1978Anastasios Kyriakos, Greek footballer[†]
Tasos Kyriakos is a former Greek footballer who played as a defender or midfielder.
On this day
August 14, 1978
Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.
Music on My Birthday
Billboard 200
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of August 9, 1978, covering August 14, 1978.
- 1
Grease
Soundtrack
- Last week
- 1
- Peak
- 1
- Weeks
- 13
- 2
Some Girls
The Rolling Stones
- Last week
- 2
- Peak
- 1
- Weeks
- 8
- 3
Natural High
Commodores
- Last week
- 3
- Peak
- 3
- Weeks
- 12
- 4
Double Vision
Foreigner
- Last week
- 4
- Peak
- 4
- Weeks
- 6
- 5
Darkness On The Edge Of Town
Bruce Springsteen
- Last week
- 5
- Peak
- 5
- Weeks
- 9
Notable Births
1978Greg Rawlinson, New Zealand rugby player[†]
Greg Rawlinson is a New Zealand international rugby union player. Rawlinson, who has made four appearances for the All Blacks, was born in South Africa and moved to New Zealand in 2002. The second row rejected overtures from the Springboks to remain in All Black contention and was rewarded with a call-up to face Ireland in June 2006. He became only the second ever South African-born All Black, the other being Andrew Mehrtens who was also born in Durban.
Notable Deaths
1978Nicolas Bentley, English author and illustrator (born 1907)[†]
Nicolas Clerihew Bentley was a British writer and illustrator, best known for his humorous cartoon drawings in books and magazines in the 1930s and 1940s. The son of Edmund Clerihew Bentley, he was given the name Nicholas, but opted to change the spelling.
Historical Context for August 14, 1978
In 1978, the world population was approximately 4,292,097,502 people[†]