* 1978 – Tim Hasselbeck, American football player

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

* 1978 – Martin Mendez, Uruguayan bassist ( Opeth )

* 1978 – Blaine Neal, American baseball player

* 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 – 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 ).

Storylines throughout the decade included: a warehouse fire in 1975, the birth of Tracy Langton in 1977, the murder of Ernest Bishop in 1978, a lorry crashing into the Rovers Return in 1979, and the marriage of Brian Tilsley and Gail Potter ( also in 1979 ).

* Ice Castles ( 1978 ) as Brian Dockett

* 1978 – Brian Russell, American football player

* Sir Brian John Maynard Tovey ( 1978 – 1983 )

* 1978 – Brian Dowling, Irish television host

In 1978, the Monty Python comedy group invited Moon to join them in Tunisia for their filming of Monty Python's Life of Brian, where he was to play some of the smaller roles.

* 1978 – Brian Clevinger, American author

* 1978 – Brian Scalabrine, American basketball player

alt = l-r: John Deacon, Brian May, and Freddie Mercury seen live in 1978 In 1978, the band released Jazz, which included the hit singles " Fat Bottomed Girls " and " Bicycle Race " on a double-sided record.

* ( 1978 ) O ' Brian, Patrick.

Notable later 20th century productions include the Hilton Edwards ' 1959 production at the Gate Theatre in Dublin, starring Milo O ' Shea and Anna Manahan ; John Barton's 1960 Royal Shakespeare Company ( RSC ) production at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, starring Peter O ' Toole and Peggy Ashcroft, and which included both the complete Induction and the epilogue from A Shrew ; Maurice Daniels's 1961 RSC production at the Aldwych Theatre, starring Derek Godfrey and Vanessa Redgrave ; Trevor Nunn's 1969 RSC production also at the Aldwych, starring Michael Williams and Janet Suzman ; Clifford Williams ' 1973 RSC production at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, starring Alan Bates and Susan Fleetwood ; William Ball's 1976 commedia dell ' arte-style production at the American Conservatory Theater ; Wilford Leach's 1978 production at the Delacorte Theater, starring Raúl Juliá and Meryl Streep ; Barry Kyle's 1982 RSC production at the Barbican Centre, starring Alun Armstrong and Sinéad Cusack ; Toby Robertson's 1986 production at the Clwyd Theatr Cymru, starring Timothy Dalton and Vanessa Redgrave ; Jonathan Miller's 1987 RSC production at the Barbican, starring Brian Cox and Fiona Shaw ; A. J.

* Also heard in the soundtrack is " Sparrowfall 1 ", a track from Brian Eno's 1978 album, Music for Films.

In 1978, Mars appeared on the influential No New York compilation LP produced by Brian Eno, along with DNA, Teenage Jesus and the Jerks, and James Chance and the Contortions, which helped to bring the nascent No Wave genre into the foreground.

* Brian Lynch ( born 1978 ), American-Irish professional Basketball player and former standout at Villanova University who played for the Belgian team Euphony Bree.

* Rogers, Brian, United States Air Force Unit Designations Since 1978, 2005

* Amy Grossberg ( born 1978 ), served nearly 37 months in jail for killing her baby with her boyfriend, Brian Peterson.

In 1992, the government of Mukilteo opposed plans to expand Paine Field ; Mayor Brian Sullivan said that the city disagrees " with the idea of a Sea-Tac north " and supports upholding a 1978 agreement between residents around Paine Field and Snohomish County.

According to one account by Piers Paul Read ( 1978 ), in January 1963, shortly after the furore over the Airport Job had died down, Brian Field called Gordon Goody to a meeting at the Old Bailey and asked him whether he was interested in a large sum of money that only a large gang could steal.

* 1978: Polites B ' Katigorias ( Second-Class Citizens ), drama ( Brian Friel )

Music was supplied by Brian Eno, a portion of his score being released on the 1978 album Music for Films.

's " Parakeet " ( from " Up ") ( 1999 ); The Stranglers " Nuclear Device " ( 1979 ); The Go-Betweens ' first single " Lee Remick " ( 1978 ); Evil Eddie's " Queensland " ( 2010 ); Brian McFadden's – " Like Only A Woman Can "; and John Kennedy's " Brisvegas " ( 2007 ).

The seeds of Twelfth Night were sown when guitarist Andy Revell and drummer Brian Devoil joined forces on 23 February 1978 to win a talent competition at Reading University.

In 2005, she appeared in the West End in a revival of Brian Clark's 1978 play Whose Life Is It Anyway?