What Happened In November 1978 In History

Historical Events for November, 1978

• 3rd » Dominica gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
• 12th » Pope John Paul II takes possession of his Cathedral Church, the Basilica of St. John Lateran, as the Bishop (Catholicism) called Bishop of Rome.
• 15th » A chartered Douglas DC-8 Aviation accidents and incidents named crashes near Colombo, Sri Lanka, killing 183.
• 18th » In Jonestown, Guyana, Jim Jones led his Peoples Temple to a mass murder-suicide that claimed 918 lives in all, 909 of them in Jonestown itself, including over 270 children. Leo Ryan e.g Congressman Leo J. Ryan is murdered by members of the Peoples Temple
• 27th » In San Francisco, California, city mayor George Moscone and openly gay city supervisor Harvey Milk are Moscone-Milk assassinations known as assassinated by former supervisor Dan White.

Famous Birthdays on November in 1978

• 1st » Tyler Reks, American wrestler
• 1st » Mary Kate Schellhardt, American actress
• 1st » Jessica Valenti, American blogger, founded 'Feministing'
• 1st » Manju Warrier, Indian actress
• 2nd » Carmen Cali, American baseball player
• 3rd » Tim McIlrath, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Rise Against, Baxter (punk band) or Baxter, Arma Angelus, and The Killing Tree)
• 3rd » Hiroko Sakai, Japanese softball player
• 3rd » Koshiro Take, Japanese jockey
• 3rd » Julia Taylor, Hungarian porn actress
• 4th » John Grabow, American baseball player
• 4th » Danny Salomon, American actor
• 5th » Xavier Tondo, Spanish cyclist (d. 2011)
• 6th » Sandrine Blancke, Belgian actress
• 6th » Daniella Cicarelli, Brazilian model and television host
• 6th » Taryn Manning, American singer-songwriter, actress, and fashion designer (Boomkat)
• 6th » Zak Morioka, Brazilian race car driver
• 7th » Mohamed Aboutrika, Egyptian footballer
• 7th » Elisabeth Bachman, American volleyball player
• 7th » Rio Ferdinand, English footballer
• 7th » Tomoya Nagase, Japanese singer-songwriter and actor (Tokio (band) known as Tokio)
• 7th » Barry Robson, Scottish footballer
• 7th » Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink, Dutch footballer
• 8th » Shyne, Belizean-American rapper
• 8th » Tim de Cler, Dutch footballer
• 8th » Maurice Evans (basketball) or Maurice Evans, American basketball player
• 8th » Ali Karimi, Iranian footballer
• 8th » Emma Lewell-Buck, English social worker and politician
• 8th » Júlio Sérgio, Brazilian footballer
• 9th » Sisqó, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (Dru Hill)
• 9th » Steven López, American martial artist
• 10th » Eve (entertainer) or Eve, American rapper, producer, and actress
• 10th » Kyla Cole, Slovak porn actress and model
• 10th » Jorge DePaula, Dominican baseball player
• 10th » Kristian Huselius, Swedish ice hockey player
• 10th » Drew McConnell, Irish bass player (Babyshambles, Mongrel (band) or Mongrel, and Elviss)
• 10th » David Paetkau, Canadian actor
• 11th » Lou Vincent, New Zealand cricketer
• 12th » Aaron Heilman, American baseball player
• 12th » Alexandra Maria Lara, Romanian-German actress
• 12th » Ashley Williams (actress) named Ashley Williams, American actress
• 12th » Lena Yada, American actress, model, surfer and wrestler
• 13th » Nikolai Fraiture, American bass player (The Strokes and Nickel Eye)
• 14th » Bobby Allen, American ice hockey player
• 14th » Michala Banas, New Zealand actress and singer
• 14th » Delphine Chanéac, French model and actress
• 14th » Xavier Nady, American baseball player
• 14th » Chris Shar, American bass player (Stiffed (band) or Stiffed and Man Man)
