Since the passage of the Act of Settlement, the most senior member of the Royal Family to have married a Roman Catholic, and thereby been removed from the line and later lines of succession, is Prince Michael of Kent, who married Baroness Marie-Christine von Reibnitz in 1978 ; he was fifteenth in the lines of succession at the time of his marriage.

* Jeffreys, Elizabeth and Michael, and Moffatt, Ann, Byzantine Papers: Proceedings of the First Australian Byzantine Studies Conference, Canberra, 17 – 19 May 1978 ( Australian National University, Canberra, 1979 ).

The Jacksons ( previously The Jackson 5 ) did many disco songs from 1975 to 1980, including " Shake Your Body ( Down to the Ground )" ( 1978 ), " Blame it on the Boogie " ( 1978 ), and " Can You Feel It " ( 1980 )— all sung by Michael Jackson, whose 1979 solo album, Off the Wall, included several disco hits, including the album's title song, " Rock with You ", " Workin ' Day and Night ", and his second chart-topping solo hit in the disco genre, " Don't Stop ' til You Get Enough ".

* A 1978 miniseries entitled The Greatest Heroes of the Bible starred Victoria Principal as Esther, Robert Mandan as Xerxes, and Michael Ansara as Haman.

* Grandchildren: Alexander ( b. March 1974 ), Kindra ( b. May 1976 ), Camberley ( b. June 1978 ), and Francis ( b. February 1981 ), Michael & Barbara Crick's children ; Mark & Nicholas, the late Jacqueline and Christopher Nichols ' children.

* 1978 – Jason Michael Carroll, American singer-songwriter

* 1978 – Michael Duff, Northern Irish footballer

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.

* 1922 – Michael Ainsworth, English cricketer ( d. 1978 )

Michael Foot's elder brothers were Sir Dingle Foot MP ( 1905 – 1978 ), a Liberal and subsequently Labour MP ; Hugh Foot, Baron Caradon ( 1907 – 1990 ), a Governor of Cyprus, a representative of the United Kingdom at the United Nations from 1964 to 1970, and father to campaigning journalist Paul Foot ( 1937 – 2004 ) and charity worker Oliver Foot ( 1946 – 2008 ); and Liberal politician John Foot, Baron Foot ( 1909 – 1999 ).

* 1978 – Michael Braun, Australian rules footballer

* 1978 – Michael Simpkins, English football player

* 1978 – Shyne ( Moses Michael Leviy ), Belizean-born rapper

He also wrote " Technopolis " ( 1979 ), which contributed to the development of techno, and the international hit " Behind the Mask " ( 1978 ), a synthpop song for which he sang the vocals through a vocoder and which would later be covered by a number of international artists, including Michael Jackson and Eric Clapton.

Edison was ranked thirty-fifth on Michael H. Hart's 1978 book The 100, a list of the most influential figures in history.

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

** Michael Ainsworth, British cricketer ( d. 1978 )

Gelbart also co-wrote the golden-era film spoof Movie Movie ( 1978 ) starring George C. Scott in dual roles, the racy comedy Blame It on Rio ( 1984 ) starring Michael Caine and Demi Moore, and the 2000 remake of Bedazzled with Elizabeth Hurley and Brendan Fraser.

To this end, Demme drew inspiration from Michael Cimino's The Deer Hunter ( 1978 ).

* Peek a Boo ( 1978 ), alternative name The One and Only Phyllis Dixey, stars Lesley-Anne Down, Christopher Murney, Michael Elphick, Elaine Paige and Patricia Hodge.

* British — Gaiman, Neil ( has lived in U. S. A. since 1992 ): " Harlequin Valentine " ( 1999 ), Harlequin Valentine ( 2001 ; graphic novel, illustrated by John Bolton ); Greenland, Colin: " A Passion for Lord Pierrot " ( 1990 ); Moorcock, Michael: The English Assassin and The Condition of Muzak ( 1972, 1977 ; hero Jerry Cornelius morphs with increasing frequency into role of Pierrot ), " Feu Pierrot " ( 1978 ); Stevenson, Helen: Pierrot Lunaire ( 1995 ).

* Michael Howard ( filmmaker ) ( born 1978 ), American filmmaker, photographer, and actor

* Michael Howard ( footballer ) ( born 1978 ), British footballer

Michael Kaminski argues in his book that it is unlikely that the plot point had ever seriously been considered or even conceived of before 1978, and that the first film was clearly operating under an alternate storyline where Vader was a separate character from Luke's father ; there is not a single reference to this plot point before 1978 ( further reinforcing this is Obi-Wan Kenobi calling Vader " Darth ", as if it is his true name rather than his new Sith name ).

