* 1978 – Double Eagle II becomes first balloon to cross the Atlantic Ocean when it lands in Miserey, France near Paris, 137 hours after leaving Presque Isle, Maine.

* 1978 – Former United States President Nixon aide John D. Ehrlichman is released from an Arizona prison after serving 18 months for Watergate-related crimes.

It was composed of Khmer Communists who had remained in Vietnam after 1975 and officials from the eastern sector — like Heng Samrin and Hun Sen — who had fled to Vietnam from Cambodia in 1978.

It was also the first full coalition in Britain since 1945, having been formed 70 years virtually to the day after the establishment of Winston Churchill's wartime coalition, although there had been the " Lib-Lab pact ", an agreement stopping short of a full coalition between the Labour and Liberal parties, from March 1977 until July 1978, when a series of by-election defeats had eroded Labour's majority of three seats which had been gained at the October 1974 election.

Although Japan eventually recognized the People's Republic in 1972, shortly after Kakuei Tanaka succeeded Sato as Prime Minister of Japan, the memory of this relationship was strong enough to be reported by The New York Times ( April 15, 1978 ) as a significant factor inhibiting trade between Japan and the mainland.

There is speculation that a clash between Communist forces and a Japanese warship in 1978 was caused by Chinese anger after Prime Minister Takeo Fukuda attended Chiang's funeral.

Pope John Paul II visited Chicago in 1979 during his first trip ever to the United States after being elected to the Papacy in 1978.

Dead Kennedys formed in June 1978 in San Francisco, California, when East Bay Ray ( Raymond Pepperell ) advertised for bandmates in the newspaper The Recycler, after seeing a ska-punk show at Mabuhay Gardens in San Francisco.

In 1978 the DFLP temporarily switched sides and joined the Rejectionist Front after clashing with Arafat on several issues, but it would continue to serve as a mediator in the factional disputes of the PLO.

* 1978 – Spain becomes a democracy after 40 years of dictatorship.

On October 14, 1978, Devo gained national exposure with an appearance on Saturday Night Live, a week after the Rolling Stones, performing " Satisfaction " and " Jocko Homo.

The asteroid 6433 Enya, discovered on 18 November 1978 by A. Mrkos at Klet, is named after her.

* 1978 – Director Roman Polanski skips bail and flees the United States to France after pleading guilty to charges of engaging in sex with a 13-year-old girl.

Some notable operations include: the Chadian – Libyan conflict in 1969 – 72 ( the first time that the Foreign Legion was sent in operations after the Algerian War ), 1978 – 79, and 1983 – 87 ; Kolwezi in what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo in May 1978 ; Rwanda in 1990 – 94 ; and the Côte d ' Ivoire ( the Ivory Coast ) in 2002 to the present.

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.

United Feature Syndicate accepted the retooled strip in 1978 and debuted it in 41 newspapers on June 19 of that year ( however after a test run, the Chicago Sun-Times dropped it, only to reinstate it after readers ' complaints ).

John Atkinson ( editor ), current editor of Stereophile, stated ( in a 2005 July editorial named Blind Tests & Bus Stops ) that he once purchased a solid-state amplifier, the Quad 405, in 1978 after blind tests, but came to realize months later that " the magic was gone " until he replaced it with a tube amp.

Outside the Presidential Palace in Kabul, a day after the Saur Revolution | Marxist revolution on April 28, 1978.

The day after the Marxist revolution on April 28, 1978.

China cut off aid in 1978 when Albania attacked its policies after the death of Chinese leader Mao Zedong.

In 1978, after giving a series of lectures of architecture in China, Pei was asked to imagine a project for his home country.

Development of the console began in 1978, less than a year after the introduction of its main competitor, the Atari 2600.

* 1978 – The Crown of St. Stephen ( also known as the Holy Crown of Hungary ) is returned to Hungary from the United States, where it was held after World War II.

The Arab League moved out of Egypt to Tunis in 1978 as a protest at the peace treaty with Israel, but returned in 1989.

It was subsequently moved to St. Joseph's and in 1978 to the Chapel of St. Francis Xavier on Coloane Island.

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.

Bill Mensch left MOS even before the Commodore takeover, and moved home to Mesa, AZ from MOS's Norristown, PA. After a short stint consulting for a local company called ICE, he set up the Western Design Center ( WDC ) in 1978.

