1978Karine Turcotte, Canadian weightlifter[†]
Karine Turcotte is a Canadian weightlifter.
On this day
August 28, 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 23, 1978, covering August 28, 1978.
- 1
Grease
Soundtrack
- Last week
- 1
- Peak
- 1
- Weeks
- 15
- 2
Some Girls
The Rolling Stones
- Last week
- 2
- Peak
- 1
- Weeks
- 10
- 3
Natural High
Commodores
- Last week
- 3
- Peak
- 3
- Weeks
- 14
- 4
Double Vision
Foreigner
- Last week
- 4
- Peak
- 4
- Weeks
- 8
- 5
Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band
Soundtrack
- Last week
- 5
- Peak
- 5
- Weeks
- 3
Notable Births
Notable Deaths
1978Bruce Catton, American historian and journalist (born 1899)[†]
Charles Bruce Catton was an American historian and journalist, known best for his books concerning the American Civil War. Known as a narrative historian, Catton specialized in popular history, featuring interesting characters and historical vignettes, in addition to the basic facts, dates, and analyses. His books were researched well and included footnotes. He won the Pulitzer Prize for History and the National Book Award for Nonfiction in 1954 for his book A Stillness at Appomattox (1953), a study of the final campaign of the war in Virginia and third book in his Army of the Potomac trilogy.
1978Robert Shaw, English actor (born 1927)[†]
Robert Archibald Shaw was an English actor and writer. Beginning his career in theatre, Shaw joined the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre after the Second World War and appeared in productions of Macbeth, Henry VIII, Cymbeline, and other Shakespeare plays. With the Old Vic company (1951–52), he continued primarily in Shakespearean roles. In 1959 he starred in a West End production of The Long and the Short and the Tall.
Historical Context for August 28, 1978
In 1978, the world population was approximately 4,292,097,502 people[†]