On April 19, 1978 a prominent leftist, Mir Akbar Khyber, was killed by the government of Mohammed Daoud Khan. His death served as a rallying point for the Afghan communists. Fearing a communist coup d'etat, Daud ordered the arrest of certain PDPA leaders, including Taraki and Babrak Karmal, while placing others such as Hafizullah Amin under house arrest. On April 27, 1978 the coup was initiated, reportedly by Hafizullah Amin while still under house arrest. Mohammed Daoud Khan was killed the next day along with most of hi ...

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1978 - January. January 1 - The Copyright Act of 1976 takes effect, making sweeping changes to United States copyright law. January 1 - Air India's Boeing 747 explodes near Bombay - 213 dead. January 4 - Referendum in Chile supports policies of Augusto Pinochet. January 6 - The Hungarian Holy Crown (also known as Stephen of Hungary Crown) returned to Hungary from the United States where it was held after World War II. January 7 - Emilio Palma is born in Antarctica, making ...

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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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1978 - Nobel Prizes 1978 - Fields Medalists 1978 - Templeton Prize

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Glen David Brin (born October 6, 1950) is a well-known American author of science fiction. He is the winner of both the Hugo and Nebula Awards as well as the Interstella War Award. He lives in Southern California and has been both a NASA consultant and a physics professor. David Brin - Biographical timeline. 6 October 1950 - born in Glendale, California 1973 - received Bachelor of Science in astronomy from California Institute of Technology 1978 - received Master of Science in applie ...

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In the mathematical area of order theory, completeness properties assert the existence of certain infima or suprema of a given partially ordered set. A special use of the term refers to complete partial orders or complete lattices. However, many other interesting notions of completeness exist. The motivation for considering completeness properties derives from the great importance of suprema (least upper bounds, joins, "") and infima (greatest lower bounds, meets, "") to the theory of partial orders. Finding a supremum means to ...

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Ayumi Hamasaki (浜崎 あゆみ Hamasaki Ayumi, born October 2, 1978) is a Japanese pop singer and Japanese idol originally from Fukuoka. In Japan, she is commonly called by her nickname Ayu. To this date, she has released seven full-length studio albums, one mini-album, two compilation albums, and 38 singles. She officially debuted in 1998 with her single poker face. She is the first Japanese artist to have her first original seven studio albums top the charts. Ayumi Hamasaki - Biography. Including:

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Ayumi Hamasaki - Idol Career Ayumi Hamasaki - As an Artist Ayumi Hamasaki - NOTHING FROM NOTHING Era Ayumi Hamasaki - A Song for XX to LOVEppears Era Ayumi Hamasaki - Duty Era Ayumi Hamasaki - A BEST to I am... Era Ayumi Hamasaki - RAINBOW to A BALLADS Era Ayumi Hamasaki - Memorial address to MY STORY Ayumi Hamasaki - missunderstood Era
Ayumi Hamasaki - Symbols
Ayumi Hamasaki - The first A Ayumi Hamasaki - M Ayumi Hamasaki - The second A Ayumi Hamasaki - H Ayumi Hamasaki - &
Ayumi Hamasaki - Discography Ayumi Hamasaki - DVD
Ayumi Hamasaki - Video Clips Ayumi Hamasaki - Short Film Ayumi Hamasaki - DVDs Ayumi Hamasaki - DVD Audio
Ayumi Hamasaki - OTHERS

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Benjamin Lloyd Roden was born January 5, 1902, in Bearden, Oklahoma. He died on October 22, 1978. He spent his childhood on the farm, graduated from high school, and attended Oklahoma Teachers College. He spent a short time teaching in a country school. For many years he was employed in the oil fields in Oklahoma, and Odessa, Texas. On February 12, 1937, Benjamin L. Roden and Lois Irene Scott were married. They had six children. In 1937, Ben and Lois joined the Christian Church, and were active and faithful members. Not long af ...

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Billy Barty (born William John Bertanzetti) (October 25, 1924–December 23, 2000) was an Italian-American film actor. Barty was born in Millsboro, Pennsylvania. He was one of the most famous 20th century people with dwarfism, having prominent roles in popular movies such as Foul Play, The Lord of the Rings (both 1978), Under the Rainbow (1981), Masters of the Universe (1987), Willow (1988) and UHF (1989). But because of his stature, most of his work consisted of bit parts and gag roles. Barty was known for his boundless energy and en ...

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Christopher Timothy (born October 14, 1940) is a Welsh-born actor best known for playing James Herriot in the television series All Creatures Great and Small. Timothy was born in Bala, Gwynedd, Wales. His T.V. career started in the 1969 series Take Three Girls. He went on to appear in Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em in 1973 and Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle in 1977 before winning the role of Herriot. He played the role from 1978 until 1980 and again between 1988 and 1990. In 2000 he was cast as ...

