* 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 ).

* 1978 – Eddie Gill, American basketball player

* November 2, 1978 – Traded by the Indianapolis Racers, along with Eddie Mio and Peter Driscoll, to the Edmonton Oilers in exchange for $ 700, 000 and future considerations.

* May 15 – Eddie Stumpf, American professional baseball player, manager and executive ( d. 1978 )

* Eddie Kid ( 1978, 5 min )

The team's performance would improve in 1978, when new owner Peter Pocklington acquired Wayne Gretzky as an under-age player ( consequentially, his first year of WHA experience prevented him from being an official 1979 – 80 NHL rookie ), as well as goaltender Eddie Mio and forward Peter Driscoll, from the recently-folded Indianapolis Racers for cash.

Its 1978 debut album, Van Halen — featuring guitarist Eddie Van Halen, vocalist David Lee Roth, drummer Alex Van Halen, and bassist Michael Anthony — is widely considered to be among the most " original " and " revolutionary " albums to " change rock and roll.

* Manhattan Symphonie ( 1978 ), Columbia Records — with Rufus Reid-bass, Eddie Gladden-percussion, and George Cables-keyboard

Van Halen has been seen as highly influential on the movement, emerging in 1978 from the Los Angeles music scene on Sunset Strip, with a sound based around the lead guitar skills of Eddie Van Halen.

At the turn of the year Rob Gillies left and Phil Judd returned, briefly, in early 1978 after Tim and Eddie heard some of his new material, but he apparently found himself out of step with their changing direction, and left the band for good after about a month.

After the tour, from March to May 1978, Tim, Neil and Eddie returned a favour and contributed to Phil Manzanera's solo album, K-Scope.

Eddie Villanueva, JIL started with 15 members in 1978.

* 1978: Music for Flute & Double-Bass ( with Eddie Gomez, CMP )

The follow-up single " Sharing The Night Together " ( written by Muscle Shoals songwriters Ava Aldridge and Eddie Struzick ) reached No. 92 on the R & B charts, but earned Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show a Top 10 hit in 1978 ; the Dr. Hook version would be used in the 2012 Family Guy episode Mr. and Mrs. Stewie.

U. S. TV stations produced series such as 77 Sunset Strip ( 1958 – 1963 ); The Streets of San Francisco ( 1972 – 1977 ), starring Karl Malden and a young Michael Douglas ; Kojak ( 1973 – 1978 ), with Telly Savalas playing the lollipop-addicted police lieutenant ; Switch ( 1975 – 1978 ), with Eddie Albert playing the retired bunco cop to Robert Wagner's role as a former con man ; Charlie's Angels ( 1976 – 1981 ); Murder, She Wrote ( starting in 1984 ), about the adventures of Cabot Cove-based mystery writer Jessica Fletcher, played by Angela Lansbury.

The Earl has been played on screen by Peter Egan ( 1971 ), Nicholas Clay ( 1978 ), Eddie Redmayne ( 2005 ), Shaun Evans ( 2006 ) and Xavier Samuel ( 2011 ).

* New Directions ( ECM, 1978 ) with John Abercrombie, Lester Bowie and Eddie Gomez

* Eddie House ( born 1978 ), American basketball player

* The Eagles-Hotel California Tour, with Eddie Money & The Steve Miller Band-August 16, 1978 ( 51, 855 people attended )

* Eddie Longworth ( 1978 )

Reardon regained the title in 1978 winning it for the sixth and final time by beating Doug Mountjoy 13 – 9 ( after trailing 7 – 2 ), Bill Werbeniuk 13 – 6, Eddie Charlton 18 – 14 and finally Perrie Mans 25 – 18 in the final.

* Eddie Robinson ( soccer ) ( born 1978 ), retired American soccer player

* Eddie McCreadie 1978 – 1979

* " Eddie & Sheena " / " Rock ' n ' Roll Cleopatra " ( Safari, February 1978 )