The world's best-known version of the rainbow flag, sometimes called ' the freedom flag ', was popularized as a symbol of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender ( LGBT ) pride and diversity by San Francisco artist Gilbert Baker in 1978.

* Medieval Women, edited by Derek Baker, the Ecclesiastical History Society, 1978

Bucks Fizz member, Cheryl Baker had performed in 1978 with the band Co-Co for the UK, while Sheeba member Maxi had performed as a solo artist in 1973 for Ireland.

* Arthur Baker, Dance of the pen, ( Art Direction Book Co., 1978 ) ISBN 0-910158-45-2

Holness was the subject of an urban myth, claimed to have been initiated in the 1980s by broadcaster Stuart Maconie who, writing for the New Musical Express in a section called ' Believe It Or Not ', said that Holness had played the saxophone solo on Gerry Rafferty's 1978 song " Baker Street ".

Baker was re-elected in 1972 and again in 1978, and served from January 3, 1967, to January 3, 1985.

Nancy Landon Kassebaum Baker ( born July 29, 1932 ) represented the State of Kansas in the United States Senate from 1978 to 1997.

In 1978, Tom Cochrane joined up with Rob Baker on drums, Jeff Jones on bass, Peter Boynton on keyboards and Ken Greer to form Red Rider.

Baker was a regional director for Our Price Records for five years from 1978.

They also decided to issue free to poorer households the Anderson shelter ( see below ), and to provide steel props to create shelters in suitable basements ( Baker 1978 ).

The Invaders became The Scientists in May 1978, when James Baker from The Victims replaced John Rowlings.

In the 1978 general election, White defeated the Republican choice, James A. Baker, III, a Houston lawyer, businessman, and power broker affiliated with the Bushes of Houston.

" Baker Street " is a song by Gerry Rafferty, released in 1978.

* Chet Baker: Chet Baker Quartet / Live in France 1978, track 6 only, ( Gambit Records, 2005 )

Arthur Brough ( born Frederick Arthur Baker 26 February 1905, Petersfield, Hampshire – 28 May 1978, Folkestone, Kent, England, UK ) was a British actor, best known for portraying the character of senior menswear salesman Mr. Grainger on the BBC sitcom Are You Being Served?

Additionally, Women's sports began at Baker in 1978.

Starting in 1978, Dicks began a series called " The Baker Street Irregulars " which eventually ran to ten books, the last being published in 1987.

* The channeled scabland: a guide to the geomorphology of the Columbia Basin, Washington: prepared for the Comparative Planetary Geology Field Conference held in the Columbia Basin, June 5-8, 1978 / sponsored by Planetary Geology Program, Office of Space Science, National Aeronautics and Space Administration ; edited by Victor R. Baker and Dag Nummedal.

* Baker, Leonard ( 1978 ) Days of sorrow and pain: Leo Baeck and the Berlin Jews.

The team has won the National High School Team Racing Championship ( the " Baker Trophy ") seven times since the event's founding in 1989 ( 1989, 1990, 1991, 1995, 1997, 2007 and 2011 ), and has won the National High School Dinghy Championship ( the " Mallory Trophy ") six times since the event's founding in 1930 ( 1977, 1978, 1981, 1982, 1983 and 1986 ).

Critics also approved of its handling of James ' first sexual experience, with a Swedish exchange student ( Kirsten Baker ) in the episode which aired February 9, 1978 — at which point the show assumed the name James at 16.

In 1976 and again in 1978 the Communist Labor Party conducted " Vote Communist " campaigns running General Baker Jr. for State Representative in the Michigan House and also a campaign for a candidate for City Council in San Francisco, California.

By 1978 Baker & McKenzie had 26 offices in 20 countries.

In 1978, British comic 2000AD ran a Judge Dredd comic strip featuring Chief Judge Cal, loosely based on the real life Roman emperor.

Thereafter, he ran for governor in 1971 and the United States Senate in 1978, both times as an Independent candidate.

Garfields first Sunday page ran on June 25, 1978, being featured as a third-pager until March 22, 1981.

This ran until 1979, when Andy Rooney, whose commentaries were already alternating with the debate segment since late 1978, replaced it.

In 1978, he ran a true exploratory campaign, finding little public or media interest.

Their career ran from 1978 to 1984 and they were one of the most successful pop bands in Dutch history.

On March 16, 1978, the very large crude carrier Amoco Cadiz ran ashore just north of Landunvez, Finistère, Brittany, France, causing one of the largest oil spills in history.

The daytime revival of The Match Game, which featured regular panelists Richard Dawson, 1973 to 1978, Brett Somers and Charles Nelson Reilly, ran until 1979 on CBS and another three years in first-run syndication.

Chico and the Man is an American sitcom which ran on NBC for four seasons, from September 13, 1974, to July 21, 1978.

The first version appeared in January 1978 and it originally ran on a PDP-11.

The extension to Route 20 through Paterson was stopped in 1978 because of the designation of the Great Falls Historic District, a historical district recognizing Paterson ’ s heritage as an industrial center, and the number of homes and businesses that would be displaced by the route whether or not it ran through the historic district.

is a comedic manga series written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi that premiered in Weekly Shōnen Sunday in 1978 and ran until its conclusion in 1987.

Lott was re-elected six more times without much difficulty, and even ran unopposed in 1978.

A Broadway revival with the same director, choreographer, and cast as the original 1978 production opened on August 15, 1988 at the Ambassador Theatre, where it ran for 176 performances and eight previews.

The Good Life is a British sitcom produced by the BBC that ran from 1975 to 1978.

It was first broadcast in 1973 and ran for three series, ending in 1978.

* Revolver, was a British music TV series on ITV that ran for one series only, of eight episodes, in 1978 that featured Punk and New Wave acts.

Then in 1978 Gramm successfully ran as a Democrat for Representative from Texas's 6th congressional district, which stretched from the Fort Worth suburbs to College Station.

The Black and White Minstrel Show was a British light entertainment show that ran on BBC television from 1958 to 1978 and was a popular stage show.

This series ran from late 1978 to early 1979.

His luck ran out in 1978, when he lost the title to Mexico's Freddie Castillo by a knockout in round 14 on February 19.

Barker did, however, reprise his role as Fletcher in a sequel, Going Straight, which ran for one series in 1978.

1935 ), an attorney in Jackson, Mississippi, ran unsuccessfully in 1978 for the United States House of Representatives, having been defeated by the Republican Jon C. Hinson, then the aide to U. S. Representative Thad Cochran, who ran successfully to succeed James O. Eastland for the other Mississippi seat in the U. S. Senate.