On this day
Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.
In 1978, the world population was approximately 4,292,097,502 people[†]
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of June 7, 1978, covering June 13, 1978.
Soundtrack
Wings
Chuck Mangione
The Isley Brothers
Jefferson Starship
Eric Clapton
The Atlanta Rhythm Section
Soundtrack
Johnny Mathis
Heatwave
1978Ethan Embry, American actor[†]
Ethan Embry, credited early in his career as Ethan Randall, is an American actor. He began his career as a child actor, starring roles in the films Dutch (1991), All I Want for Christmas (1991), and A Far Off Place (1993), and appearing in the series "Murder She Wrote" in the episode "The Trouble with Seth". Embry had his breakout with a supporting role in Empire Records (1995) and starring roles in Evolver (1995) and That Thing You Do! (1996).
1978Vishwananda, Hindu guru[†]
Vishwananda, known to followers as Paramahamsa Sri Swami Vishwananda, is a Mauritian neo-Hindu religious leader. He is the founder of Bhakti Marga, a neo-Hindu organization that has ashrams and temples in many countries. His main ashram is in the small village of Springen (Heidenrod) in the Taunus, and teaches his own version of kriya yoga called Atma Kriya Yoga.
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Sup Ct denies request for temporary stay against neo-Nazi group's scheduled march in Skokie, Ill, on June 25; no vote on ruling is announced; Ct may decide to hear Skokie's appeal during its next term (M)
USSR offers plan for mutual troop reductions in Central Eur; agrees for 1st time that such accord, affecting both air and ground units of both sides, should set equal ceilings on troops that remain; plan discussed (M)
W Sullivan article on origin of life on earth and, possibly, other planets; drawing (M)
David Berkowitz is sentenced to 25 yrs to life for each of 6 Son of Sam slayings; also sentenced to terms of up to 25 yrs for attempted murder and assault; all terms to run consecutively; Daniel Carrique arrested after attempting to reach Berkowitz during procedures; drawing (M)
Sup Ct rules unanimously that newspapers cannot acquire radio or TV stations in their communities, affirming FCC policy promoting diversity of viewpoint and limiting concentration of econ power; says existing combinations of newspapers and broadcasting outlets can continue except in 16 monopoly communities in which newspaper owns only TV or radio station; decision reverses lower ct order requiring newspapers to divest themselves of stations in their own communities; ruling applies equally to ownership of newspapers by TV or radio stations; Assoc Justice Marshall writes opinion (M)
FDA proposes curbs to end over-the-counter sales of daytime sedatives; would also ban methapyrilene from nighttime sedatives as possible carcinogen; acts on recommendations of panel under Dr Karl Rickels; Dr William Lijinsky described cancer link in '77; mfrs comment (M)
Article on Gilbertsville, NY, Post Office, which has used original standardized triangular screenline post office box system, mfrd by Keyless Lock Co, since 1889; Postmaster Arthur Freer comments; Repr James M Hanley has introduced legis that would return to Cong veto power over post-office closings; illus (M)
econ experts in Calif, in shift, say Proposition 13 may not be disaster for state's econ; illus (M)
A photograph of the new wing of the Frick Collection building in the issue of June 6 was inadvertently published without a credit. The photograph was made by Henry Hope Reed.