1978 - January. January 13 - Hubert H. Humphrey, U.S Vice President and Senator (b. 1911) January 13 - Joe McCarthy, baseball manager (b. 1887) January 14 - Harold Abrahams, English athlete (b. 1899) January 14 - Kurt Gödel, Austrian-born mathematician (b. 1906) January 22 - Herbert Sutcliffe, English cricketer (b. 1894) January 23 - Terry Kath, American musician (Chicago) (b. 1946) January 23 - Jack Oakie, ...

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1978 - January. January 1 - Erica Durance, Canadian actress January 1 - Phillip Mulryne, Northern Irish footballer January 3 - Alex Leigh, British model January 4 - Dwight Freeney, American football player January 9 - Chad Johnson, American football January 9 - AJ McLean, member of the Backstreet Boys January 14 - Shawn Crawford, American runner January 17 - Warren Feeney, Northern Irish footballer January 28 - Gianluigi Bu ...

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1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). 1978 - Events. January 1 - The Copyright Act of 1976 takes effect, making sweeping changes to United States copyright law. January 1 - Air India's Boeing 747 explodes near Bombay - 213 dead. January 4 - Referendum in Chile supports policies of Augusto Pinochet. January 6 - The Hungarian Holy Crown (also known as Stephen of Hungary Crown) returned to Hungary from the U ...

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Chief Minister of Maharashtra - List of chief ministers of Maharashtra. Yashwantrao Chavan (May 1, 1960 - November 19, 1962) Marotrao Kannamwar (November 20,1962 - November 24, 1963) Vasantrao Naik (December 5, 1963 - February 20, 1975) Shankarrao Chavan (February 21, 1975 - May 17, 1977) Vasantdada Patil (May 17, 1977 - July 18, 1978) Sharad Pawar (July 18, 1978 - February 17, 1980) A R Antule (June 9, 1980 - January 12, 1982) Babasaheb Bhosale ...

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Angamaly (Malayalam: അങ്കമാലി) is a rapidly growing town in Ernakulam district of Kerala, south India, famous as the intersection of Main central road and National Highway 47. Also a Municipality and a Legislative Assembly constituency in Ernakulam district. Starting as a Panchayat in May 1952, Angamaly was raised to a municipality in April 1978. Situated 33 km north of Ernakulam, Angamaly is the northe ...

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Amity Island is the fictional setting of the films Jaws (1975), Jaws 2 (1978), and the first act of Jaws: The Revenge (1987). The island is a popular resort town somewhere in New England, most likely in Massachusetts. Although believed to be based on Martha's Vineyard or Nantucket Island, the name may come from the Long Island town of Amityville, New York. Categories: Fictional locations | Fictional towns and cities ...

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What Dreams May Come is a 1998 drama film, starring Robin Williams, Cuba Gooding Jr., and Annabella Sciorra. Max von Sydow also appears. The movie is based on the 1978 novel of the same name by Richard Matheson, and was directed by Vincent Ward. The title comes from a famous line in Hamlet's soliloquy in Act 3, scene 1(To be, or not to be). The film was released by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment. What Dreams May Come - Characters. Williams plays Chris, a pediatrician. Sciorra plays his wife Ann ...

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Venture Stores, Inc., was a former chain of retail stores that operated in the American Midwest. The company operated over 70 stores, and was based out of the Saint Louis suburb of O'Fallon, Missouri. Venture Stores Inc - History. The first store opened in 1970, as a subsidiary of May Department Stores. In 1978 Venture Stores purchased 23 Turn-Style locations in the Chicago area from Jewel food stores, and expanded to over 40 locations. In 1990 Venture separated from May and became a private corpora ...

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Visa or VISA may refer to: Visa (document) — a document required to enter a specific country. VISA (credit card) — one of the world's most popular credit cards. Citroën Visa — a French car manufactured from 1978 to 1988. As an acronym VISA may stand for: Vancomycin-intermediate staphylococcus aureus — a multi-drug resistant bacteria. Virtual Instrument Software Architecture — an instrument communication library standard used in the Test and Mea

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Crane or Cranes may refer to, Les Crane Announcer/TV Talk show host/interviewer Caprice Crane Screenwriter/Author/Producer Bob Crane (1928-1978), American DJ and actor, played Hogan in the sitcom Hogan's Heros Brian Crane, creator of the Pickles comic strip Charles Crane, mayor of Honolulu 1938 to 1941 Cranes (band) (formed 1980s), British goth rock band Crane (bird), large long-necked birds Crane (machine), industrial machinery for lifting etc

