* 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 – Dhani Harrison, English singer-songwriter and guitarist ( Thenewno2, Traveling Wilburys, and Fistful of Mercy )

* 1978 – Jonathan Wilkes, English singer and actor

* 1978 – Thalia Pellegrini, English television host

* 1978 – Peter Buxton, English rugby player

* 1946 – Keith Moon, English drummer, songwriter, and producer ( The Who and Plastic Ono Band ) ( d. 1978 )

* 1978 – Chris Read, English cricketer

* 2010 – Adam Stansfield, English footballer ( b. 1978 )

* 1978 – Sandy Denny, English singer-songwriter and musician ( Fairport Convention, Strawbs, and Fotheringay ) ( b. 1947 )

* 1978 – Jo Appleby, English soprano ( Amici Forever )

* 1978 – Duncan James, English singer and actor ( Blue )

* 1899 – Harold Abrahams, English sprinter ( d. 1978 )

* 1978 – Joe Absolom, English actor

In 1978 the " Be Stiff EP " was released by English independent label Stiff Records, which included the single " Be Stiff " plus two previous Booji Boy releases.

* 1978 – Jo Joyner, English actress

* 1900 – Roy Harrod, English economist ( d. 1978 )

* 1978 – James Beattie, English footballer

Almost all the women who attended this service walked out with her, as well as a few men .” Her works include: The Church and the Second Sex ( 1968 ), Beyond God the Father ( 1973 ), Gyn / ecology: The Metaethics of Radical Feminism ( 1978 ), Pure Lust: Elemental Feminist Philosophy ( 1984 ), Webster ’ s First Intergalactic Wickedary of the English Language ( 1987 ), and Outercourse: The Be-Dazzling Voyage ( 1992 ).

* 1978 – Ryan Sidebottom, English Cricketer

* 1978 – Ronald George Wreyford Norrish, English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate ( b. 1897 )

* 1978 – James Corden, English actor and comedian

* 1978 – Emile Heskey, English footballer

* 1978 – Stephen McNally, English singer-songwriter ( BBMak )

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