* 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 ).

Notable examples include Mike Oldfield's " Guilty " ( 1979 ) Blondie's " Heart of Glass " ( 1978 ), Cher's " Hell on Wheels " and " Take Me Home " ( both 1979 ), Barry Manilow ’ s " Copacabana " ( 1978 ), David Bowie's " John I'm Only Dancing ( Again )" ( 1975 ), Rod Stewart's " Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?

This Swedish quartet — with such hits as " Waterloo " ( 1974 ), " Fernando " ( 1976 ), " Take a Chance on Me " ( 1978 ), and their signature smash " Dancing Queen " ( 1976 )— ranks as the eighth best-selling act of all time.

Also noteworthy are Cheryl Lynn's " Got to Be Real " ( 1978 ), Evelyn " Champagne " King's " Shame " ( 1978 ), Cher's " Take Me Home " ( 1979 ), Sister Sledge's " We Are Family " ( 1979 ), Geraldine Hunt's " Can't Fake the Feeling " ( 1980 ), and Walter Murphy's various attempts to bring classical music to the mainstream, most notably his hit " A Fifth of Beethoven " ( 1976 ).

Early examples of mock-documentaries include David Holzman's Diary ( 1967 ), Pat Paulsen For President ( 1968 ), Take the Money and Run ( 1969 ), and All You Need is Cash ( 1978 ).

King, Midnight Believer in 1978, Take It Home in 1979, and There is Always One More Time in 1991.

* John Howard: " I Can Breathe Again " / " You Take My Breath Away ," 1978 ( single )

Moroder has won three Academy Awards: Best Original Score for Midnight Express ( 1978 ); Best Song for " Flashdance ... What a Feeling ", from the film Flashdance ( 1983 ); and Best Song for " Take My Breath Away ", from Top Gun ( 1986 ).

Their debut EP, Take One, was released in 1978.

* Let the Music Take You ( 1978 )

Lou Reed recorded a tirade against Christgau in his 1978 live album, Take No Prisoners: " Critics.

* Lou Reed quotes lines 7 and 8 of the poem during one of the many monologues on his 1978 album Live: Take No Prisoners.

See Forever Eyes was released in 1978 with the title track and Harlow's songs, Flyin and Take Me Away, released as singles.

Veteran character actor Mark Metcalf appeared in heavy prosthetic make-up for the role of the Master, belying his iconic performance in the film National Lampoon's Animal House ( 1978 ) as Douglas C. Neidermeyer, a strident rule-following ROTC officer ( and the associated role in Twisted Sister's " We're Not Going to Take It " music video ).

* Take Me To Your Leader: 78-79 Demos ( contains early demos from 1978 and 1979 )

Arcades also appeared in many other films at the time, such as Dawn of the Dead ( where they play Gun Fight and F-1 ) in 1978, Used Cars and Midnight Madness in 1980, Take This Job and Shove It and Puberty Blues in 1981, the 1982 releases Rocky III, Fast Times At Ridgemont High, Koyaanisqatsi and The Toy, the 1983 releases Psycho II, Spring Break and Never Say Never Again, the 1984 releases Footloose, The Karate Kid ( where Elisabeth Shue plays Pac-Man ), The Terminator and The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension, the 1985 releases Back to the Future, The Goonies and The Boys Next Door, and Ferris Bueller's Day Off and Something Wild in 1986.

* 1978 – " Take a Chance on Me "

The first known " Take Back the Night " march in the United States was organized in San Francisco, California on November 4, 1978, by Women Against Violence in Pornography and Media and marched through the red-light district of San Francisco in protest of rape and pornography, which they identified with sexualized subordination of women.

* Give and Take 1978

The second were eight-track demos recorded at Southcombe Studios in Burbank, California during late April and early May 1978 ; it was in recording these demos that the band worked out the backing track arrangements for all the songs ( with the exception of " Take the Long Way Home ") and determined the order in which they would appear on the album.

Gerald Brown would take over the spot vacated by Mumford in 1978 for the Disco Gardens album which featured the hit " Take That To The Bank ".

In the UK the group had a string of hits with songs such as " Take That to the Bank " ( 1978 ), " I Owe You One " ( 1980 ) and 1982's " I Can Make You Feel Good ", " A Night to Remember ", " There It Is " and " Friends ".

#" Take a Chance on Me "/" I'm a Marionette " ( January 1978 )