 21: Pablo Chinchilla, a Costa Rican footballer.
• December 22: Mia Tyler, American actress and model.
• December 23: Víctor Martínez, Venezuelan baseball player.
• December 23: Jodie Marsh, British model.
• December 23: Estella Warren, swimmer and Canadian actress.
• December 28: Dominika Figurska, Polish actress.
• December 29: Alexis Amore, American-Peruvian porn actress.
• December 29: Alejandro Campano, Spanish footballer.
• December 29: Rob Wielaert, Dutch footballer.
• December 30: Alonso Filomeno Mayo, Peruvian filmmaker.
• December 31: Sugey Ábrego, Mexican actress and driver.
• December 31: Valeria Arata, Argentine policy.

Unknown dates

• Tímea Nagy, Hungarian Canadian national activist

Deaths

Deaths (January to June)

• January 11: Ibn-e-Insha, a Pakistani humorist, a poet in Urdu (n. 1927).
• January 14: Kurt Gödel, German mathematician.
• January 18: Nicanor Piñole, a Spanish painter.
• January 19: Francisco Cantera Burgos, Spanish historian and humanist.
• February 1st: Jorge Cafrune, Argentine folk singer.
• February 3: Otto Maria Carpeaux, essayist, literary critic and Brazilian nationalized Austrian journalist (n. 1900).
• February 9: Julio Jaramillo, Ecuadorian singer.
• February 11: Harry Martinson, Swedish writer.
• March 11: Claude François, French singer.
• March 12: John Cazale, American actor.
• March 16: Renny Ottolina, Venezuelan television animator.
• April 2: Aurelio Baldor, Cuban mathematician.
• 1 May: Aram Jachaturián, Russian composer.
• May 16: William Steinberg, director of orchestra and German musician.
• May 21: Enrique Gebhard, Chilean architect.
• May 26: Tamara Karsavina, Russian dancer.
• 2 June: Santiago Bernabéu, Spanish politician, president of Real Madrid.
• June 20: Mark Robson, Canadian filmmaker.

Deaths (July to December)

• July 26: Mary Blair, animator, graphic designer, American illustrator and screenwriter (n. 1911).
• August 2: Carlos Chávez, Mexican composer (n. 1899).
• August 6: Paul VI, Italian Pope.
• August 11: Joe Davis, British billiard player and snooker.
• August 22: Jomo Kenyatta, Kenyan politician.
• 2 September: Juan L. Ortiz, writer and Argentine poet (n. 1896).
• September 7th: Keith Moon, English musician.
• September 11: Ronnie Peterson, Swedish pilot.
• September 26: Manne Siegbahn, Swedish physicist.
• September 28: John Paul I, Italian Pope.
• October 17: Giovanni Gronchi, Italian politician.
• October 19: Ramón Mercader, Spanish mercenary, assassin of Trotsky.
• October 20: Salka Viertel, Austrian-American film actress and screenwriter.
• October 20: Oliverio Castañeda de León, Guatemalan student murdered (n. 1955).
• October 21: Anastás Mikoyán, Soviet politician, Bolshevik (n. 1895).
• 23 October: Román Románov, Russian prince.
• November 18: Jim Jones, American religious.
• November 20: Giorgio de Chirico, Italian painter.
• November 27: Harvey Milk, American activist.
• December 8: Golda Meir, Israeli policy.
• 9 December: Abdón Calderón Muñoz, politician and Ecuadorian economist, murdered (n. 1924)
• December 10: Emilio Portes Gil, Mexican politician, president between 1928 and 1930 (n. 1890).
• December 11: Gaspar García Laviana, asturian priest, poet, died in Nicaragua fighting against the Somocist dictatorship (n. Les Roces, SMRA 8 Nov 1941).
• 27 December: Houari Boumédiène, President of Algeria.
• December 30: Arturo Pacheco Altamirano, Chilean painter.

No known date

• Eduardo Garat, an Argentine lawyer (n. 1945), kidnapped on April 13, 1978 by the last anti-peronist dictatorship (1976-1983) and murdered-disappeared months later.

