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Jessica Kats has apparently been in good health ever since campaign on family's behalf began last spring; Action for Soviet Jewry official Judy Patkin comments; Jessica and grandmother illus (M)
AT&T pledges to comply with Pres Carter's anti-inflation guidelines (S)
Mayor Koch reptdly to name Ford Foundation exec Eamon M Kelly pres of corp; Kelly por; Koch and adviser Dr Martin Cherkasky reptdly view Kelly's expertise in urban fiscal affairs mgt as more important than his inexperience in med field; several corp dirs reptd displeased; 3 other possibilities reptdly refused post (M)
Chinese Communist Party Chmn Hua Kuo-feng joins Deputy Prime Min Teng Hsiao-ping and other sr leaders in ceremony, Peking, honoring Chinese athletes who will compete in Games (S)
analysis of Guyana tragedy focuses on US Fed agencies' lack of power to cope with aftermath of situation, in terms of criminal responsibility for past or domestic security for future
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 29, 1978, covering December 2, 1978.
Billy Joel
Donna Summer
Steve Martin
Foreigner
Soundtrack
1978Jarron Collins, American basketball player and coach[†]
Jarron Thomas Collins is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is an assistant coach for the New Orleans Pelicans of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was selected in the second round of the 2001 NBA draft by the Utah Jazz, and played 10 seasons in the NBA. He has a twin brother, Jason, who also played in the league.
1978Jason Collins, American basketball player[†]
Jason Paul Collins is an American former professional basketball player who was a center for 13 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Stanford Cardinal, where he was an All-American in 2000–01. Collins was selected by the Houston Rockets as the 18th overall pick in the 2001 NBA draft. He went on to play for the New Jersey Nets, Memphis Grizzlies, Minnesota Timberwolves, Atlanta Hawks, Boston Celtics, Washington Wizards and Brooklyn Nets.
1978Nelly Furtado, Canadian singer-songwriter, producer, and actress[†]
Nelly Kim Furtado is a Canadian singer and songwriter. She has sold over 45 million records, including 35 million in album sales worldwide, making her one of the most successful Canadian artists. Critics have noted Furtado's musical versatility and experimentation with genres.
1978Luigi Malafronte, Italian footballer[†]
Luigi Malafronte is an Italian former footballer who last played for Pisticci.
1978Peter Moylan, Australian baseball player[†]
Peter Michael Moylan is an Australian former professional baseball relief pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball for the Atlanta Braves, Los Angeles Dodgers and Kansas City Royals and in the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) for the Macoto Gida.
1978Maëlle Ricker, Canadian snowboarder[†]
Maëlle Danica Ricker is a Canadian retired snowboarder, who specialised in snowboard cross. She won an Olympic gold medal in the snowboard cross event at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, to become the first Canadian woman to win a gold medal on home soil at the Olympics. She is also the 2013 World Champion and two-time Winter X Games Champion.
1978David Rivas, Spanish footballer[†]
David Rivas Rodríguez is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a central defender.
1978Andrew Ryan, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster[†]
Andrew Ryan is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s and 2010s. An Australian international and New South Wales State of Origin representative forward, he played his club football in the National Rugby League for the Parramatta Eels and Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, winning the 2004 NRL premiership with the club and becoming their captain.
1978Christopher Wolstenholme, English singer-songwriter and bass player[†]
Christopher Tony Wolstenholme is an English musician. He is the bassist and backing vocalist for the rock band Muse. He combines bass guitar with effects and synthesisers to create overdriven fuzz bass tones, a motif of many Muse songs. He sang lead on two songs he wrote from Muse's sixth album, The 2nd Law (2012). In 2024, Wolstenholme launched a solo project, Chromes.
In 1978, the world population was approximately 4,292,097,502 people[†]