1978Elisabetta Canalis, Italian model and actress[†]
Elisabetta Canalis is an Italian actress and showgirl.
On this day
September 12, 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 September 6, 1978, covering September 12, 1978.
- 1
Grease
Soundtrack
- Last week
- 1
- Peak
- 1
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- 17
- 2
Some Girls
The Rolling Stones
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- 2
- Peak
- 1
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- 12
- 3
Double Vision
Foreigner
- Last week
- 4
- Peak
- 3
- Weeks
- 10
- 4
Don't Look Back
Boston
- Last week
- 10
- Peak
- 4
- Weeks
- 2
- 5
Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band
Soundtrack
- Last week
- 5
- Peak
- 5
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- 5
Notable Births
1978Benjamin McKenzie, American actor[†]
Benjamin McKenzie Schenkkan is an American actor, author and commentator. He is best known for his starring television roles as Ryan Atwood on the teen drama The O.C. (2003–2007), Ben Sherman on the crime drama Southland (2009–2013), and James "Jim" Gordon on the crime drama Gotham (2014–2019). McKenzie made his film debut in the Academy Award-nominated film Junebug (2005), before appearing in films including 88 Minutes (2007), Goodbye World (2013), Some Kind of Beautiful (2014), and Line of Duty (2019). In 2020, he made his Broadway debut in the Bess Wohl play Grand Horizons.
1978Ruben Studdard, American R&B, pop, and gospel singer[†]
Ruben Studdard is an American singer and actor. He rose to fame as the winner of the second season of American Idol and received a Grammy Award nomination in 2003 for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance for his recording of "Superstar". In the years following Idol, Studdard has released seven studio albums, including his platinum-selling debut, Soulful, and the top-selling gospel follow-up, I Need an Angel. He is most well known for his recording career, which has produced hits including "Flying Without Wings", "Sorry 2004", and "Change Me", but he has also segued into television and stage work. Most notably, he starred as Fats Waller in a national tour revival of Ain't Misbehavin', which spawned a Grammy-nominated soundtrack.
Notable Deaths
1978William Hudson, New Zealand-Australian engineer (born 1896)[†]
Sir William Hudson was a New Zealand-born engineer who headed construction of the Snowy Mountains Scheme for hydroelectricity and irrigation in Australia from 1949 to 1967, when he reluctantly retired at 71. The scheme was completed in 1974, under budget and before time.
Historical Context for September 12, 1978
In 1978, the world population was approximately 4,292,097,502 people[†]