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Pickles may refer to, Eric Pickles (born 1952), British convervative politician James Pickles (born 1925), controversial British judge Pickled vegetables Pickles (comic strip), created by Brian Crane Pickles, intercepted passes in the game of football Pickles, nickname for Jack Nicholson Pickles, surname of several characters from the cartoon TV series Rugrats. Wilfred Pickles (1904-1978), English actor and radio presenter William Fleder (1985-

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Mt. Ossa (today Kissavos, greek Κίσσαβος) is a mountain (1978 metres altitude) in the district of Larissa in Thessaly, between Pelion and Olympus, from which it is separated by the valley of Tempe. In Greek mythology The Giants are said to have attempted to pile Pelion upon it during the Gigantomachy, in their attempt to scale Olympus. The names "Ossa", "Tempe" and "Pelion" may also be found as names of neighbouring farms in the Witteberg mountains of the Eastern Cape, South Africa. This article ...

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B7 or B-7 may refer to: Vitamin B7, Biotin. The B7 (protein), important in the immune system. The Douglas Y1B-7, a bomber of the United States Army Air Corps. HMS B7, a B-class submarine of the Royal Navy. B7, the IATA code for UNI Airways, Taiwan. B7, an international standard paper size (88×125 mm), defined in ISO 216. Blake's 7, a BBC science fiction television series first broadcast in 1978–1981. It is also slang on the GameFAQ

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Copacabana is a famous New York City nightclub. Many entertainers, among them Danny Thomas and the comedy team of Martin and Lewis, made their debuts here. The 1978 Barry Manilow song "Copacabana" is named for and about the nightclub, and part of the 2003 Yerba Buena song "Guajira" is set there. This nightclub achieved a degree of notoriety due to a May 16, 1957 incident involving members of the New York Yankees. One evening, Mickey Mantle, Whitey Ford, Hank Bauer, Yogi Berra, Johnny Kucks and Billy Martin of the Yankees, along ...

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The American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) serves as the de facto embassy of the United States in the Republic of China on Taiwan. The AIT exists because the United States, in maintaining diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China and acknowledging its view of the One-China policy, may not officially recognize the Republic of China and hence cannot open an actual embassy there. It was created in 1979 by the Taiwan Relations Act after severing ties with the ROC in 1978. Although it is a nominally private organiz ...

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Amy Chow (周婉儀; pinyin: Zhōu Wǎnyí; born May 15, 1978 in San Jose, California) is an American gymnast. She was coached by Mark Young. Chow began gymnastics training in 1981, and has been competing in national and international competitions since 1990. In 1996, she won a silver medal on the uneven bars and a team gold with the U.S. women's gymnastics team at the 1996 Summer Olympics. She also competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics, although the team did not win a medal in Sydney. However Chow qualified to the all around finals and was the second ranked ...

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The UK general election, 1979 was held on May 3, 1979 and is regarded as a pivotal point in 20th century British politics. The Conservatives and their leader Margaret Thatcher won and replaced the Labour government. Labour had been in power from February 1974, with James Callaghan succeeding Harold Wilson after his surprise resignation in April 1976. The administration had been a minority government for most of its term, and from March 1977 to August 1978 the government had reached an agreement with the Liberal Party, in a so-c ...

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His Eminence Varkey Cardinal Vithayathil (born 29 May 1927) is a senior Eastern Rite cleric of the Roman Catholic Church, serving as the Major Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly of the Syro-Malabars in India. Born in Parur, India, Vithayathil was ordained as a priest in 1954. He holds a doctorate in canon law from the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas in Rome and taught for 25 years at the Redemptorist seminary in Bangalore. From 1978 to 1984 he was Provincial for India and Sri Lanka, from 1984 to 1985 he was P ...

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1978 in aviation - January. January 1 - British Aircraft Corporation, Hawker Siddeley, and Scottish Aviation are absorbed into British Aerospace 1978 in aviation - April. April 1 - The Canadian Snowbirds aerobatic team officially becomes the 431 Air Demonstration Squadron. April 18 - the Vickers Viscount becomes the first turboprop airliner to see 25 years in service April 20 - a Korean Airlines Boeing 707 makes a crash landing after being attacked by Soviet fighters over the Kola P ...

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