• 15th » Floyd Womack, American football player
• 16th » Kip Bouknight, American baseball player
• 16th » Gary Naysmith, Scottish footballer and manager
• 16th » Carolina Parra, Brazilian guitarist and drummer (CSS (band) known as CSS)
• 17th » Glen Air, Australian rugby player
• 17th » Zoë Bell, New Zealand actress and stuntwoman
• 17th » Rachel McAdams, Canadian actress
• 17th » Reggie Wayne, American football player
• 18th » Damien Johnson, Irish footballer
• 19th » Matt Dusk, Canadian singer
• 19th » Věra Pospíšilová-Cechlová, Czech discus thrower and shot putter
• 20th » Freya Lim, Taiwanese-Malaysian singer and radio host
• 20th » Nadine Velazquez, American actress and model
• 21st » Daniel Bradshaw, Australian footballer
• 21st » Lucía Jiménez, Spanish actress and singer
• 21st » Sara Tanaka, American actress
• 22nd » Karen O, South Korean-American singer-songwriter and pianist (Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Native Korean Rock)
• 23rd » Ali Güneş, German-Turkish footballer
• 23rd » Alison Mosshart, American singer-songwriter (The Kills, The Dead Weather, and Discount (band) e.g Discount)
• 23rd » Kayvan Novak, English actor, director, and screenwriter
• 24th » Katherine Heigl, American actress and producer
• 25th » Ringo Sheena, Japanese singer-songwriter and producer (Tokyo Jihen)
• 26th » Jun Fukuyama, Japanese voice actor and singer
• 27th » Shy Love, German-American porn actress and director
• 27th » Eszter Molnár, Hungarian tennis player
• 27th » Jimmy Rollins, American baseball player
• 27th » Mike Skinner (musician) known as Mike Skinner, English rapper, producer, and actor (The Streets)
• 27th » Radek Štěpánek, Czech tennis player
• 27th » Tim Yeung, American drummer (Divine Heresy and World Under Blood)
• 28th » Brent Albright, American wrestler
• 28th » Darryl Flahavan, English footballer
• 28th » Aimee Garcia, American actress
• 28th » Freddie Mitchell, American football player
• 28th » Mehdi Nafti, Tunisian footballer
• 28th » Michael Simpkins, English footballer
• 28th » Haytham Tambal, Sudanese footballer
• 29th » Alessandro Fei (volleyball) named Alessandro Fei, Italian volleyball player
• 29th » Lauren German, American actress
• 29th » Dimitrios Konstantopoulos, Greek footballer
• 29th » Ludwika Paleta, Polish-Mexican actress
• 29th » Benjamín Vicuña, Chilean actor
• 30th » Clay Aiken, American singer and actor
• 30th » Gael García Bernal, Mexican actor and director
• 30th » Benjamin Lense, German footballer
• 30th » Emil Steiner, American journalist and author

Famous Deaths for November 1978

• 6th » Harry Bertoia, Italian-American sculptor and designer (b. 1915)
• 6th » Heiri Suter, Swiss cyclist (b. 1899)
• 7th » Jivraj Narayan Mehta, Indian surgeon and politician, 6th Chief Minister of Gujarat (b. 1887)
• 7th » Gene Tunney, American boxer (b. 1897)
• 8th » Norman Rockwell, American painter and illustrator (b. 1894)
• 15th » Margaret Mead, American anthropologist and author (b. 1901)
• 18th » Jim Jones, American cult leader, founded Peoples Temple (b. 1931)
• 18th » Leo Ryan, American soldier, educator, and politician (b. 1925)
• 20th » Giorgio de Chirico, Greek-Italian painter and sculptor (b. 1888)
• 20th » Vasilisk Gnedov, Russian soldier and poet (b. 1890)
• 25th » Elaine Esposito, American coma victim (b. 1934)
• 27th » Harvey Milk, American lieutenant and politician (b. 1930)
• 27th » George Moscone, American lawyer and politician, 37th Mayor of San Francisco (b. 1929)
• 28th » Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Argentinian businessman (b. 1902)

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