* 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 ).

Being a pioneer of peace making in the region and driven from its belief that a peaceful Middle East is the best solution for the development of Egypt, the third Egyptian President Anwar Sadat's groundbreaking trip to Israel in 1977, the 1978 Camp David Accords, and the 1979 Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty represented a fundamental shift in the politics of the region ; from a strategy of confrontation to one of peace as a strategic choice.

* 1978 – The first international applications under the Patent Cooperation Treaty are filed.

According to the Soviet Politburo they were complying with the 1978 Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Good Neighborliness and Amin had been " executed by a tribunal for his crimes " by the Afghan Revolutionary Central Committee.

The second of these frameworks, A Framework for the Conclusion of a Peace Treaty between Egypt and Israel, led directly to the 1979 Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty, and resulted in Sadat and Begin sharing the 1978 Nobel Peace Prize.

There were two 1978 Camp David agreements: A Framework for Peace in the Middle East and A Framework for the Conclusion of a Peace Treaty between Egypt and Israel, the second leading towards the Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty signed in March 1979.

The " Rijkswet " of December 12, 1985, for the maritime boundaries between The Netherlands Antilles and Aruba, and the Maritime Boundaries Treaty signed March 31, 1978, between the Republic of Venezuela and the Kingdom of the Netherlands, introduced December 12, 1978, and valid for Aruba since January 1, 1986.

The 1979 Egypt – Israel Peace Treaty (, Mu ` āhadat as-Salām al-Misrīyah al -' Isrā ' īlīyah ;, Heskem HaShalom Bein Yisrael LeMitzrayim ) was signed in Washington, D. C. on the 26th of March 1979, following the 1978 Camp David Accords.

The Treaty entered into force on January 24, 1978, initially with 18 contracting states.

Corbett was secretary-general of the European Co-ordination Bureau of International non-governmental Youth Organisations from 1977 to 1981, representing youth organisations in the Council of Europe's European Youth Foundation and European Youth Centre ; helped to set up the European Youth Forum ; and represented western European youth organisations in negotiations with Eastern European organisations pursuant to the Helsinki Treaty ( as well as at the World Festival of Youth in Havana in 1978 along with Charles Clarke and Peter Mandelson ).

After that he was the National Military Representative at the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in Belgium from 1978 to 1982, and then a Professor and Subdirector at the Instituto de Altos Estudos Militares ( Institute of Military High Studies ) from 1982 / 1983 to 1984 and from 1984 to 1986 respectively.

* His Highness accompanied his son, Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah to London to initial the Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation on 29 September 1978.

In 1978, he released his debut album Treaty Stone.

* Treaty Stone ( 1978, as Barry Moore )

He was an active opponent of the Panama Canal Treaty of 1978.

On March 28, 1978, Venezuela, using Aves Island as its reference, agreed its maritime borders with the USA between Aves Island and Puerto Rico in the United States – Venezuela Maritime Boundary Treaty ; this treaty came into force on 24 November 1980 after it was ratified by both parties.

The Treaty of Peace and Friendship between Japan and the People's Republic of China ( Japanese:, Chinese: 中华人民共和国和日本国和平友好条约 ) was a peace treaty concluded between the People's Republic of China and Japan on August 12, 1978.

* March 16, 1978 — First of the Torrijos-Carter Treaties ( Panama Canal ) treaty: " The Treaty Concerning the Permanent Neutrality and Operation of the Panama Canal ," commonly known as the " Neutrality Treaty "

* April 19, 1978 — Second of the Torrijos-Carter Treaties treaty, commonly known as " The Panama Canal Treaty "

The Soviet Union and now Russia dispute this position and consider the Spitsbergen Treaty to apply to the entire zone ; talks were held in 1978 in Moscow, but did not resolve the issue.

In October 1979, the Soviet Union and South Yemen officially signed a Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation Despite the aid it now received from the United States following a brief spat with South Yemen between 1978 and 1979, the Yemen Arab Republic would not break with the Soviets and later renewed it's Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation with the USSR in October 1984.