* 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 ).

Black's first marriage was in 1978 to Joanna Hishon of Montreal, who worked as a secretary in his brother Montegu's brokerage office.

* Irene Adler is referenced as one of the inspirations for Irene, the central character in Joanna Russ's 1978 novel, The Two of Them.

McCallum never quite repeated the popular success he had gained as Kuryakin until NCIS, though he did become a familiar face on British television in shows such as Colditz ( 1972 – 1974 ), " Kidnapped " ( 1978 ) and in ITV's science-fiction series Sapphire & Steel ( 1979 – 1982 ) opposite Joanna Lumley.

Joanna studied music at New Hall, University of Cambridge ( 1978 – 81 ) and was taught by Hugh Wood.

It was subsequently reprinted several times ( amongst others in the James Tiptree collections Star Songs of an Old Primate in 1978 and Her Smoke Rose Up Forever in 1990 ) and in 1989 was published in a Tor Double mass market paperback ( number eleven in that series ) with the flipside novella " Souls " by Joanna Russ ( ISBN 0-8125-5962-2 ).

Joanna Taylor ( born 24 July 1978 in Tooting, South London ), is an English actress and former model.

* We Who Are About to ... ( 1978 ) Joanna Russ

* 1978 – Jermain Taylor, American boxer

Palin also appeared in All You Need Is Cash ( 1978 ) as Eric Manchester ( based on Derek Taylor ), the press agent for the Rutles.

* 1978 – Julia Taylor, European pornographic actress

Tharp collaborated with film directors Milos Forman on Hair ( 1978 ), Ragtime ( 1980 ) and Amadeus ( 1984 ); Taylor Hackford on White Nights ( 1985 ) and James Brooks on I'll Do Anything ( 1994 ).

Wuthering Heights has also given rise to many adaptations and inspired works, including films, radio, television dramatisations, a musical by Bernard J. Taylor, a ballet, three operas ( by Bernard Herrmann, Carlisle Floyd, and Frédéric Chaslin ), a role-playing game, and the 1978 chart-topping song by Kate Bush.

Kaufman County Historical Commission, History of Kaufman County ( Dallas: Taylor, 1978 ).

Impact remained the only wholly wet municipality in Taylor County until 1978, when Abilene voters narrowly legalized ( by a 131-vote margin ) liquor sales in the city.

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Discriminatory laws motivated by " simple economic protectionism " are subject to a " virtually per se rule of invalidity ," City of Philadelphia v. New Jersey 437 U. S. 617 ( 1978 ), Dean Milk Co. v. City of Madison, Wisconsin, 340 U. S. 349 ( 1951 ), Hunt v. Washington State Apple Advertising Comm., 432 U. S. 333 ( 1977 ) which can only be overcome by a showing that the State has no other means to advance a legitimate local purpose, Maine v. Taylor, 477 U. S. 131 ( 1986 ).

A list of past honorary degree recipients, include: Beverly Sills ( 1975 ), Roy Lichtenstein ( 1977 ), Twyla Tharp ( 1978 ), Gordon Davidson ( 1980 ) Haskell Wexler ( 1981 ) Mischa Schneider ( 1981 ), Bella Lewitzky ( 1981 ), Henry Mancini ( 1983 ), Jan de Gaetani ( 1983 ), Ravi Shankar ( 1985 ), John Cage ( 1986 ), Frank O. Gehry ( 1987 ), Trisha Brown ( 1988 ), Donn B. Tatum ( 1989 ), Luis Valdez ( 1989 ), Paul Taylor ( 1989 ), Ornette Coleman ( 1990 ), Beatrice Manley ( 1990 ), Lulu May Von Hagen ( 1990 ), Ustad Ali Akbar Khan ( 1991 ), Pearl Primus ( 1991 ), Adrian Piper ( 1992 ), Ray Bradbury ( 1992 ), Yvonne Rainer ( 1993 ), Steven Bochco ( 1993 ), Stan Brakhage ( 1994 ), Vija Celmins ( 1994 ), Betye Saar ( 1995 ), Carolyn Forche ( 1995 ), Laurie Anderson ( 1996 ), Elvin Jones ( 1996 ), Chantal Akerman ( 1997 ), Lee Breuer ( 1998 ), Ed Ruscha ( 1999 ), Bill Viola ( 2000 ), Steve Reich ( 2000 ), Ry Cooder ( 2001 ), Faith Hubley ( 2001 ), Bruce Nauman ( 2001 ), Alice Coltrane ( 2002 ), Roy E. Disney ( 2003 ), Anna Halprin ( 2003 ), Carolee Schneemann ( 2003 ), Christian Wolff ( 2004 ), Daniel Nagrin ( 2004 ), James Newton ( 2005 ), Harrison “ Buzz ” Price ( 2005 ), Julius Shulman ( 2005 ), Rudy VanderLans ( 2006 ), Rudy Perez ( 2006 ), Alonzo King ( 2007 ), Harry Belafonte ( 2008 ), Herbert Blau ( 2008 ), Terry Riley ( 2008 ), Elizabeth LeCompte ( 2009 ), Morton Subotnick ( 2009 ), William M. Lowman ( 2010 ), Trimpin ( 2010 ), Annette Bening ( 2011 ), Donald McKayle ( 2011 ), and Peter Sellars ( 2012 ).

Also in 1978, Simon and James Taylor sang backing vocals on two songs for Taylor's sister Kate's album Kate Taylor: " Happy Birthday Sweet Darling " and " Jason & Ida ".

In 1978, Bates left school at the age of sixteen, and founded Duran Duran with his art school friends Stephen Duffy and John Taylor.

Duran Duran was founded by childhood friends John Taylor and Nick Rhodes along with singer / songwriter Stephen Duffy in 1978, but Duffy left a year later, convinced they weren't going anywhere.

Directors have included Philip S. Hopkins, 1958-1964, S. Paul Johnston, 1964-1969, Frank A. Taylor ( acting ), 1969-1971, Michael Collins, 1971 – 1978, Melvin B. Zisfein ( acting ), 1978-1979, Noel W. Hinners, 1979-1982, Walter J. Boyne ( acting 1982 – 1983, director 1983-1986 ), James C. Tyler ( acting ), 1986-1987, Martin O. Harwit, 1987-1995, Donald D. Engen, 1996-1999, and John R. Dailey, 2000 – present

The novel was made into an American film of the same title in 1938 starring Franchot Tone, Robert Taylor, Robert Young and Margaret Sullavan and is also believed to have been the inspiration for director Michael Cimino's 1978 film The Deer Hunter.

McDonald has four other children, Devin ( b. 1978 ) and Tara ( b. 1982 ) from his marriage to Janice Taylor and Emily ( b. 1988 ) and Ryan ( b. 1991 ) from his marriage to Kathy Wright.

E. P. Taylor: the biography of Edward Plunket Taylor ( 1978 ) McClelland & Stewart ISBN 0-7710-7709-2

The first incarnation of Duran Duran in 1978 included Rhodes as keyboardist, John Taylor on guitar and Duffy as songwriter / vocalist and bassist ( along with Simon Colley ).

He graduated from Taylor Allderdice High School in 1978 and was inducted into their alumni hall of fame in 2012.

* Richard R. Taylor ( 1922 – 1978 ), American surgeon general

Taylor, who was called to the Bar in 1978, was appointed as a part-time Deputy District Judge ( Magistrates Court ) in 1997.

In the Football League Third Division Taylor led Watford to another promotion, finishing second, and losing out on the title by one point in the 1978 – 1979 season.