* 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 – Tim Foreman, American bass player ( Switchfoot )

In the same year, Gygax created the magazine The Strategic Review with himself as editor, and then he hired Tim Kask to assist in the transition of this magazine into the fantasy periodical The Dragon, with Gygax as writer, columnist, and publisher ( from 1978 to 1981 ).

* 1978 – Tim Driesen, Belgian actor, singer, and dancer

* 1978 – Tim de Cler, Dutch footballer

* 1978 – Tim McIlrath, American musician ( Rise Against )

Other guests included Betty White, Donny Osmond and Marie Osmond, Tim Conway and Roz Kelly as Happy Days ' Pinkie Tuscadero ; The Paul Lynde Comedy Hour ( April 23, 1977 ) with Cloris Leachman and Tony Randall ; T ' was the Night Before Christmas with Alice Ghostley, Martha Raye, George Gobel and Foster Brooks ; The Paul Lynde Comedy Hour ( May 20, 1978 ) with Juliet Prowse, Brenda Vaccaro and Harry Morgan of MASH.

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.

* Catastrophe Theory and its Applications, with Tim Poston, Pitman, 1978.

* Tim Cone ( 1978 ), Philippine Basketball Association coach

), Tommy James ( backing vocals, " Sweet Cherry Wine " re-make ), Tiny Tim ( drums ), Beatlemania ( drums & vocals-" Ringo "), Ray Paul ( percussion, vocals ), The Punsters ( acoustic guitar ), FireBallet ( bass ), Bobby " Boris " Pickett ( bass, vocals ) CBGBs Halloween 1978 with The dB's and Big Help

* Keith Haynes Robin Folland, Tim Horsley, Jonathon Griffiths ( 1978 – 1983 )

Also in 1978, Tim Curry would issue a cover of the Rough Trade song " Birds of a Feather ".

The film would launch a number of careers, including David Soul ( Starsky & Hutch television series ), Robert Urich ( S. W. A. T., Vega $ and Spencer for Hire ) and Tim Matheson ( films like Animal House ( 1978 ) and Fletch ( 1985 ).

Timothy L. " Tim " Reid ( born December 19, 1944 ) is an American actor, comedian and film director best known for his roles in prime time American television programs, such as Venus Flytrap on WKRP in Cincinnati ( 1978 – 82 ), Marcel " Downtown " Brown on Simon & Simon ( 1983 – 87 ), Ray Campbell on Sister, Sister ( 1994 – 99 ) and William Barnett on That ' 70s Show ( 2004-2006 ).

" Don't Cry for Me Argentina " is a song from the 1978 musical Evita with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Tim Rice.

Tim Roemer served on the staff of U. S. Representative John Brademas of Indiana ( 1978 – 1979 ) and U. S. Senator Dennis DeConcini of Arizona ( 1985 – 1989 ).

Going After Cacciato is a war novel written by Tim O ' Brien and first published by Doubleday in 1978.

Tim Gooding and Johanna Pigott were members of Sydney post-punk band, XL Capris ( 1978 – 1982 ), record producer Todd Hunter later joined them on guitar.

In his many years covering college football, Jackson was paired with a wide variety of color commentators, including Jackie Jensen ( 1966 – 1967 ), Lee Grosscup ( 1972 ), Bud Wilkinson ( 1969 – 1975 ), Ara Parseghian ( 1975 – 1979 ), Frank Broyles ( 1978 – 1985 ), Lynn Swann ( 1984 – 1985 ), Tim Brant ( 1986, 2001 – 2002 ), Bob Griese ( 1987 – 1999 ), and Dan Fouts ( 2002 – 2005 ).

Nightdance artist Tim Seeley describes the character's personality in John Carpenter's 1978 film as " a void ", which allows the character to be more open to interpretation than the later sequels alloted him.

* In a 1978 episode of The Carol Burnett Show, cast member Tim Conway appears in a surreal costume while portraying an alien lifeform in the show's soap opera parody As The Stomach Turns.

He did notable solo singing work in productions including Much Ado About Nothing ( 1974 ), an episode of Rock Follies of ' 77 ( 1977 ), The Tempest ( 1978 – 1979 ), Piaf ( 1978 – 1980 ), Guys and Dolls ( 1982 ), A Royal Night of One Hundred Stars ( 1985 ), After Aida ( 1985 – 1986 ), Andrew Lloyd Webber's and Tim Rice's Cricket ( 1986 ), Sondheim: A Celebration ( 1988 benefit for Crusaid ), and Bent ( 1989 ).