* 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 ).

She received top billing when she starred as the lady commandant in charge of the Russian road crew in Zoltan, Hound of Dracula ( 1978 ), although it was only a bit part lasting less than five minutes of the 97 minute movie.

* Zoltan, Hound of Dracula ( 1978 ) – aka Dracula's Dog ; a low-budget film in which the descendant of Dracula takes second billing to a vampiric Doberman.

* The Christian alternative rock band Daniel Amos wrote a song titled Hound of Heaven on their 1978 album Horrendous Disc that is based on the Thompson poem.

* The Hound of the Baskervilles ( 1978 )

* The Hound of the Baskervilles ( 1978 )

A comedian, dancer, singer, and musician, Albertson is perhaps best known for his roles as Manny Rosen in The Poseidon Adventure ( 1972 ), Grandpa Joe in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory ( 1971 ), Amos Slade in the 1981 animated film The Fox and the Hound ( 1981 ), and as Ed Brown in the 1974 – 1978 television sitcom Chico and the Man.

* The Hound of the Baskervilles ( 1978 )

* The Hound of the Baskervilles ( 1978 )

* Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell ( 1978 )

* The Hound of the Baskervilles ( 1978 )

* The Hound of the Baskervilles ( 1978 ), his last film role

The 1978 made-for-TV movie Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell features a barghest named Lucky.

* The Hound of the Baskervilles ( 1978 )-Frankland

A version of the sketch, in which Spiggott is applying for a job as a runner, appeared in Cook and Moore's 1978 film The Hound of the Baskervilles.

The last Hound Dog was retired for scrapping on June 15, 1978, from the 42nd Bomb Wing at Loring Air Force Base, Maine.

* The Hound of the Baskervilles ( 1978 )

* The Hound of Heaven and Other Poems ( 1978 )

* Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell ( 1978 )

Gowers ' works include the following music scores: Comic Act ( 1998 ), Forever Green ( 1989 ), The Hound of the Baskervilles ( 1988 ), The Sign of Four ( 1987 ), Whoops Apocalypse ( 1986 ), Anna Karenina ( 1985 ), Smiley's People ( 1982 ), I remember Nelson ( 1982 ), Therese Raquin ( 1980 ), Stevie ( 1978 ), Children of Rage ( 1975 ), A Bigger Splash ( 1974 ), Farlige kys ( 1972 ), Giv Gud en Chance Om Soendagen ( 1970 ), The Virgin and the Gypsy ( 1970 ), Balladen Om Carl-Henning ( 1969 ), Hamlet ( 1969 ), Thomas er Fredloes ( 1968 ), Marat / Sade ( 1966 ).

He has appeared in many television and film roles including: Guns at Batasi ( 1964 ), On Her Majesty's Secret Service ( 1969 ), Enemy at the Door ( ITV, 1978 – 1980 ), Gandhi ( 1982 ), an episode of The Jewel in the Crown ( ITV, 1984 ), the character Frankland in The Hound of the Baskervilles ( ITV, 1988 ) and the character Balliol in Braveheart ( 1995 ).