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

Simpson's fourth wife was Avril Joy Mullens ( 1910 – 28 November 1978 ), the former wife of Brigadier General Hugh Nugent Leveson-Gower, RA, a former wife of H. S. H.

In 1978 Simpson's celebrated its 150th anniversary with a luncheon consisting of all the items from the earliest recorded menu, starting with turtle soup, going on with roast sirloin of beef and saddle of mutton and ending with boiled syrup roll.

In 1978 the Hudson's Bay Company ( parent company of The Bay ) purchased the Simpson's retail chain, and subsequently sold its Simpson's store at Fairview Mall to Sears Canada in 1991 ( along with five others that were co-located with Bay stores ).

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.

" It was more fully published in 1978 by political scientist Steven Brams and mathematician Peter Fishburn.

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.

* 1978 – Mir Akbar Khyber was assassinated, provoking a communist coup d ' état in Afghanistan.

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.

In December 1978, there was media speculation that Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, might marry a Roman Catholic, although the rumours were never verified.

When in December 1978 there was media speculation that Prince Charles might marry a Roman Catholic, Powell defended the provision that excludes Roman Catholics from ascending the throne, claiming his objection was not rooted in religious bigotry but in political considerations.

Applesoft II, which was made available on cassette and disk and in the ROM of the Apple II Plus and subsequent models, was released in 1978.

In 1978 he was elected to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences.

In 1978, for Korner's 50th birthday, an all-star concert was held featuring many of his above-mentioned friends, as well as Eric Clapton, Paul Jones, Chris Farlowe, Zoot Money and others, which was later released as The Party Album, and as a video.

In 1978, the term Barassi Line was used to describe the dichotomy that existed in Australia's football culture, where Australian Football was most popular in all states bar New South Wales and Queensland.

From 1976 to 1978, Widdecombe was a councillor for Runnymede District in Surrey.

This was accompanied by reduction of poverty from 28 percent in 1978 to 9 percent in 1998 in China, and from 51 percent in 1978 to 26 percent in 2000 in India.

It was released in the Spring of 1978, one month before her high school graduation.

Lerner's autobiography The Street Where I Live ( 1978 ), was an account of three of his and Loewe's successful collaborations, My Fair Lady, Gigi, and Camelot along with personal information.

Clinton was elected Governor of Arkansas in 1978, having defeated the Republican candidate Lynn Lowe, a farmer from Texarkana.

After conflict over the 1970 constitution, a new constitution was written and approved in 1977, and Lamizana was reelected by open elections in 1978.

Brigitte Bardot was born in Paris to Anne-Marie ' Toty ' Mucel ( 1912 – 1978 ) and Louis ' Pilou ' Bardot ( 1896 – 1975 ).

In 1978, the Technics SL-1200MK2 turntable was released, whose comfortable and precise sliding pitch control and high torque direct drive motor made beatmatching easier and it became the standard among DJs.

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.

In 1978, ACHS acquired the title to the PIN Depot to preserve it as a repository for the history of Adams County.

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.