On 19 August 1978 — the anniversary of the US backed pro-Shah coup d ' état which overthrew the nationalists and popular Iranian prime minister, Dr. Mohammed Mossadegh — the Cinema Rex, a movie theatre in Abadan, Iran, was set ablaze by four Islamic Revolution sympathizers in an attempt to help the cause of Iran's Islamic Revolution.

It was composed of Khmer Communists who had remained in Vietnam after 1975 and officials from the eastern sector — like Heng Samrin and Hun Sen — who had fled to Vietnam from Cambodia in 1978.

In September 1978, the company demonstrated an optical digital audio disc with a 150 minute playing time, 44, 056 Hz sampling rate, 16-bit linear resolution, and cross-interleaved error correction code — specifications similar to those later settled upon for the standard Compact Disc format in 1980.

* Northern Mariana Islands — became a commonwealth in 1978.

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.

* Sections 145 – 152 ( includes 149A ) — From the presidency of W. Wallace Smith ( 1958 – 1978 )

* Sections 153 – 160 — From the presidency of Wallace B. Smith ( 1978 – 1996 )

Although it had been funding British experimental films as early as 1952, the British Film Institute's foundation of a production board in 1964 — and a substantial increase in public funding from 1971 onwards — enabled it to become a dominant force in developing British art cinema in the 1970s and 80s: from the first of Bill Douglas's Trilogy My Childhood ( 1972 ), and of Terence Davies ' Trilogy Childhood ( 1978 ), via Peter Greenaway's earliest films ( including the surprising commercial success of The Draughtsman's Contract ( 1982 )) and Derek Jarman's championing of the New Queer Cinema.

They are still best known for their second album, Shpritsz — a play on the German word for syringe — from 1978.

* 1978 election for U. S. House of Representatives — 4th District

He had believed that his biological father was Ulf Trier ( 1907 — 1978 ), until his mother revealed to him on her deathbed that he had been conceived as a result of an affair she had with her employer, Fritz Michael Hartmann.

The Brewers unveiled new uniforms for the 1978 season — pinstripes with solid blue collar and waistband.

During the 1970s, the Patriots had some success, earning a berth to the playoffs in 1976 — as a wild card-team — and in 1978 — as AFC East champions.

The Kinks ' hit singles of 1964, " You Really Got Me " and " All Day and All of the Night ," have been described as " predecessors of the whole three-chord genre — the Ramones ' 1978 ' I Don't Want You ,' for instance, was pure Kinks-by-proxy ".

" The album Blue Valentine ( 1978 ) displayed Waits's biggest musical departure to date, with much more focus on electric guitar and keyboards than on previous albums and hardly any strings ( with the exception of album-opener " Somewhere " — a cover of Leonard Bernstein's song from West Side Story — and " Kentucky Avenue ") for a darker, more blues-oriented sound.

* Coming Home ( 1978 ) — winner of three Academy Awards, directed by Hal Ashby.

* The Deer Hunter ( 1978 ) — winner of five Academy Awards, including Academy Award for Best Picture, directed by Michael Cimino.

* 1978 – John Buffalo Mailer, American author, playwright, actor, producer, and journalist

* 1935 – John Cazale, American actor ( d. 1978 )

* 1978 – John Gall, American baseball player

* 1978 – Former United States President Nixon aide John D. Ehrlichman is released from an Arizona prison after serving 18 months for Watergate-related crimes.

In October 1978, Yale presented a " chamber version " adapted and directed by Keith Hack, with John Glover as Jimmy and June Gable as Begbick.

* Big Dipper ( Elton John song ), a 1978 song by Elton John

The agreement lasted from 1977 to 1978, but proved mostly fruitless, for two reasons: the Liberals ' key demand of proportional representation was rejected by most Labour MPs, whilst the contacts between Liberal spokespersons and Labour ministers often proved detrimental, such as between finance spokesperson John Pardoe and Chancellor of the Exchequer Denis Healey, who were mutually antagonistic.

* John Buffalo Mailer ( born 1978 ), author, playwright and journalist

Pope John Paul II visited Chicago in 1979 during his first trip ever to the United States after being elected to the Papacy in 1978.

Denis Twitchett and John K. Fairbank, 223-90 ( Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1978 ).

San Francisco Chronicle columnist Herb Caen wrote in November 1978, " Just when you think tastelessness has reached its nadir, along comes a punk rock group called The Dead Kennedys, which will play at Mabuhay Gardens on Nov. 22, the 15th anniversary of John F. Kennedy's assassination.

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?

* 1978 – John Oster, Welsh footballer

* 1978 – John Morris, Canadian Curler

* 1978 – John Nolan, American musician ( Straylight Run and Taking Back Sunday )

* 1978 – John Tartaglia, American broadway actor and Muppeteer

The acronym GUT was first coined in 1978 by CERN researchers John Ellis, Andrzej Buras, Mary K. Gaillard, and Dimitri Nanopoulos, however in the final version of their paper they opted for the less anatomical GUM ( Grand Unification Mass ).

* Sir Brian John Maynard Tovey ( 1978 – 1983 )

John Carpenter created Halloween ( 1978 ).

John Atkinson ( editor ), current editor of Stereophile, stated ( in a 2005 July editorial named Blind Tests & Bus Stops ) that he once purchased a solid-state amplifier, the Quad 405, in 1978 after blind tests, but came to realize months later that " the magic was gone " until he replaced it with a tube amp.

After he became pope in 1978, John Paul II continued on the Catholic Theology of the Body of his predecessors with a series of lectures, entitled Theology of the Body, in which he talked about an original unity between man and women, purity of heart ( on the Sermon on the Mount ), marriage and celibacy and reflections on Humane Vitae, focusing largely on responsible parenthood and marital chastity.

* Sir John Ford ( born 1922 ), British Foreign Office official who served in Canada from 1978 to 1981 ( List of High Commissioners from the United Kingdom to Canada )

The original design concepts of the DVG came out of Atari's off-campus research lab in Grass Valley, California, in 1978.

It remained part of the Church of England until 1978 when the Anglican Church of Bermuda separated.

* 1921 – Robert Cliche, Canadian politician and magistrate ( d. 1978 )

Spassky thought that Fischer would have won in 1975 but Karpov would have qualified again and beaten Fischer in 1978.

* 1927 – Robert Shaw, English actor ( d. 1978 )

* 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.

* 1892 – Jack Warner, Canadian-American film producer ( d. 1978 )

* G. H. Hardy and E. M. Wright 1978, 2000 ( with general index ) An Introduction to the Theory of Numbers: 5th Edition, Clarendon Press, Oxford UK, ISBN 0-19-853171-0

The Populist Moment: A Short History of the Agrarian Revolt in America ( 1978 ), 1880s and 1890s in U. S.

* Paige, Jeffery M. Agrarian revolution: social movements and export agriculture in the underdeveloped world ( 1978 ) 435 pages excerpt and text search

* J. N. D. Kelly, Early Christian Doctrines, 1978, ISBN 0-06-064334-X

* 1916 – José Manuel Moreno, Argentine footballer ( d. 1978 )

A third generation was led by Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie ( 1929 – ) and includes Jacques Revel, and Philippe Ariès ( 1914 – 1984 ), who joined the group in 1978.

38, No. 1, ( Mar., 1978 ), pp. 58 – 76 in JSTOR

* 1978 – U. S. President Jimmy Carter declares a federal emergency at Love Canal due to toxic waste that had been negligently disposed of.