It opened to poor reviews and earned less than $ 3 million domestically ( from an estimated budget of $ 44 million ), eventually contributing to the near collapse of its studio, United Artists, and effectively destroying the reputation of Cimino, previously one of the ascendant directors of Hollywood owing to his celebrated 1978 film The Deer Hunter, which had won Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Director in 1979.

The city is served by its own volunteer ambulance service and volunteer fire department, which celebrated its 100th anniversary in 1978.

The trophy has been broken on four other occasions: in 1978, when it was dropped by celebrating Edmonton Eskimos players ; in 1987, when an Eskimos ' player sat on it ; in 1993, when Edmonton's Blake Dermott head-butted it ; and finally in 2006, when the trophy broke away from its base as the BC Lions celebrated their victory.

White Day was first celebrated in 1978 in Japan.

In the 1970s, the centennial of both the festival ( 1973 ) and Music Hall ( 1978 ) was celebrated with the tenures of Julius Rudel ( director from 1971 to 1973 ) and James Levine ( 1974 to 1978 ).

The Argentine Renult 12 also saw competition success in South America, with a celebrated class ( up to 1, 600 cc ) win in the 1978 South American Marathon with Argentinian driver Jorge Recalde and co-driver Jorge Baruscotti.

Shortly after album release, the band recorded a cover of Public Image Ltd's 1978 self-titled single " Public Image ", for a compilation album to celebrate Independents Day which celebrated independently released music.

The first parade in Switzerland was celebrated on June 24, 1978 in Zürich and was called " Christopher-Street-Liberation-Memorial Day.

In 1980, the Special Committee on the Political Abuse of Psychiatry, established by the Royal College of Psychiatrists in 1978, charged Snezhnevsky with involvement in the abuse and recommended that Snezhnevsky, who had been honoured as a Corresponding Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, be invited to attend the College's Court of Electors to answer criticisms because he was responsible for the compulsory detention of this celebrated dissident, Leonid Plyushch.

First, was the immensely positive audience response to one of the articles that appeared in the first issue of Fangoria, an article that celebrated the craft of special makeup effects artist Tom Savini, and his very wet-looking special effects for the 1978 film Dawn of the Dead.

The regiment celebrated its 300th anniversary, inherited from the Royal Scots Fusiliers, at Redford Barracks, Edinburgh in 1978.

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.

When Morley celebrated its centenary in 1978, a rugby ball bearing the club's foundation date replaced the maxim Industria Omnia Vincit ( Work Conquers All ) beneath the shield.

In 1978, the " Jubilee " was celebrated in the village and a bed of 25 rose bushes was planted to mark the event.

American Family Day is a state holiday in Arizona and has been celebrated on the first Sunday in August since 1978.

Since 1978, Virginia had celebrated King's birthday in conjunction with New Year's Day.

Some celebrated golfers have won this tournament, including Jack Nicklaus in 1977 and 1978.

The Gauntlet's original location was in Ward's West Hollywood home, but on the evening of Friday, November 17, 1978 it celebrated the grand opening of its first commercial location at 8720 Santa Monica Blvd.

It is at Thomond park that Munster celebrated their 12 – 0 victory over the All Blacks in 1978.

Curiously, the Hickson Centennial was celebrated erroneously in 1978 on unreliable information.

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.

It mostly uses seaports in eastern Argentina and Uruguay for international trade because its diplomatic relations with Chile have been suspended since 1978.

The new owners pushed the company into modernising its line, producing the V8 Vantage in 1977, the convertible Volante in 1978, and the one-off William Towns-styled Bulldog in 1980.

To cite one example, in 1978 Genentech developed synthetic humanized insulin by joining its gene with a plasmid vector inserted into the bacterium Escherichia coli.

The Reuters news agency nicknamed Gate House " U of T's Animal House " because Donald Sutherland's memories of its parties are said to have influenced the script of the 1978 movie.

Two months later, on 1 March 1978, Chaplin's coffin was dug up and stolen from its grave by two unemployed mechanics, Polish Roman Wardas and Bulgarian Gantcho Ganev, in an attempt to extort money from Chaplin's widow, Oona Chaplin.

The CLP dominated the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly from its establishment in 1978 to 2001, but lost Government in 2001 and was reduced to four parliamentary members in 2005.

In addition to R-rated sex comedies and horror films, cheerleaders became a staple of the adult film industry, starting with Debbie Does Dallas ( 1978 ) and its four sequels.

Since 1978, the Communist Party has attempted to institutionalize transitions of power and consolidate its internal structure.

For example, a 1978 environmental law treatise reprinted the entire text of Rule 23 and mentioned " class actions " 14 times in its index.

Styx began its series of concept albums in 1977 with The Grand Illusion-focused on self-constructed and societal walls ( similar to The Wall by Pink Floyd )-then followed it with Pieces of Eight in 1978.

* Fontenrose, Joseph Eddy, The Delphic oracle, its responses and operations, with a catalogue of responses, Berkeley: University of California Press, 1978.

San Francisco Chronicle columnist Herb Caen wrote in November 1978, " Just when you think tastelessness has reached its nadir, along comes a punk rock group called The Dead Kennedys, which will play at Mabuhay Gardens on Nov. 22, the 15th anniversary of John F. Kennedy's assassination.

* 1978 – Cleveland, Ohio becomes the first post-Depression era city to default on its loans, owing $ 14, 000, 000 to local banks.

* 1978 – Spain approves its latest constitution in a referendum.

When the upper layer cooled so its density was greater than the lower layer, the waters mixed ( 1978 – 79 ).

Sholay became a classic in the genre, and its success lead to a surge in films in this genre, Ganga Ki Saugandh ( 1978 ) once again with Amitabh Bachchan, and Amjad Khan.

Being a pioneer of peace making in the region and driven from its belief that a peaceful Middle East is the best solution for the development of Egypt, the third Egyptian President Anwar Sadat's groundbreaking trip to Israel in 1977, the 1978 Camp David Accords, and the 1979 Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty represented a fundamental shift in the politics of the region ; from a strategy of confrontation to one of peace as a strategic choice.

In 1978, Rhode Island College dedicated its Art Gallery in Bannister's name with the exhibition: " Four From Providence ~ Alston, Bannister, Jennings & Prophet ".

Following the Marxist coup of April 1978, the government under Nur Muhammad Taraki developed significantly closer ties with the Soviet Union and its communist satellites.

This is a variant of fulist, which originated before late 1978, according to comments by its author, Theo Alkema.

From space, Gallifrey is seen as a yellow-orange planet and is close enough to central space lanes for spacecraft to require clearance from Gallifreyan Space Traffic Control as they pass through its system ( The Invasion of Time, 1978 ).

Hackman showed a talent for both comedy and the " slow burn " as criminal mastermind Lex Luthor in Superman: The Movie ( 1978 ), as he would in its 1980 and 1987 sequels.

Among the DVDs offered was the 1978 10th anniversary special that hadn't been seen since its original airing.

During the governments of General Juan Alberto Melgar ( 1975 – 78 ) and General Policarpo Paz ( 1978 – 82 ), Honduras built most of its physical infrastructure and electricity and terrestrial telecommunications systems, both of which are state monopolies.