One weekend in 1978, Milken moved the high-yield bond operation to Century City in Los Angeles.

In 1978 he moved to Christchurch and was elected MP for the north Christchurch electorate, then known as Papanui.

In 1970 Marangella appointed members to a " National Bureau of the Orthodox Bahá ' ís in New York ", which two years later was moved to New Mexico, and subsequently changed its name to " Mother Bahá ' í Council of the United States " ( 1978 ) and " Provisional National Bahá ' í Council " ( 2000 ), with all members appointed by Joel Marangella.

Following his beatification, his sarcophagus was placed under the Altar of St. Sebastian in the basilica's Chapel of St. Sebastian, where it remained until 8 April 2011 when it was moved to make way for the remains of Blessed Pope John Paul II ( 1978 – 2005 ) to be relocated to the basilica from the grotto beneath St. Peter's in honor of his beatification and in order to make his resting place more accessible to the public.

Doctor Who alumni moved on to create their own science-fiction programmes, such as Doomwatch ( 1970 – 73 ), Survivors ( 1975 – 77 ), and Blake's 7 ( 1978 – 81 ).

In 1964 he moved into the Chelsea, dying there of pneumonia in 1978.

In the late 1970s, Moore moved to Hollywood, where he had a supporting role in the hit film Foul Play ( 1978 ) with Goldie Hawn and Chevy Chase.

After the 1978 World Cup he moved to England to play for Tottenham where he spent ten seasons.

In 1978, after teaching at McGill, Ben Gurion, and Yale universities, Safdie moved his main office to Boston and became director of the Urban Design Program at Harvard University's Graduate School of Design, until 1984.

He produced a series of ironic political posters signed “ The Last International ”, first in Ann Arbor, Michigan, then in San Francisco where he moved in 1978.

In the late 1970s and during the 1980s, Lichtenstein received major commissions for works in public places: the sculptures Lamp ( 1978 ) in St. Mary ’ s, Georgia ; Mermaid ( 1979 ) in Miami Beach ; the 26 feet tall Brushstrokes in Flight ( 1984, moved in 1998 ) at Port Columbus International Airport ; the five-storey high Mural with Blue Brushstrokes ( 1984 – 85 ) at the Equitable Center, New York ; and El Cap de Barcelona ( 1992 ) in Barcelona.

In 1978, the show moved into the World Theater in St. Paul, which was renovated in 1986 and renamed the Fitzgerald Theater in 1994.

The Enquiry into the NSW transport industry, including rail / road competition, ( 1978 – 80 ) under Commissioner Gavan McDonell, found that this centre was inefficient, should be moved, and the land used for other public purposes.

In 1978, the Sampras family moved to Palos Verdes, California, and the warmer climate there allowed seven-year-old Pete to play more tennis.

Also in 1978, TSR Hobbies moved out of Gygax's home and into downtown Lake Geneva, above the Dungeon Hobby Shop.

Displeased with the team's location in downtown Detroit, Davidson moved them to the suburb of Pontiac in 1978, where they played in the mammoth Silverdome, a structure built for professional football ( and the home of the Detroit Lions at the time ).

In 1978, he moved to California and took a job as assistant to the Dodgers ' director of community relations, Campanella's former teammate and longtime friend Don Newcombe.

When the Claretians sold their Claretville property in 1978 to Clare Prophet and her Church Universal and Triumphant ( CUT ) cult, Thomas Aquinas College purchased, moved to, and began construction on a permanent campus in Santa Paula, CA At the present time, the Gillette Estate / Claretville property is now known as the ' King Gillette Ranch ' and this property remains at the intersection of Mulholland Highway and Las Virgenes Road in Calabasas.

On 22 December 1977, the band split up, Clarke, Griffiths and Wylie formed The Nova Mob ( along Julian Cope ), and Paul Rutherford formed The Opium Eaters, while Littler moved to London in January 1978, where joined The Photons, alongside Steve Strange ( later Visage ).

After Littler disbanded the short-lived Photons, he moved to Cardiff, Wales, in October 1978, where he formed a band, The White Boys, but changed their name to The Spitfire Boys, as pressure by a financer of the band, who thought the name would sell better.

In 1978 the tournament moved from the West Side Tennis Club, Forest Hills, Queens to the larger USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, Queens, in the process switching the surface from clay, used in the last three years at Forest Hills, to hard courts.