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Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.
In 1978, the world population was approximately 4,292,097,502 people[†]
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of December 13, 1978, covering December 14, 1978.
Billy Joel
Steve Martin
Barbra Streisand
Donna Summer
Foreigner
Soundtrack
Neil Young
Chic
Queen
Al Stewart
1978Dean Brogan, Australian footballer and coach[†]
Dean Scott Brogan is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Port Adelaide Football Club and Greater Western Sydney Giants in the Australian Football League (AFL). He also played basketball professionally in the National Basketball League (NBL) and won an NBL championship with his hometown Adelaide 36ers in 1998.
1978Shedrack Kibet Korir, Kenyan runner[†]
Shedrack Kibet Korir is a Kenyan runner who specializes in the 1500 and 3000 metres.
1978Zdeněk Pospěch, Czech footballer[†]
Zdeněk Pospěch is a Czech former professional footballer. He normally played as a defender in a right back position, but could also play on the right side of midfield.
1978Patty Schnyder, Swiss tennis player[†]
Patty Schnyder is a Swiss retired tennis player. A former top 10 player in singles, she twice defeated a reigning world No. 1 player in her career: Martina Hingis at the 1998 Grand Slam Cup and Jennifer Capriati at the Family Circle Cup in 2002. In addition, she has notable wins over such former No. 1 players as Lindsay Davenport, Serena Williams, Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, Steffi Graf, Kim Clijsters, Justine Henin, Amélie Mauresmo, Maria Sharapova, Jelena Janković, Ana Ivanovic, and Caroline Wozniacki.
1978Kim St-Pierre, Canadian ice hockey player[†]
Kim St-Pierre is a Canadian ice hockey player. She is a three-time Olympic gold medallist and five-time IIHF world champion. She was announced as a Hockey Hall of Fame inductee on June 24, 2020. She was named to the Order of Hockey in Canada in 2022.
1978Salvador de Madariaga, Spanish historian and diplomat, co-founded the College of Europe (born 1886)[†]
Salvador de Madariaga y Rojo was a Spanish "eminent liberal", diplomat, writer, historian and pacifist who was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature and the Nobel Peace Prize and awarded the Charlemagne Prize in 1973.
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Data Gen Corp pres Edson D de Castro expresses doubts that co can comply with Carter Adm wage-price guidelines; contends loss in time, productivity and money would befall co if it imposes tight lid on wages; cites indus practice of compensating employees relatively generously for productivity gains; co history traced; illus (M)
ORIENT, L.I. — The old man sat at a table and scribbled on a pad while the young man tried to capture his image in a lump of clay.
Begin opposes new proposals for treaty that were worked out by Vance and Sadat; Vance says major differences remain between Israel and Egypt; will return to US; Carter lauds Sadat for accepting timetable for future talks initially proposed by Israeli negotiators; says Israel is now opposed to timetable (M)
Educ Dept singles out for special attention 200 representative pss around state that have such problems as poor tests scores and attendance rates and high pupil-turnover rates; spokesmen Arnold Broom and John J Murphy comment (M)
House of Commons votes, 285-279, against use of econ sanctions to enforce Govt's anti-inflation policy; vote appears to signal end of punitive measures and threatens 5% guideline on pay increases; Callaghan calls for vote of confidence (M)
NYC health officials rept munic hosp budget may be cut by at least 10%, or $150-million, necessitating closing of several hosps and mass layoffs; labor leaders Victor Gotbaum and Lillian Roberts decline comment; Koch adviser Dr Martin Cherkasky stresses system must be cut back for city's fiscal health; Koch to consider giving away unopened Woodhull Hosp and closing other insts (M)
The Carter Administration revised its guidelines for wage and price increases and added a limit of 6.5 percent for increases in the average fees of physicians and other professionals. The key changes were a modification of the pay standard with respect to fringe benefits and a tightening of the profit margin aspect of the price standard. [Pages A1, D11.) Meanwhile, the teamsters’ union and the trucking industry are scheduled to open talks whose outcome may determine the success or failure of the anti‐inflation program. [A1.]
reprs of Teamsters and trucking cos open 3 mos of negotiations that may determine success of Carter Adm's anti-inflation effort (M)
ISFAHAN, Iran, Dec.13— For the first time in months, cries of “Javid Shah!” —“Long Live the Shah!” — rang through the streets of a major Iranian city today as troops here led a violent counterdemonstration against opponents of the Government.
FBI repts robbers got over $5 million in US currency, making it largest cash robbery in history; jewelry valued at $859,628; van used in robbery found in Canarsie sec of Bklyn (M)
THINKING snow. Last night my husband whispered sweetly in my ear, “It's time to winterize the estate, darling.” He was referring of course, to our pocket‐size city back yard. But soft ... it thinks it's a garden.