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November 8, 1978

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The Question Of Credibility

By Frank Lynn

news analysis of Carey's defeat of Duryea; Duryea aides concede that Duryea's own credibility became issue in final wks of campaign and very likely one that undid him; top Duryea campaign strategist asserts that questions about Duryea's finances had been major reason for dissipation of 20% point lead in public opinion polls that Duryea held last summer; David Garth, architect of Carey's victory, contends that Dem primary was major element in Carey's triumph in that it gave him head start in campaigning; also cites addition of Mario M Cuomo and his credibility to ticket and use of Carey incumbency to best advantage (L)

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 8, 1978, covering November 8, 1978.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Live And More by Donna Summer

    Live And More

    Donna Summer

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    9
  2. 2
    Album cover for Living In The U.S.A. by Linda Ronstadt

    Living In The U.S.A.

    Linda Ronstadt

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    6
  3. 3
    Album cover for Grease by Soundtrack

    Grease

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    26
  4. 4
    Album cover for Double Vision by Foreigner

    Double Vision

    Foreigner

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    19
  5. 5
    Album cover for 52nd Street by Billy Joel

    52nd Street

    Billy Joel

    Last week
    17
    Peak
    5
    Weeks
    3

Notable Births

1978Matthew Bulbeck, English cricketer[†]

Matthew Paul Leonard Bulbeck is a former English First-class and List A cricketer who made appearances for Somerset during his senior career. He also made appearances at Youth Test and Youth One Day International level for England. He was primarily a bowler, but scored two First-class half centuries batting in the lower order. He won the NBC Denis Compton Award in both 1998 and 1999, but was forced to retire early from first-class cricket because of a back injury. He went on to work at the Somerset County Ground as an administrator.

Tim de Cler

1978Tim de Cler, Dutch footballer[†]

Tim de Cler is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a left-back for Ajax, AZ, Feyenoord and AEK Larnaca.

1978Maurice Evans, American basketball player[†]

Maurice Eugene Evans is an American former professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He has served as a vice president of the NBA Players Association.

Ali Karimi

1978Ali Karimi, Iranian footballer and manager[†]

Mohammad Ali Karimi is an Iranian football coach and former professional footballer. During his professional football career, he has played as a playmaker in the Iran Pro League, UAE Pro League, Qatar Stars League and Bundesliga. Karimi has scored 38 goals in 127 matches for the Iran national team. In 2004, he was recognized as the best scorer of the AFC Asian Cup and received the Asian Footballer of the Year award in the same year. He announced his retirement at the end of the 2013–14 season and, on 11 April 2014, played the final game of his 18-year career.

1978Kensaku Kishida, Japanese actor and entertainer[†]

Kensaku Kishida is a Japanese actor and entertainer who also works as a vocalist in his solo project, Ash Berry. He graduated from Tokyo Metropolitan Kƍhoku High School. He has an exclusive contract with GF Enterprise.

Emma Lewell

1978Emma Lewell-Buck, English social worker and politician[†]

Emma Louise Lewell is a Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for South Shields since 2013.

JĂșlio SĂ©rgio

1978JĂșlio SĂ©rgio, Brazilian footballer and manager[†]

JĂșlio SĂ©rgio Bertagnoli is a Brazilian football manager and former player who played as a goalkeeper. He is the current assistant manager of Coritiba.

Shyne

1978Shyne, Belizean rapper and politician[†]

Moses Michael Levi Barrow, best known by his stage name Shyne, is a Belizean politician and former rapper. He served as Leader of the Opposition in the Belize House of Representatives, and the leader of the Belize United Democratic Party. Barrow was born in Belize City, but moved to New York City as a child and began to rap as an adolescent. He is perhaps best known for his 2000 singles, "Bad Boyz" and "Bonnie & Shyne". He also wrote and performed on a number of studio albums for other artists, such as The Notorious B.I.G.'s posthumous Born Again, Mase's Double Up, Puff Daddy's Forever, Usher's Confessions, and Lil Wayne's Tha Carter IV, among others.

Notable Deaths

Norman Rockwell

1978Norman Rockwell, American painter and illustrator (born 1894)[†]

Norman Percevel Rockwell was an American painter and illustrator. His works have a broad popular appeal in the United States for their reflection of the country's culture. Rockwell is most famous for the cover illustrations of everyday life he created for The Saturday Evening Post magazine over nearly five decades. Among the best-known of Rockwell's works are the Willie Gillis series, Rosie the Riveter, the Four Freedoms series, Saying Grace, and The Problem We All Live With. He is also noted for his 64-year relationship with the Boy Scouts of America (BSA), during which he produced covers for their publication Boys' Life, calendars, and other illustrations. These works include popular images that reflect the Scout Oath and Scout Law such as The Scoutmaster, A Scout Is Reverent, and A Guiding Hand.

Historical Context for November 8, 1978

In 1978, the world population was approximately 4,292,097,502 people[†]