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Wilfred Pickles (13 October 1904 - 26 March 1978) was an English actor and radio presenter. Born in Halifax, Calderdale, he was a proud Yorkshireman, and having been selected by the BBC as an announcer for its North Region radio service, went on to be an occasional newsreader on the National service during World War II. He was the first newsreader to speak in a regional accent rather than the "BBC English" of the period, and caused some comment with his farewell ...

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Dan White (September 2, 1946 – October 21, 1985) was the former city supervisor of San Francisco who assassinated Supervisor Harvey Milk and Mayor George Moscone on November 27, 1978 at City Hall. Milk was the first open homosexual to hold the position of city supervisor in San Francisco, and was one of the first openly gay politicians in American politics. The primary motivation for the murders was likely depression and desperation after White resigned his post as city supervisor. White had resigned the office of city superv ...

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Robert William "Bob" Hoskins (born October 26, 1942) is a British actor best known for playing Cockney rough diamonds and gangsters, and for family films such as Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988, Eddie Valiant). Bob Hoskins - Early life. Born in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk (of part Roma descent), Bob Hoskins had a number of occupations before going into acting, and made his stage debut in 1969. He hit the big time in 1978 when he starred in Dennis Potter's successful BBC drama serial, Pen ...

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William Thomas Berry (born July 31st 1958) was the drummer in alternative rock band R.E.M. for 17 years. Berry was born in Duluth, Minnesota, but his family soon moved to Macon, Georgia. He met bassist Mike Mills at high school in 1972, and they played together in several different bands. Berry and Mills moved to Athens, Georgia in 1978, where they met Michael Stipe and Peter Buck. R.E.M. was formed in 1980. In 1995, Bill Berry collapsed on stage while touring, due to a brain aneurysm. He left R.E.M. in October 1997, citing per ...

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Andrei Romanovich Chikatilo (Андре́й Рома́нович Чикати́ло) (October 16, 1936 – February 14, 1994) was a Ukrainian serial killer. He was convicted of the murder of fifty-two women and children between 1978 and 1990. Andrei Chikatilo - Early life. Chikatilo was born in village of Yablochnoye in 1936. He was born with water on the brain, which would later impair control of his bladder and seminal functions. His childhood was quite traumatic, part ...

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Zaheer Khan (born October 7, 1978, Maharashtra, India) is an Indian cricketer (left-arm fast-medium bowler) and a member of the Indian cricket team since 2000, besides playing for the Baroda first-class team. He made his Test debut against Bangladesh at Dhaka and ODI debut against Kenya at Nairobi in the same year. He has taken over 100 ODI wickets at an average of 26 runs per wicket taking 4 wickets in a match 6 times (4 times against Zimbabwe) including 32 wickets against Zimbabwe at an average of 17.46 runs per dismissal. He, along with other seamers like Javagal Srinath helped Ind ...

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Christopher Reeve (September 25, 1952 – October 10, 2004) was an American actor, director, producer and writer renowned for his film portrayal of Superman/Kal-El/Clark Kent in four films from 1978-1987. On May 27, 1995 Reeve was rendered a quadriplegic during an equestrian competition near Culpeper, Virginia, and was confined to a wheelchair for the remainder of his life. He became a spokesman for disabled people and a vocal supporter of stem cell research. Reeve lobbied tirelessly for st ...

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The Airline Deregulation Act (ADA) was a piece of US legislation signed into law on October 28, 1978. The main purpose of the act was to remove government control from commercial aviation and expose the passenger airline industry to market forces. Airline Deregulation Act - History of airline regulation and the CAB. Since 1938, the federal Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) had regulated all domestic air transport as a public utility, setting fares, routes, and schedules. The CAB promoted air travel, for instanc ...

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1999 Busch Series Champion 1998 Busch Series Champion Poles = 6 Ralph Dale Earnhardt Jr. (born October 10, 1974 in Kannapolis, North Carolina) is the son of NASCAR legend Dale Earnhardt. He currently drives the #8 Budweiser Chevrolet Monte Carlo. Earnhardt Jr. began his professional driving career at the age of 17, competing in the Street Stock division at Concord (N.C.) Motorsport Park. His first race car was a 1978 Monte Carlo that he co-owned with older brother Kerry. Within two seasons, the young Earnha ...

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The Cork Jazz Festival is an annual festival held in Cork City, Ireland in late October every year since 1978. The Festival is Ireland's biggest and most prestigious jazz event and attracts hundreds of musicians and thousands of music fans to the city each year. Renowned as Europe's friendliest Jazz Festival, the event has hosted many of the jazz 'greats' in its history, including: Ella Fitzgerald, Oscar Peterson, Dizzy Gillespie, Lionel Hampton, Buddy Rich, Mel Torme, Cleo Laine, Dave Brubeck, Benny Carter, Joe Zawinul, Art Blakey, Gerry Mulligan, Sonny Rollins, Wynton Marsalis, Stéphane Gra ...

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