On this day
June 4, 1978
Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.
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Headlines from June 4, 1978
2 Senate Races Heat Primaries
Comment on primary races in 9th, 13th and 15th Cong Dists (S)
At Home: I Tinker, Therefore I Am
SOMETHING there is about a hardware store that stirs in him a deep, atavistic urge. Everything a man can wield in his hands is here. A temple to human Ingenuity, the hardware store is consecrated to care, renewal and perpetuation. Just as living is a continual process of dying for each one of us, so it is with houses. Every home is suicidal, surrendering it. self to time, weather and human error. The hardware store is the emergency clinic of rural domesticity, and he is the surgeon.
Shah of Iran Faces Challenge Headed by Moslem Clergy
Article on pol turmoil in Iran holds anti-Govt riots will continue unless Shah makes peace with Moslems; religious leader Ayatollah Kazem Shareatmadary comments; illus; map (M)
How Rules of âPetty Apartheidâ
Article on growing erosion of petty apartheid laws; illus (L)
Music on My Birthday
Billboard 200
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of May 31, 1978, covering June 4, 1978.
- 1
Saturday Night Fever
Soundtrack
- Last week
- 1
- Peak
- 1
- Weeks
- 41
- 2
London Town
Wings
- Last week
- 2
- Peak
- 2
- Weeks
- 8
- 3
Feels So Good
Chuck Mangione
- Last week
- 3
- Peak
- 3
- Weeks
- 32
- 4
Showdown
The Isley Brothers
- Last week
- 6
- Peak
- 4
- Weeks
- 7
- 5
Earth
Jefferson Starship
- Last week
- 5
- Peak
- 5
- Weeks
- 12
Historical Context for June 4, 1978
In 1978, the world population was approximately 4,292,097,502 people[â ]