Simpson's department stores, which were acquired by Hudson's Bay Company in 1978, were converted to The Bay stores in 1991.

The original structure was invented in 1972 by Rudolf Bayer and named " symmetric binary B-tree ," but acquired its modern name in a paper in 1978 by Leonidas J. Guibas and Robert Sedgewick.

The most memorable moment of that 1978 season occurred on May 28, 1978, when pinch hitter Mike Ivie, acquired from the San Diego Padres during the offseason for Darrel Thomas, hit a towering grand slam off of Dodgers pitching ace Don Sutton in front of Candlestick Park's highest paid attendance of 58, 545.

* Synergistic Studios, founded in 1978, acquired in 1996, studio closed in 1999.

The team's performance would improve in 1978, when new owner Peter Pocklington acquired Wayne Gretzky as an under-age player ( consequentially, his first year of WHA experience prevented him from being an official 1979 – 80 NHL rookie ), as well as goaltender Eddie Mio and forward Peter Driscoll, from the recently-folded Indianapolis Racers for cash.

As the company grew it acquired other companies and sites overseas but Cricklewood remained the most important site, with 8, 000 employees between 1937 and 1978 .< ref >< cite >' Willesden: Economic history ', A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 7: Acton, Chiswick, Ealing and Brentford, West Twyford, Willesden ( 1982 ), pp. 220 – 228.

The Public Mirror is still in operation ; in 1924, it absorbed the Holbrook Observer ; in 1978, it acquired the Elwood Bulletin, which it continues to publish under that name.

In 1978 the Department for the Environment acquired the site and conducted extensive archaeological excavations, prior to which rubble filled the solar tower to a height of three metres.

In 1978 the company acquired Falcon Cycles, which was operated as a subsidiary before being later merged into Elsiwck Hoppers factory at Barton-upon-Humber, North Lincolnshire.

* Rainbow Warrior ( 1955 ), former fishing trawler Sir William Hardy, acquired by Greenpeace in 1978.

Later, in 2005, the Jennings Brewery of Cockermouth was also purchased and in 2007 Hampshire based Ringwood Brewery, which was established in 1978, and brews Best Bitter, Fortyniner, and Old Thumper, was acquired.

It is part of a collection acquired by the National Museum in 2009 and includes key elements that figured in the development of the bionic ear, including the prototype multi-channel cochlear implant received by Rod Saunders in 1978 ( subsequently removed when it was replaced by an updated model ).

It acquired Mervyns in 1978, Marshall Field's in 1990, and renamed itself the Target Corporation in 2000.

At that time the airport acquired its fifth name: Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport ( 1978 – 2003 ).

The Credit Data group was formed in 1970 to compete with Dunn and Bradstreet, and ESL was acquired in 1978, specializing in technical strategic reconnaissance.

In 2007 Symyx Technologies acquired MDL Information Systems ( originally Molecular Design Limited, Inc .), a provider of R & D informatics in the chemistry and life sciences industries, which had been launched as a computer-aided drug design firm in January 1978 in Hayward, California.

In 1978, Eaton Corporation acquired Samuel Moore & Company, Kenway Systems and Cutler-Hammer.

By June 1978, she had acquired the rank of Captain.

The Hudson's Bay Company acquired Simpsons in 1978.

In 1978, by which time the company had grown to a chain of more than 50 stores in three states, Mervyn's was acquired by the Dayton Hudson Corporation ( now Target Corporation ).

The store was acquired by Hudson's Bay Company in 1978, and the restaurant is still in operation today.

In 1978, Simpsons was acquired by the Hudson's Bay Company.

Before the 1978 season San Diego acquired Perry from Texas in exchange for middle reliever Dave Tomlin and $ 125, 000.

* " Constantinople " was also the title of the opening edit of The Residents ' EP Duck Stab !, released in 1978.

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 ".

Boney M had a number one hit in the UK with a similar song in 1978 under the title Rivers of Babylon, which was not based on this one, although using the same text from Psalm 137.

The film was given a North American theatrical release in March 1978 by Bob Conn Enterprises under the title The Terror of Godzilla.

Henry Saperstein, who sold the theatrical rights to Bob Conn Enterprises, also released the film to television in late 1978, this time under the title Terror of Mechagodzilla.

In 1978, Women's World Champion Nona Gaprindashvili became the first woman to receive the GM title, by a special decision of FIDE.

Published since June 19, 1978, it chronicles the life of the title character, the cat Garfield ( named after Davis's grandfather ); his owner, Jon Arbuckle ; and Arbuckle's dog, Odie.

John Lahr wrote a biography of Orton entitled Prick Up Your Ears, a title * Orton himself had considered using, in 1978.

Most notably, Fujiwara was the first non-Thai to win an official Thai boxing title, when he defeated his Thai opponent in 1978 at Rajadamnern Stadium winning the lightweight championship bout.

In 1978 Karel van het Reve delivered the Huizinga Lecture, under the title: Literatuurwetenschap: het raadsel der onleesbaarheid ( Literary studies.

Liverpool retained the European Cup in 1978 and regained the First Division title in 1979.

In 1978 IPC launched Starlord, a short-lived companion title for 2000 AD.

In 1978 Toshihiro Nishikado, a designer at Taito, created Space Invaders which became the company's most popular title ever and one of the most memorable games in arcade history, responsible for beginning the golden age of arcade video games.

* Starlord was a weekly title ( originally intended to be monthly ) launched in 1978 following much the same format as 2000 AD and included Strontium Dog and Ro-Busters which introduced characters that would later reappear in ABC Warriors.

( Assistant editor Nick Landau largely edited the comic himself in 1978 while Kelvin Gosnell was occupied with editing new sister title Starlord.

It was initially known as the British Empire Games and was renamed to the British Empire and Commonwealth Games in 1954 and the British Commonwealth Games in 1970, before finally gaining its current title for the 1978 edition.

*** " Grease " ( song ), the title song of the 1978 film

In the unique experience in Hollywood, Zavattini written for the screen The Children of Sanchez ( 1978 ) based on Oscar Lewis ’ s book of the same title, a classic study of a Mexican family.

He returned to appearing in critically reviled films like The Medusa Touch ( 1978 ), Circle of Two ( 1980 ), and the title role in Wagner ( 1983 ), a role he said he was born to play, after his success in Equus.

* The Betsy, 1971 ( made into the film of the same title in 1978 )

Other recent operatic parts written for the countertenor voice include Edgar in Aribert Reimann's Lear ( 1978 ), the title role in Philip Glass's Akhnaten ( 1983 ), Claire in John Lunn's The Maids ( 1998 ), the Refugee in Jonathan Dove's Flight ( 1999 ), and Trinculo in Thomas Adès's The Tempest ( 2004 ).

PSV also won the UEFA Cup, their first major European title in 1978, by beating French opponents SC Bastia 3 – 0 in the final's second leg.

* 1976: Anderlecht 4 – 2 West Ham United-1976 marked a run of three consecutive finals for Anderlecht, losing the following year, before regaining the title in 1978.

Anderlecht won it in both 1976 an 1978, and finished runners up in between, and Ajax failed to defend their title in 1988, losing out to K. V.