Historical Events in 1978 (Part 4)

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• Nov 3 First broadcast of "Different Strokes" on NBC TV
• Nov 3 Dominica gains independence from UK & adopts constitution

• Nov 3 USSR & Vietnam sign peace & friendship treaty
• Nov 4 Iranian troops fire on anti-Shah student protesters by Tehran U
• Nov 4 Islanders start 15 game undefeated streak (12-0-3)
• Nov 4 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR

• Nov 6 Shah of Iran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi places the country under military rule; General Gholām Reza Azhāri forms government
• Nov 7 Boston Red Sox Jim Rice wins AL MVP
• Nov 7 CDA-chairman W Aantjes resigns due to his war past
• Nov 7 Marion Barry Jr. elected as Washington, D.C.'s first African American mayor

• Nov 9 North American Soccer League (NASL) realigns its 24 teams into 6 divisions


• Nov 10 Israel's top negotiators broke away from Middle East peace talks

• Nov 10 Yanks trade Lyle, Rajsich, McCall, Heath & Ramos to Texas for Righetti, Mirabella, Beniquez, Jemison & Griffin
• Nov 11 Maumoon Abdul Gayoom becomes president of Maldives
• Nov 12 "Platinum" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 33 performances
• Nov 13 NASA launches HEAO 2
• Nov 15 183 die as Icelandic Airlines DC-8 crashes in Colombo, Sri Lanka
• Nov 15 Harold Pinter's play "Betrayal" premieres in London
• Nov 15 Pirates outfielder Dave Parker wins NL MVP
• Nov 16 Major Indoor Soccer League holds its 1st draft
• Nov 18 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

• Nov 19 "The Miracle at the Meadowlands", Eagles Herman Edwards returns a fumble for a touchdown with 31 seconds left to give Philadelphia a 19-17 victory over the rival New York Giants
• Nov 19 28th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Cale Yarborough wins
• Nov 21 Bob Horner of Braves wins NL Rookie of Year Award

• Nov 26 10 die as fire erupts at Holiday Inn in Rochester, NY
• Nov 26 1st lesbian theme TV movie - "A Question of Love"
• Nov 26 CFL Grey Cup, CNE Stadium, Toronto: Edmonton Eskimos first of 5 straight titles; beat Montreal Alouettes, 20-13
• Nov 26 Christina Crawford autobiography "Mommie Dearest" reaches best-seller status

• Nov 28 44th Heisman Trophy Award: Billy Sims, Oklahoma (RB)

• Nov 29 UN observes "international day of solidarity with Palestinian people," boycotted by US & about 20 other countries
• Nov 29 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
• Nov 30 France performs nuclear test

• Dec 1 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
• Dec 2 Sunil Gavaskar scores his second double century (205) in Test cricket (as well as 73 on the final day) to guide India to a draw against the West Indies in the 1st Test in Bombay
• Dec 2 Protesters chant "Allah is great" at an Anti-Shah protest in Tehran, Iran

• Dec 2 43rd Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 34-16 in Birmingham
• Dec 2 The Sporting News announces Baltimore Orioles shortstop Mark Belanger winner of his 8th (and final) MLB Gold Glove Award
• Dec 3 "King of Hearts" closes at Minskoff Theater NYC after 48 performances
• Dec 4 Dianne Feinstein is named as San Francisco's 1st female and Jewish mayor
• Dec 4 Dutch war criminal Pieter Menten freed
• Dec 4 Pioneer Venus 1 goes into orbit around Venus
• Dec 5 Free agent Pete Rose signs 4-year, $32 million contract with Phillies becoming highest paid baseball player
• Dec 5 Pioneer Venus 1 begins orbiting Venus
• Dec 5 Sam Shepard's "Buried Child" premieres in NYC
• Dec 5 Islanders took 28 shots in 1 period vs Penguins, Penguins' Ross Lonsberry failed on 7th penalty shot against Islanders
• Dec 6 Spain adopts constitution

• Dec 8 Commencement of the 1st day/night World Series Cricket supertest at VFL Park, Melbourne

• Dec 9 Pioneer Venus 2 drops 5 probes into atmosphere of Venus
• Dec 9 1st game of Women's Pro Basketball League (WBL), Chicago Hustle vs Milwaukee Does
• Dec 10 "Platinum" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 33 performances
• Dec 10 67th Davis Cup: USA beats Great Britain in Rancho Mirage (4-1)

• Dec 10 Islanders ends 15 game undefeated streak (12-0-3) to Canadians

• Dec 11 6 masked men bound 10 employees at Lufthansa cargo area at NYC Kennedy Airport & made off with $5.8m in cash & jewelry
• Dec 11 NBC premiere of "A Woman Called Moses"
• Dec 13 CBS' premiere of "Lovey: A Circle of Children Part II", sequel to "A Circle of Children", which is also based on Mary Mac Cracken
• Dec 14 "Ballroom" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 116 performances
• Dec 14 China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor, PRC
• Dec 14 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
• Dec 15 Saint Maarten Patriotic Movement (SPM) forms under W James
• Dec 15 Test Cricket debut of Malcolm Marshall, v India at Bangalore

• Dec 16 Cleveland, Ohio becomes the first post-Depression era city to default on its loans, owing $14,000,000 to local banks.
• Dec 17 Referendum approves new constitution of Rwanda
• Dec 17 The Workers' Party of Jamaica is founded by Trevor Munroe.
• Dec 17 OPEC raises oil prices by 18% and agrees on a 14.5% petrolium price increase for 1979, to be implemented quarterly
• Dec 18 France performs nuclear test at Mururoa atoll
• Dec 18 USSR performs underground nuclear test
• Dec 19 France performs nuclear test

• Dec 20 H. R. Haldeman, Nixon's White House Chief of Staff released from jail
• Dec 21 "Broadway Musical" opens/closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC

• Dec 22 Kenney Jones becomes The Who's new drummer
• Dec 22 Thailand adopts constitution

• Dec 25 8th Fiesta Bowl: #8 Arkansas ties #15 UCLA, 10-10
• Dec 26 India's former Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi is released from jail
• Dec 27 Spain becomes a democracy after 40 years of dictatorship as King Juan Carlos ratifies Spain's 1st democratic constitution

• Dec 27 Ballon d'Or: Hamburg's English forward Kevin Keegan wins his 1st of 2 consecutive trophies as best football player in Europe; beats Barcelona striker Hans Krankl and Anderlecht winger Rob Rensenbrink
• Dec 28 30th hat trick in Islander history (Mike Bossy)
• Dec 29 Shah of Iran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi asks Shapour Bahktiar to form a civilian government
• Dec 29 Spain constitution goes into effect
• Dec 29 Test Cricket debut of Allan Robert Border, v England at the MCG
• Dec 30 "The King & I" closes at Uris Theater NYC after 719 performances
• Dec 30 Ohio State dismisses Woody Hayes as its football coach
• Dec 31 "Magic Show" closes at Cort Theater NYC after 1859 performances
• Dec 31 "Runaways" closes at Plymouth Theater NYC after 199 performances
• Dec 31 CIA director, Admiral Stansfield Turner retires from the Navy
• Dec 31 Iran shah names Chapour Bakhtiar premier
• Dec 31 Taiwan's final day of diplomatic relations with US
• Dec 31 The Runaways' band's last ever concert at Daly City, CA.'s Cow Palace

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