The release of Derek Jarman's Jubilee ( 1978 ) marked the beginning of a successful period of UK art cinema, continuing into the 1980s with film-makers like Sally Potter.

* Jubilee ( 1978 film ), a cult film directed by Derek Jarman

He followed this with the film many regard as his first masterpiece, Jubilee ( shot 1977, released 1978 ), in which Queen Elizabeth I of England is transported forward in time to a desolate and brutal wasteland ruled by her twentieth century namesake.

Jubilee is a 1978 cult film directed by Derek Jarman.

Later, in 1975, she replaced Celia Johnson in The Dame of Sark and, in 1978 ( the year after her husband's death ), she was acting in Most Gracious Lady, which was written for the Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II.

The venture, with only two 750 cc models, the Bonneville and Tiger, started well with a successful variant, the 1977 Silver Jubilee Bonneville T140J and by 1978 was the best selling European motorcycle in the vital USA market.

On July 15, 1978 he participated and spoke at a Spiritual Life Jubilee in Chicago, Illinois, on the subject: " Strengthening Human Dignity and Freedom.

In 1978, he received the Queen's Silver of Jubilee for Outstanding Public Service.

Of particular note was the 1978 play The Spongers an ultimately tragic tale of benefit dependency set against the Queen's Silver Jubilee the previous year.

He also designed the university logo for the Milwaukee School of Engineering ( MSOE ) in 1978 as a part of " The Diamond Jubilee " celebration.

The stadium has been a witness to great innings like Sunil Gavaskar's 205 against the West Indies and Alvin Kallicharan's 187 in the same game in the 1978 – 79 series and all round heroics like Ian Botham's century and thirteen wickets in the Jubilee Test in 1979 – 80, which England won by ten wickets.

MSOE's logo was designed by industrial engineer Brooks Stevens, initially for the school's 1978 Diamond Jubilee.

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.

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.

In 1978, Yarrambat celebrated its centenary, including a festival at the primary school, which at that time was adjacent to the main T-intersection ( which has been referred to as Tanck's Corner ).

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.

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.