Art and literature

• Carmen Conde enters the Royal Spanish Academy, second woman in this academy, after María Isidra de Guzmán and the Cerda, that her only act there was the pronunciation of her inaugural speech in 1784.
• Miguel Delibes publishes The disputed vote of Mr. Cayo and Adventures, ventures and deventures of a hunter.
• Michael Ende publishes Lirum Larum Willi Warum.
• Carlos Fuentes publica The Head of Hydra.
• Milan Kundera publica The book of laughter and forgetfulness.

Science and technology

• Construction of the Rande Bridge, a busy bridge linking both margins of the Vigo River.
• Fundación de la Estación Experimental Alfredo Volio Mata, de la Universidad de Costa Rica.

Astronautics

• May 20: American probe launch Pioneer Venus to Venus.
• 28 June: launch of the United States Marine Observation Satellite Seasat.
• 9 September: launch of the Soviet space probe Venera 11 to Venus.
• 14 September: launch of the Soviet space probe Venera 12 to Venus.

Cinema

• 6 January: Coma Michael Crichton.
• 22 February: The hunter by Michael Cimino
• 5 April: The green room by François Truffaut.
• 5 April: Pretty baby. Louis Malle.
• 26 April: The last waltz. Martin Scorsese.
• 2 June: Capricorn One Peter Hyams.
• 5 June: Damien: Omen II Don Taylor.
• 16 June: Grease Randal Kleiser.
• 16 June: Shark 2 by Jeannot Szwarc.
• 28 June: Heaven can wait Warren Beatty.
• 19 July: The Revenge of the Pink Panther Blake Edwards.
• 27 July: Burn the American John Landis.
• 2 August: Interiors Woody Allen.
• 3 August: Pirana Joe Dante.
• 16 August: Force 10 of Navarone Guy Hamilton.
• 31 August: The Midnight Express Alan Parker.
• 2 September: The dawn of the dead by George A. Romero.
• 13 September: Days of Heaven from Terrence Malick.
• 15 September: As smoke goes Lou Adler.
• 5 October: Children in Brazil Franklin J. Schaffner.
• 6 October: Death in the Nile John Guillermin.
• 19 October: Watership Down (1978 film) Martin Rosen.
• October 4: The Wiz de Sidney Lumet.
• 25 October: Halloween John Carpenter.met.
• 15 November: The lord of the rings Ralph Bakshi.
• 10 December: Superman Richard Donner.
• 20 December: The Invasion of Ultrabodies Philip Kaufman.
• 20 December: Hard to peel James Fargo.

Sports

Athletics

• 1978 European Championship of Athletics: Prague, Czechoslovakia.
  • Jordi Llopart gets the gold medal at the 50 km march test.
• European Championship of Athletics in Pista Cubierta of 1978: Milan, Italy.

Motor Racing

Lotus 77 Sears Point.

• Formula 1:
  • Pilot Championship:
  1. Mario Andretti 64 sts.
  2. Ronnie Peterson 51 sts.
  3. Carlos Reutemann 48 pts.
  • Championship of builders:
  1. Lotus-Ford 116 pts.
  2. Brabham-Alfa Romeo 69 pts.
  3. Ferrari 65 sts.

Basketball

• Basketball King Cup: F. C. Barcelona is proclaimed champion.

Cycling

• Tour de France:

1. Bernard Hinault
2. Joop Zoetemelk
3. Joaquín Agostinho

• Return to Spain:

1. Bernard Hinault
2. José Pesarrodona
3. Jean René Bernaudeau

• Giro de Italia:

1. Johan De Muynck
2. Gianbattista Baronchelli
3. Francesco Moser

• World Tour Cycling Championship:

