On April 27, 1978, the PDPA and military units loyal to the PDPA, killed Daoud Khan, his immediate family and bodyguards in a violent coup, and seized control of the capital Kabul.

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.

He was returned at a by-election on 13 April 1978, an important victory which was seen as halting the rise of the Scottish National Party.

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.

* Canada Post issued a pair of 14-cent stamps to mark the 200th anniversary of Captain Cook's arrival at Nootka Sound on Vancouver Island on 26 April 1978.

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.

On 27 April 1978, the PDPA, led by Nur Mohammad Taraki, Babrak Karmal and Amin Taha overthrew the government of Mohammad Daoud, who was assassinated along with all his family members in a bloody military coup.

* Oral History interview transcript with John Bardeen 12, 16 May, 1, 22 December 1977 & 4 April 1978, American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library and Archives

Kurt Friedrich Gödel (; ; April 28, 1906 – January 14, 1978 ) was an Austrian American logician, mathematician, and philosopher.

The day after the April 1978 Saur Revolution

Conversely, some of the people of Kabul who lived under King Zahir Shah describe the period before the April 1978 Saur Revolution as a sort of golden age.

On April 27, 1978, in the so-called Saur revolution, the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan ( PDPA ), seized power in a bloody military coup killing Daoud and his family along with many of his supporters.

A committee of military officers governed Mauritania from July 1978 to April 1992.

President Taya, who won elections in 1992 and 1997, first became chief of state through a December 12, 1984 bloodless coup which made him chairman of the committee of military officers that governed Mauritania from July 1978 to April 1992.

In April 1978 there was a coup, known as the Saur Revolution, orchestrated by the Soviets and members of the government loyal to the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan ( PDPA ).

In April 1978 the PDPA took power in Afghanistan, with Najibullah a member of the ruling Revolutionary Council.

Even though Dark was fired in the middle of training camp, Smith made his Major League Baseball ( MLB ) debut on April 7, 1978.

The Padres played host to the Atlanta Braves on April 20, 1978, and with two out in the top of the fourth inning, Atlanta's Jeff Burroughs hit a ground ball up the middle.

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.

The album was recorded from April to July in 1978 using a variety of electronic equipment, including various synthesizers such as the KORG PS-3100 polyphonic synthesizer, Oberheim Eight-Voice, Moog III-C, Polymoog, Minimoog, and Micromoog, as well as the Korg VC-10 vocoder, KORG SQ-10 analog sequencer, and Syn-Drums electronic drum kit.

Following the MGVT program and with the decision to not use Enterprise for orbital missions, it was ferried on 10 April, 1978 to KSC.

The IBM System / 360 ( S / 360 ) was a mainframe computer system family announced by IBM on April 7, 1964, and delivered between 1965 and 1978.

* April 15 – Joe Davis, English snooker and billiards player ( died 1978 )

* April – The last section ( wise – wyze ) of the original Oxford English Dictionary is completed and ready for publication ( OED ( 1933, 1978 vol.

Alexander Mackenzie, PC ( January 28, 1822 – April 17, 1892 ), a building contractor and newspaper editor, was the second Prime Minister of Canada from November 7, 1873 to October 8, 1878.

Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, KG, PC, FRS, ( 21 December 1804 – 19 April 1881 ) was a British Prime Minister, parliamentarian, Conservative statesman and literary figure.

Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and former Prime Minister of Denmark | Danish Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen hold a joint press conference, April 2010.

In April 1968 he was proposed for a Minister of State position by Roy Jenkins but nothing came of it.

On 13 April 2005, Fiji's Prime Minister, Laisenia Qarase, rejected criticism from Australia and some other countries over the prosecution and imprisonment of two foreigners charged with committing homosexual acts, which are illegal in Fiji, and said that other countries needed to respect Fiji's independence.

In April 1962 Grenada's Administrator, the Queens representative on the island, James Lloyd suspended the constitution, dissolved the Legislative Council, and removed Eric Gairy as Chief Minister, following allegations concerning the Gairy's financial impropriety.

The last Prime Minister, Jacques-Édouard Alexis, entered office in 2006 and was removed in April 2008.

However, after the elections in April 2006, the Socialist coalition under Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany unveiled a package of austerity measures which were designed to reduce the budget deficit to 3 % of GDP by 2008.

Holt's energy, dedication and ability earned him rapid promotion and in April 1939 he was appointed Minister without Portfolio assisting the Minister for Supply and Development.

In October 1940 Holt was elevated to Cabinet, becoming Minister for Labour and National Service, and one of his most significant achievements in this portfolio was the introduction of the Child Endowment Act, passed in April 1941.

The Viscount and Viscountess Alexander of Tunis are greeted by Prime Minister of Canada William Lyon Mackenzie King | Mackenzie King upon the viceregal couple's arrival in Ottawa, 12 April 1946

Between 17 May 2006 and 21 February 2007 Romano Prodi served as Prime Minister of Italy following the narrow victory of his l ' Unione coalition over the Casa delle Libertà led by Silvio Berlusconi in the April 2006 Italian elections.

Cathal Brugha, TD Príomh Aire ( January – April 1919 ) Long-term Minister for Defence and rival to Michael Collins.

In April 1994, Prime Minister Hosokawa resigned.

Prime Minister Obuchi suffered a stroke in April 2000 and was replaced by Yoshiro Mori.

After the Liberal Party left the coalition in April 2000, Prime Minister Mori welcomed a Liberal Party splinter group, the New Conservative Party, into the ruling coalition.

On 24 April 2001, riding a wave of grassroots desire for change, maverick politician Junichiro Koizumi defeated former Prime Minister Hashimoto and other party stalwarts on a platform of economic and political reform.

Koizumi was elected as Japan's 87th Prime Minister on 26 April 2001.

Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu signaled a broadening of Japan's interest in South Asia with his swing through the region in April 1990.

On April 15, 2009, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper became the first Canadian head of government to address the Jamaican parliament.

In April 2001, Prime Minister Patterson and other Caribbean leaders met with President George W. Bush during the Summit of the Americas in Quebec, Canada, at which a " Third Border Initiative " was launched to deepen U. S. cooperation with Caribbean nations and enhance economic development and integration of the Caribbean nations.

In April 2011, Deputy Le Claire lodged au Greffe a request for the Chief Minister to produce, for debate, a draft written " Constitution for Jersey "; the States assembly did not support this idea.