* 1978 – Tim Hasselbeck, American football player

* 1978 – Myleene Klass, British singer, pianist, and model ( Hear ’ Say )

* 1978 – Martin Mendez, Uruguayan bassist ( Opeth )

* 1978 – Igor Semshov, Russian footballer

* 1978 – Kendra Todd, American real estate agent and author

* 1921 – Robert Cliche, Canadian politician and magistrate ( d. 1978 )

* 1978 – Guy Berryman, Scottish musician and businessman ( Coldplay and Apparatjik )

* 1978 – Riley Smith, American actor

* 1978 – Tom Fulp, American video game programmer

* 1978 – Brian Maillard, Swiss guitarist ( Dominici )

* 1978 – Marisa Miller, American model and actress

* 1978 – Reuben Rox, American actor, director, and producer

* 1978 – Marvel Smith, American football player

* 1927 – Robert Shaw, English actor ( d. 1978 )

* 1978 – Daniela Denby-Ashe, English actress

* 1978 – Ana Serradilla, Mexican actress

* 1978 – Audrey Tautou, French actress

* 1978 – 150 Palestinians in Beirut are killed in a terrorist attack during the second phase of the Lebanese Civil War.

Largely assisted by the return of Boycott, Brearley's men won the 1977 series 3 – 0 and then completed an overwhelming 5 – 1 series win against an Australian side missing its WSC players in 1978 – 79.

Allan Border made his Test debut for Australia in 1978 – 79.

Ashes series have generally been played over five Test matches, although there have been four-match series ( 1938 ; 1975 ) and six-match series ( 1970 – 71 ; 1974 – 75 ; 1978 – 79 ; 1981 ; 1985 ; 1989 ; 1993 and 1997 ).

* Blaine Neal ( born 1978 ), Major League Baseball player, and Olympic bronze medalist 2008.

Heather Blaine Mitts Feeley ( born June 9, 1978 ), née Heather Blaine Mitts, is an American professional soccer player who plays defender position.

* 1978 – Jermaine O ' Neal, American basketball player

George E. Simpson and Neal R. Burger published a 1978 novel entitled Thin Air.

* Oliver's Story ( 1978 ), sequel to Love Story, starring Ryan O ' Neal and Candice Bergen

Patricia Neal dramatized Senator Smith's Declaration of Conscience speech in the 1978 television movie Tail Gunner Joe.

Neal was elected to the Springfield City Council in 1978 and was named President of the City Council in 1979.

She succeeded Neal Travis as editor of Page Six in 1978.

A 1978 film sequel, International Velvet, was made starring Tatum O ' Neal as Sarah Brown, a young orphaned American teenager living in England with her aunt Velvet Brown ( Nanette Newman ) after Sarah's parents die in a car accident.

Jermaine Lee O ' Neal ( born October 13, 1978 ) is an American professional basketball player for the Phoenix Suns.

This revival, sporting many covers by Neal Adams, Bernie Wrightson, and Michael Kaluta, ran through issue # 154 ( Nov. 1978 ), with three months passing between # 140 ( April 1976 ) and # 141 ( July 1976 ).

Neal subsequently played in the 1978 and 1981 Finals, Liverpool beating FC Bruges and Real Madrid respectively, before scoring in the 1984 Final against A. S. Roma.

* Hulkower Neal D., " The Zero Energy Three Body Problem ", Indiana University Mathematics Journal 27 ( 1978 ) pp. 409 – 447.

Stephen Neal Clemence ( born 31 March 1978 ) is a retired English football midfielder who last played for Leicester City where he was team captain.

These hand-carved wonders were built off of Neal Moser's original 1978 body templates, using the same exotic woods ( black African walnut, maple and Brazilian rosewood ) as the original prototype model.

Ty O ' Neal McClary ( born August 2, 1978 ) is an American actor.

Following a year of playing small pubs with the band, during which they gained a small following, he participated in the recording of Iron Maiden's demo, later released as The Soundhouse Tapes, on 31 December 1978, some tracks from which appeared in the charts of Neal Kay's Heavy Metal Soundhouse club, published weekly in Sounds.

Mills, however, started to become a regular in the England set-up in 1978 though some confusion continued over his best position as, of the eight internationals during that year, he played six at left back ( with Neal on the right ) and two at right back ( with Cherry down the left ).

Other films include The Wild Geese ( 1978 ) with Richard Burton, Stanley Kubrick's Barry Lyndon with Ryan O ' Neal and Richard Attenborough's A Bridge Too Far ( sharing a scene with Laurence Olivier ).

Quinten first had a role in the 1978 film International Velvet, starring Tatum O ' Neal.