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.

* King ( TV miniseries ), a 1978 miniseries based on the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

* Dr. George Marion Harmon ( 1978 – 2000 )-After 22 years of leading Millsaps College, Dr. Harmon announced his resignation in the Spring of 1999.

Malevolent civilizations, as speculated by Dr. Michio Kaku ( 2009 ) and Robert Freitas ( 1978 ) independently, may possess resources which can destroy humanity with little effort on the part of the extraterrestrial civilization and with little chance at resistance.

He also had two children with Dr Mamphela Ramphele ( a prominent activist within the BCM ): a daughter, Lerato, born in 1974, who died of pneumonia when she was only two months old, and a son, Hlumelo, who was born in 1978, after Biko's death.

In 1978, Nimoy played Dr. David Kibner in Invasion of the Body Snatchers.

Dr. Krashen also holds a black belt in Tae Kwon Do, and was the winner of the 1978 Venice Beach Open Incline Press.

The subsequent albums The Clones of Dr. Funkenstein ( 1976 ), Funkentelechy vs. the Placebo Syndrome ( 1977 ), and Motor Booty Affair ( 1978 ) all reached high on both the R & B and Pop charts, while Funkadelic was also experiencing significant mainstream success.

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 ).

In his later years, he became best known to a younger generation of cinema-goers as Dr. Loomis in Halloween ( 1978 ).

* 1978 Dr. James Short in ' The Monument ' by David Cregan, BBC Radio 3.

Though he made his acting debut on television in 1978, Clooney gained fame and recognition by portraying Dr. Douglas " Doug " Ross on the long-running medical drama ER from 1994 to 1999.

In 1978, he guest starred in the second part of the Battlestar Galactica episode " Gun on Ice Planet Zero " as Dr. Ravishol.

In 1978, Canadian researcher Arthur Bray uncovered previously classified Canadian UFO documents naming Dr. Vannevar Bush as heading a highly secret UFO investigation group within the U. S. Research and Development Board.

* Prof. Dr. Alfred Müller-Armack ( 1901 – 1978 ), Economist, Inventor of the Social Market Economy

In March, 1978, Dr. Verne R. Kennedy became the first Belhaven alumnus to serve as the chief executive of Belhaven College.

The Orgone Biophysical Research Lab was founded in 1978 by Dr. James DeMeo, a geographer, and the Institute for Orgonomic Science in 1982 by Dr. Morton Herskowitz.

Large archives from 1992 to the present, as well as a few select archives from the early 1970s, are available, but the syndicated programs from 1978 to 1992 are not because the broadcast rights are currently in limbo ( Dial Global purchased Westwood One in 2011, but spun off several of its music shows to Compass Media Networks ; it's unknown whether the Dr. Demento syndicated archive was among the programs ).

Heaven Can Wait, a 1978 remake of Here Comes Mr. Jordan, was also the inspiration for the television series Quantum Leap, in which Dr. Sam Beckett, involved in a time travel experiment gone awry, " leaps " into events that occurred during his lifetime, displacing another person.

Dr. Philip M. Tierno Jr., director of clinical microbiology and immunology at the New York University Medical Center, who helped determine that tampons were behind toxic shock syndrome ( TSS ) cases in the early 1980s, blames the introduction of higher-absorbency tampons in 1978, as well as the relatively recent decision by manufacturers to recommend that tampons can be worn overnight, for increased incidences of toxic shock syndrome.

Kennedy spent 6 weeks in Sussex, England, under the care of Dr. Margaret Patterson, an addiction specialist, during the autumn of 1978.

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.

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 ".

* 1978 – Darrell Jackson, American football player

:* Roy I. Jackson ( US ): 1971 – 1978.

Gary Wayne Coleman ( February 8, 1968 – May 28, 2010 ) was an American actor, known for his childhood role as Arnold Jackson in the American sitcom Diff ' rent Strokes ( 1978 – 1986 ) and for his small stature as an adult.

( 1978, 1998 ) Steve Jackson Games ISBN 1-55634-360-4

Joshua Carter Jackson ( born June 11, 1978 ) is a Canadian actor.

The post of Chief of the General Staff was only filled again seven years later when Daniel arap Moi moved Lieutenant General Jackson Mulinge from Army Commander to CGS in November 1978.

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.

The first edition was published by Chaosium in 1978, and a substantially expanded edition was published by Steve Jackson Games in 1998.

The Blake's 7 cast in series 1 ( 1978 ): Michael Keating ( Vila ); Jan Chappell ( Cally ); Gareth Thomas ( Blake ); Sally Knyvette ( Jenna ); Paul Darrow ( Avon ) and David Jackson ( Gan ).

* 1978: Samuel Johnson by Walter Jackson Bate

* Kevin Jackson ( born 1978 ), former U. S. soccer midfielder who spent five seasons in the USL First Division and two in the Premier Development League.

St. Mary's Catholic Church ( 1953 ), the Jackson County Justice Center ( 1994 ), and Jackson Plaza ( 1978 ) all define the neighborhood.

* Mahalia Jackson ( 1978 )

In 1978, Zevon released Excitable Boy ( produced by Jackson Browne and guitarist Waddy Wachtel ) to critical acclaim and popular success.

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.

* Swain, Martha H. Pat Harrison: The New Deal Years ( Jackson, Miss., 1978 ), the standard biography

B. Slater, J. Jackson, in I. Wilson, The Turin Shroud ( 1978 ), p. 235-51

* 1978 Nelson P. Jackson Aerospace Award for HEAO Program

In 1978, Evans wrote Mahalia, his first musical, a portrait of Gospel vocalist Mahalia Jackson.