* 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 – 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 ).

* 1913 – Dan Dailey, American actor ( d. 1978 )

Milk was assassinated by a former city supervisor Dan White in 1978.

* 1978 – Dan Wheldon, English race car driver ( d. 2011 )

* 1978 – In San Francisco, California, city mayor George Moscone and openly gay city supervisor Harvey Milk are assassinated by former supervisor Dan White.

* 1978 – Dan Dickau, American basketball player

There were also annuals / yearbooks dedicated to 2000 AD characters such as Dan Dare ( 1978 – 1979, cover dated 1979 – 1980 ), Judge Dredd ( 1980 – 1994 ) and Rogue Trooper ( 1990 ).

* October 16 – Dan Wheldon, English racing car driver ( b. 1978 )

* Vega $ ( 1978 – 1981 ) – as " Dan Tanna " ( he also played " Tanna " in an episode of Charlie's Angels )

* Dan Peek, founding member of the band America, lived in Farmington from 1978 until his death in 2011.

The following year, MCA released Citizen Steely Dan, a boxed set featuring their entire catalog on 4 CDs, plus 4 extra tracks: " Here at the Western World " ( originally released on 1978's " Greatest Hits "), " FM " ( 1978 single ), a 1971 demo of " Everyone's Gone to the Movies " and " Bodhisattva ( live )", the latter recorded on a cassette in 1974 and released as a B-side in 1980.

One was campaigned in the USA's CanAm series in 1978 in the Osprey SR-1, built and driven by Dan Hartill.

When Leon Spinks ' management came for help in 1978, Dan gladly helped them.

On November 27, 1978, Milk and Mayor George Moscone were assassinated by Dan White, another city supervisor who had recently resigned but wanted his job back.

On November 27, 1978, San Francisco mayor George Moscone and supervisor Harvey Milk were assassinated by a rival politician, Dan White, who had resigned from the Board of Supervisors only two weeks prior.

Complaining of poor promotion and small purses, this group coalesced around Dan Gurney who, in early 1978, wrote what came to be known as the " Gurney White Paper ", the blueprint for an organization called Championship Auto Racing Teams.

Curtin finished Season 2 solo, but was then paired with co-anchors Dan Aykroyd ( 1977 – 1978 ) and Bill Murray ( 1978 – 1980 ), with Aykroyd being promoted to " Station Manager " in September 1978.

Coach Dan Gable's Gang won nine straight NCAA team championships ( 1978 to 1986 ) and three times won three in a row ( 1991 to 1993, 1995 to 1997, and 2008 to 2010 ).

The Dan Bradley House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

* " FM ( No Static at All )", a 1978 song by Steely Dan from the soundtrack

Marlene and Boom Boom Geoffrion's son, Dan, ( born January 24, 1958 ) played five seasons of professional hockey, which included stops with the Quebec Nordiques of the World Hockey Association in 1978 – 79, Canadiens in 1979 – 80 ( with his father as coach ), and Winnipeg Jets in 1980 – 81.

* Dan Snyder ( 1978 – 2003 ), NHL player for the Atlanta Thrashers who was killed in a car crash.

Heider sold the San Francisco business and its name to Filmways in 1978, but he remained as the manager of the studios until 1980 when Filmways sold it to a partnership composed of Dan Alexander, Tom Sharples and Michael Ward.