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.

In December 1978, the federal district court ruled in the university's favor ; two years later, that decision was overturned by the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals.

In December 1978, Wardas received a sentence of four and a half years ' imprisonment and Gantcho a suspended sentence for disturbing the peace of the dead and for the attempt of extortion.

In December 1978, Vietnam announced formation of the Kampuchean United Front for National Salvation ( KUFNS ) under Heng Samrin, a former DK division commander.

In late December 1978, Vietnamese forces launched a full invasion of Cambodia, capturing Phnom Penh on January 7, 1979 and driving the remnants of Democratic Kampuchea's army westward toward Thailand.

A highly publicized candid interview on a Barbara Walters Special in December 1977 ( timed to coincide with Here You Come Agains release ) was followed by appearances in 1978 on Cher's ABC television special, and her own joint special with Carol Burnett on CBS, Carol and Dolly in Nashville.

From December 3, 1978, to September 20, 1980, Encyclopedia Brown was a daily and Sunday comic strip syndicated by Universal Press Syndicate.

To date, and with support from Europe's National Meteorological Services and the European Commission, ECMWF has conducted two major reanalyses of the global atmosphere: the first ECMWF re-analysis ( ERA-15 ) project generated reanalyses from December 1978 to February 1994 ; the ERA-40 project generated reanalyses from September 1957 to August 2002.

In December 1978 he was appointed as a coach at Port Vale, being demoted to reserve coach in October 1978 as the team struggled, before being dismissed in 1979.

General Oswaldo López Arellano carried out the next coup in October 1963 and a second in December 1972, followed by coups in 1975 by Juan Alberto Melgar Castro and in 1978 by Policarpo Paz García.

In December 1978 the PDPA leadership signed an agreement with the Soviet Union which would allow military support for the PDPA in Afghanistan if needed.

* 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

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.

Margaret Mead ( December 16, 1901 – November 15, 1978 ) was an American cultural anthropologist, who was frequently a featured writer and speaker in the mass media throughout the 1960s and 1970s.

For example, Spider-Man's high school graduation was published in Amazing Spider-Man # 28 ( September 1965 ), his college graduation in Amazing Spider-Man # 185 ( October 1978 ), and his high school reunion in Marvel Knights: Spider-Man # 7 ( December 2004 ).

The core of the new agency was composed of the Civil Aeronautics Board's Bureau of Safety ( The CAB retained its economic regulation of the airline industry until it was closed on December 31, 1984 due to the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978 ).

Osborne Earl " Ozzie " Smith ( born December 26, 1954 ) is an American former baseball shortstop who played in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) for the San Diego Padres and St. Louis Cardinals from 1978 to 1996.

* Pioneer Venus Orbiter ( Pioneer Venus 1, Pioneer 12 ) – launched December 1978

The play has been adapted twice for BBC Radio 3, first on 24 December 1978 directed by John Tydeman ; the cast included Edward Petherbridge as Guildenstern, Edward Hardwicke as Rosencrantz, Freddie Jones as The Player, Robert Lang as Claudius, Maxine Audley as Gertrude, Angela Pleasance as Ophelia, and Martin Jarvis as Hamlet.

Sir Robert Gordon Menzies, ( 20 December 189415 May 1978 ) was an Australian politician and the 12th Prime Minister of Australia.

He married Wendy Kimball on December 31, 1978.

Since self-determination is not recognized in the Spanish Constitution of 1978, some Basques abstained and some even voted against it in the referendum of December 6 of that year.

With the Vietnamese Occupation of Democratic Kampuchea ( Cambodia ) on December 25, 1978, Thailand at once became the " real " front line state in fighting against communism, as the Kingdom was surrounded by three unfriendly, communist Indochinese countries and a socialist Burma under General Ne Win.

The amended terms allowed former members of multiple societies which merge into one to maintain multiple entitlements to FSCS protection until 30 September 2009 ( later extended to 30 December 2010 ), so ( for example ) a member with £ 50, 000 in each of Nationwide, Cheshire and Derbyshire at the time of the respective mergers would retain £ 150, 000 of FSCS protection for their funds in the merged Nationwide.

On December 25, 2010, it merged with Kaohsiung County to form a larger municipality.

On December 12, 2007, Mars Merger Sub, Inc., merged with and into Macrovision Corporation with Macrovision as the surviving corporation.

On 1 December 1918 the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs merged with Serbia, becoming part of the new Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, itself being renamed in 1929 to Kingdom of Yugoslavia.

It came into being on 7 December 1949 following a split within the World Federation of Trade Unions ( WFTU ), and was dissolved on 31 October 2006 when it merged with the World Confederation of Labour ( WCL ) to form the International Trade Union Confederation ( ITUC ).

Romania's largest stock exchange, the Bucharest Stock Exchange, which was merged in December 2005 with the Bucharest-based electronic stock exchange Rasdaq, plays a major role in the city's economy.

It then became the North Ossetian Autonomous Oblast on 7 July 1924, then merged into the North Ossetian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic on 5 December 1936.

In December 1997, CUC merged with HFS Incorporated.

In December 1941 further changes took place with Abteilung Landesverteidigungsführungsamt ( WFA / L ) being merged into the Wehrmacht-Führungsamt and losing its role as a subordinate organization.

Originally rivals, the towns merged on December 3, 1819, and were incorporated as the city of Montgomery.

Amoco merged with BP in December 1998 forming BP Amoco, later renamed to BP, though the Amoco name continued at most stations until 2002.

The Canadian right was not reunited until they merged with Reform's successor, the Canadian Alliance, in December 2003 to form the new Conservative Party of Canada.

In December 2010, Kaohsiung County left the province and merged with the original Kaohsiung City to become an expanded Kaohsiung City, Taipei County became the province-level municipality " New Taipei ".

In the same year Morgan Stanley merged with Shuman, Agnew & Co. Morgan Stanley served as lead underwriter for the IPO of Apple Computer, Inc. on December 12, 1980.

In the southern zone, François de Menthon's newspaper Liberté merged with Henri Frenay's Vérité to form Combat, in December 1941, which grew to a circulation of 200, 000 by 1944.

In December 1989 Daimler-Benz acquired Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm ( MBB ) and merged it into Daimler-Benz Aerospace.

Jelle Zijlstra (; August 27, 1918 – December 23, 2001 ) was a Dutch politician of the defunct Anti Revolutionary Party ( ARP ) now merged into the Christian Democratic Appeal ( CDA ).

Jozef Maria Laurens Theo " Jo " Cals ( July 18, 1914 – December 30, 1971 ) was a Dutch politician of the defunct Catholic People's Party ( KVP ) now merged into the Christian Democratic Appeal ( CDA ).

In December 1945 Freiburg became the site of government for the German state Badenia, which was merged into Baden-Württemberg in 1952.

The merged company was announced in December 1989 and was owned 51 % by Matra and 49 % by GEC-Marconi.

In December 1999 the Greater Lowell Council was also merged into the Yankee Clipper Council.

Wehl was a separate municipality ( with about 6, 750 inhabitants, including Nieuw-Wehl ) until 31 December 2004, when it merged with the municipality of Doetinchem.

According to the U. S. Census Bureau it was merged with Scandia Valley Township on 31 December 2002.

According to the U. S. Census Bureau it was merged from Rail Prairie Township on 31 December 2002.

The party suffered a decade-long decline following the 1993 federal election, and was formally dissolved on December 7, 2003, when it merged with the Canadian Alliance to form the new Conservative Party.