Townley was convicted in the United States in 1978 and served 62 months in prison for the murder ; he is now free as a participant in the United States Federal Witness Protection Program.

* Cecil Townley Mitford-Slade 17 April 1968 – 1978

On 16 March 1978, Aldo Moro, President of the Christian Democratic Party, was kidnapped by the Red Brigades, an ultra-left terrorist group, on the day that the new government was going to be sworn in before parliament.

After Banzer was forced to leave the Palacio Quemado in July 1978, Pereda was sworn in as president, although not a constitutional one, since the fraud could not be denied.

When Liberal leader and PEI Premier Alexander B. Campbell ( no relation ) announced his retirement, Bennett Campbell ran and won the Liberal leadership and was sworn in as Premier on September 18, 1978.

Griffin was elected Mayor of Buffalo in November 1977 and was sworn in January 1, 1978.

Adams served as Acting Director of the FBI from Kelley's retirement on February 15, 1978 to February 23 of the same year, when Webster was sworn in.

In 1977 and 1978, Hayer submitted two sworn affidavits re-asserting his claim that Butler and Johnson were not involved in the assassination.

Famously, he strung along the opposition and was expected to make his declaration of election in a broadcast on 7 September 1978.

Notable is the 1978 declaration conferring the priesthood on all worthy male members.

This is the declaration released publicly earlier in 1978, allowing blacks to receive the priesthood.

Since such a declaration is carried out by individual states for territory falling within their jurisdiction, there are three separate notifications covering the National Chambal Sanctuary-the Madhya Pradesh portion was gazetted in the Government of Madhya Pradesh Notice No. F. 15 / 5 / 77-10 ( 2 ) dated 20 December 1978, the Uttar Pradesh portion was gazetted in the Government of Uttar Pradesh Notice No. 7835 / XIV-3-103-78 dated 29 January 1979 and the Rajasthan portion was gazetted in the Government of Rajasthan Notice No. F. 11 ( 12 ) Rev. 8 / 78 dated 7 December 1979.

This ideal model of health care was adopted in the declaration of the International Conference on Primary Health Care held in Alma Ata in 1978 ( known as the " Alma Ata Declaration "), and became a core concept of the World Health Organization's goal of Health for all.

This brought France into line with a 1978 declaration by the Council of Europe requiring member governments to take measures to adopt equality of rights in the transmission of family names, a measure that was echoed by the United Nations in 1979.

His selections indicated a taste for paranoia and " the darkest of dark comedy ," according to a writer for The New York Times, and included Frenzy, Dr. Strangelove, Brewster McCloud, The Big Clock, The Seventh Victim, Dawn of the Dead ( 1978 version ), Seconds, and Invasion of the Body Snatchers ( 1978 version ).

Earlier accounts from the Indian Ocean by Johnson ( 1978 ), Madagascar by Fourmanoir ( 1961 ), and the Red Sea by Gohar and Mazhar ( 1964 ), indicated a biannual cycle in these regions with two breeding seasons per year from June to July and December to January.

Starting in 1978, the lieutenant governor is elected in tandem with the governor -- votes earned on a governor-lieutenant governor ticket are indicated in parenthses.

Declassified State Department telegrams indicated that in discussions between the U. S. embassy and Vahap Aşıroğlu, Turkish Director of Consular Affairs, Aşıroğlu believed Hayes would probably be released from prison on parole in October 1978, which in practice meant that a local prosecutor would declare them persona non grata and expel them from the country.

Early estimates indicated that the current may be 30 % stronger than geostrophic calculations indicated as a result of a significant barotropic flow component ( Hayes and Robe, 1978 ).

As indicated by the fact that he was awarded the Templeton Foundation Prize for Progress in Religion in 1978, Torrance made singular contributions to the dialogue between science and theology.

Potter's Field makes a significant contribution to the number of residents at Oakland, as indicated by a 1978 archaeological survey conducted by Georgia State University that revealed the entire area to be occupied by an estimated 17, 000 persons.

" The Rangers organization blamed Ellis for the team's disapointing finish in 1978, and indicated that they would look to trade Ellis.

In 2007 Vic Godard and a different band released " 1978 Now ", which re-recorded the original 1978 album as ( as Godard indicated ) they originally sounded when recorded for the lost album.

A 1978 study undertaken by the U. S. National Institutes of Health indicated that hexachlorophene does not cause cancer.

After the World Cup 1978, many critics in Iran indicated that if Iran had a fully fit Rowshan, the results would have been far much better than what was achieved.