1. Gerrie Knetemann
2. Francesco Moser
3. Jorgen Marcussen

• Milan-San Remo: Roger De Vlaeminck
• Tour de Flandes: Walter Godefroot
• Paris-Roubaix: Francesco Moser
• Amstel Gold Race: Jan Raas
• Liege-Bastogne-Lieja: Joseph Bruyère
• Zurich Championship: Dietrich Thurau
• Paris-Tours: Jan Raas
• Giro de Lombardy: Francesco Moser
• Bordeaux-Paris: Herman Van Springel
• Classic Ports: Carlos Machín
• National Critérium: Bernard Hinault
• Four Days of Dunkirk: Freddy Maertens
• Dauphiné Libéré: Michel Pollentier
• Up to Montjuic: Michel Pollentier
• Flecha Valona: Michel Laurent
• Grand Prix Navarra: Miguel María Lasa
• Classic Amorebieta: Domingo Perurena
• Ghent-Wevelgem: Ferdi Van Den Haute
• Plouay Grand Prix: Pierre-Raymond Villemiane
• United Nations Grand Prix: Bernard Hinault
• Midi Libre: Claudio Bortolotto
• Milan-Turin: Pierino Gavazzi
• Omloop Het Volk: Freddy Maertens
• Paris-Niza: Gerrie Knetemann
• Catalan Week: Enrique Cima
• Up to Arrate: Faustino Fernández
• Tyrrhenian-Adriatic: Giuseppe Saronni
• Tour de Romandía: Johan Van der Velde
• Volta to Catalonia: Francesco Moser
• Return to Aragón: Jesus Suárez Cuevas
• Return to Asturias: Enrique Martínez Heredia
• Return to La Rioja: Francisco Galdós
• Return to the Basque Country: José Antonio González Linares

Football

• 1978 Football World Cup: June 25, Argentina achieves its first Football World Cup by beating the Netherlands for 3-1.
• Copa Libertadores de América: Boca Juniors is proclaimed champion of the hand of Juan Carlos Lorenzo.
• Concacaf Champions Cup: Communications declare him to be a champion with the University of Guadalajara and Defence Force.
• Metropolitan Tournaments: October 29, the Quilmes Atlético Club is dedicated.
• Professional Colombian Football: Millionaires win for 11.
• First Division of Peru: Alianza Lima is crowned champion, thus earns its title number 17 of its history.
• Serie A of Ecuador: El Nacional de Quito gets his first tricampeonato, something that no other club would have achieved previously. Get your title number 5 in your story.
• European Cup (current UEFA Champions League): Liverpool FC is crowned champion of the competition by defeating the Belgian Bruges Club set at the legendary Wembley Stadium in London.
• Intercontinental Cup: The tournament was not disputed.

Tennis

July 10: Martina Navratilova becomes world number 1.

Other sports

• Hockey on skates: F. C. Barcelona is proclaimed champion for the third time of the European Cup.
• Swimming: Third edition of the World of Swimming Championships in Berlin, German Democratic Republic.

Music

News

• This year the musical film was launched Grease (Brillantina) performed by Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta.
• The musical Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds.
• The Colombian musician, singer, director and composer Jairo Varela founded El Grupo Niche.
• First Ortigueira Celtic Festival.
• It forms the Ratt band.
• The Dokken band is formed after a change in its name Airborn.
• Die The Who drummer, Keith Moon, at the age of 32.
• The first edition of Telecogresca with the participation of Pere Tàpias and Orquestra Encantada i Tribu.

