On this day
Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 1, 1978, covering November 3, 1978.
Linda Ronstadt
Soundtrack
Donna Summer
The Who
Foreigner
1978Tim McIlrath, American singer-songwriter and guitarist[†]
Timothy James McIlrath is an American rock musician. He is the lead singer, rhythm guitarist, songwriter and co-founder of the punk rock band Rise Against. He is vegetarian and straight edge.
1978Jonas Howden Sjøvaag, Norwegian drummer[†]
Jonas Howden Sjøvaag is a Norwegian jazz drummer.
1978Hiroko Sakai, Japanese softball player[†]
Hiroko Sakai is a Japanese softball player who won the gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
1978Dominica gains its independence from the United Kingdom.[†]
Dominica, officially the Commonwealth of Dominica, is an island country in the Caribbean. It is part of the Windward Islands chain in the Lesser Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean Sea. The capital, Roseau, is located on the western side of the island. Dominica's closest neighbours are two constituent territories of the European Union, both overseas departments of France: Guadeloupe to the northwest and Martinique to the south-southeast. Dominica comprises a land area of 750 km2 (290 sq mi), and the highest point is Morne Diablotins, at 1,447 m (4,747 ft) in elevation. The population was 71,293 at the 2011 census.
In 1978, the world population was approximately 4,292,097,502 people[†]