Posts

• AC/DC: Powerage
• Ace Frehley: Ace Frehley
• Adalberto Santiago: The most beautiful night in the world
• Al Stewart: Time Passages
• Alan Parsons Project: Pyramid
• Andy Gibb: Shadow Dancing
• Angela Carrasco: My friend, count on me.
• Billy Joel: 52nd Street
• Black Sabbath: Never Say Die!
• Blondie: Parallel Lines
• Bob Dylan: Masterpieces
• Bob Dylan: Legal Street
• Boney M: Nightflight To Venus
• Buddy Holly: 20 Golden Greats
• Bruce Springsteen: Darkness On The Edge Of Town
• Camilo Sesto: Feelings
  • Living like this is dying of love
• Carpenters: Christmas Portrait
• Chabuca Granda: Black Tarimba
• Chacalón and La Nueva Crema: I'm provincial.
• Cheap Trick: Heaven tonight
• Chick Korea: Friends, The Mad Hatter and Secret Agent
• David Gilmour: David Gilmour
• Deep Purple: When We Rock, We Rock and When We Roll and We Roll
• Dino: A thousand years
• Dire Straits: Dire Straits
• Earth, Wind & Fire: The Best of Earth, Wind & Fire, Vol. 1
• Elton John: A Single Man
• Emerson, Lake & Palmer: Love Beach
• Gene Simmons: Gene Simmons
• Genesis: And then There Were Three
• Gloria Gaynor: I Will Survive
• Hank Williams: 40 Greatest Hits
• Hector Lavoe: Comedia
• Ismael Miranda: Taste, Feeling and People
• Jean-Michel Jarre: Équinoxe
• Joaquín Sabina: Inventory
• José: Volcano and Past
• José Luis Perales: Like fresh rain and Soledades (edited only for Hispanic America).
• Judas Priest: Stained Class
• Judas Priest: Killing Machine/Hell Bent for Leather
• Julio Iglesias: Emotions
  • I forgot to live.
• Kate Bush: The Kick Inside
• Kiss: The Originals II and Double Platinum
• Kraftwerk: Die Mensch-Maschine
• María Jiménez: It's over.
• Mike Oldfield: Incantations
• Modules: Modules and Everything has its end
• Pat Metheny Group: Pat Metheny Group
• Paul Stanley: Paul Stanley
• Pedrito Fernández: The one in the blue backpack
• Peter Criss: Peter Criss
• Prince: For You
• Queen: Jazz
• Richard Clayderman: A comme amour
• Richard Clayderman: Medley Concerto
• Richard Wright: Wet Dream
• Rush: Hemispheres
• Scorpions: Tokyo Tapes
• Siouxsie And The Banshees: The Scream
• Sweet: Level Headed
• Tangerine Dream: Cyclone
• Tequila: Honorary Enrolment
• The Beach Boys: M.I.U. Album
• The Clash: Give 'Em Enough Rope
• The Doors: An American Prayer
• The Police: Outlandos d'Amour
• The Ramones: Road to Ruin
• The Rolling Stones: Some Girls
• Toto: Toto
• Uriah Heep: Fallen Angel
• Van Halen: Van Halen
• Willie Colón & Rubén Blades: Siembra
  • Pedro Navaja
• Wings: Wings Greatest
• Yes: Tormato
• Yola Polastry: Pa' Rondas and Pa' Ronditas and Christmas with Yola

Television

Awards

Fields Medal

• Pierre René Deligne, Institut des hautes études scientifiques.
• Charles Louis Fefferman, Princeton University.
• Gregori Alexandrovitch Margulis, University of Moscow.
• Daniel G. Quillen, MIT.

Cervantes Award

• Dámaso Alonso.

Ernst von Siemens Prize

• Rudolf Serkin.

Golden Globe Awards

• Best movie: Drama: The Midnight Express.
• Best movie: Comedy or musical: The sky can wait.
• Best director: Michael Cimino for The Hunter.
• Best actor: Drama: Jon Voight for The Return.
• Best actor: Comedy or musical: Warren Beatty by Heaven can wait.
• Best actress: Drama: Jane Fonda for The Return.
• Best actress: Comedy or musical: Ellen Burstyn by Next year at the same time shared with Maggie Smith by California Suite.
• Best script: Oliver Stone for Midnight Express.
• Best series: Drama: 60 Minutes
• Best series: Comedy or musical: Taxi.

Nadal Award

• Narcis Germán Sánchez Espeso.

Nobel laureates

• Physics: Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa, Arno Allan Penzias, Robert Woodrow Wilson.
• Chemistry: Peter Dennis Mitchell.
• Medicine: Werner Arber, Daniel Nathans, Hamilton O. Smith.
• Literature: Isaac Bashevis Singer.
• Peace: Mohamed Anwar Al-Sadat and Menájem Beguin.
• Economy: Herbert Simon.

Oscars

• Best movie: The hunter.
• Best director: Michael Cimino by The hunter.
• Best actor: Jon Voight by Return.
• Best actress: Jane Fonda by Return.
• Best cast actor: Christopher Walken by The hunter.
• Best cast actress: Maggie Smith by California Suite.
• Best original script: Robert Jones and Waldo Salt by Return.

Planet Award

• Winner: The golden panties girl of Juan Marsé
• Finalist: The guests of Alfonso Grosso.