What Happened In September 1978 In History

Historical Events for September, 1978

• 5th » Camp David Accords: Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat begin peace discussions at Camp David, Maryland.
• 7th » While walking across Waterloo Bridge in London, Bulgarian dissident Georgi Markov is assassinated by Bulgarian secret police agent Francesco Giullino by means of a ricin pellet fired from a specially-designed umbrella.
• 11th » Janet Parker is the last person to die of smallpox, in a laboratory-associated outbreak.
• 15th » Muhammad Ali outpointed Leon Spinks in a rematch to become the first boxer to win the world heavyweight title three times at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome e.g Superdome in New Orleans.
• 16th » An earthquake measuring 7.5 to 7.9 on the Richter magnitude scale known as Richter scale hits the city of Tabas, Iran killing about 25,000 people.
• 17th » The Camp David Accords (1978) e.g Camp David Accords are signed by Israel and Egypt.
• 19th » The Solomon Islands join the United Nations.
• 25th » PSA Flight 182, a Boeing 727 or Boeing 727-214, collides in mid-air with a Cessna 172 and crashes in San Diego, killing 144 people.

Famous Birthdays on September in 1978

• 1st » Adam Yahiye Gadahn, American terrorist
• 1st » Max Vieri, Australian-Italian footballer
• 3rd » Terje Bakken, Norwegian singer-songwriter (Windir) (d. 2004)
• 3rd » John Curtis (footballer born 1978) called John Curtis, English footballer
• 3rd » Paul Moor, English bowler
• 3rd » Michal Rozsíval, Czech ice hockey player
• 3rd » Nick Wechsler (actor) known as Nick Wechsler, American actor
• 4th » Wes Bentley, American actor and producer
• 4th » Christian Walz, Swedish singer-songwriter and producer
• 5th » Laura Bertram, Canadian actress
• 5th » Chris Jack, New Zealand rugby player
• 5th » Sylvester Joseph, Caribbean cricketer
• 5th » Yu Nan, Chinese actress
• 5th » Zhang Zhong, Chinese chess player
• 6th » Cisco Adler, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Whitestarr)
• 6th » Marlen Angelidou, Greek singer-songwriter and actress (Hi-5 (Greek band) called Hi-5)
• 6th » Simon Barjie, Italian-Gambian footballer
• 6th » Natalia Cigliuti, Uruguayan-American actress
• 6th » Alex Escobar, Venezuelan baseball player
• 6th » Mathew Horne, English actor and screenwriter
• 6th » Homare Sawa, Japanese footballer
• 7th » Matt Cooke, Canadian ice hockey player
• 7th » Erwin Koen, Dutch footballer
• 7th » Devon Sawa, Canadian actor
• 8th » Gerard Autet, Spanish footballer and manager
• 8th » Emanuele Ferraro, Italian footballer
• 8th » Gil Meche, American baseball player
• 8th » Angela Rawlings, Canadian-American author and poet
• 9th » Kurt Ainsworth, American baseball player
• 9th » Shane Battier, American basketball player
• 9th » Mariano Puerta, Argentinian tennis player
• 10th » Julia Goldsworthy, English politician
• 10th » Ramūnas Šiškauskas, Lithuanian basketball player
• 11th » Ben Lee, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (Noise Addict, The Bens, and Gerling)
• 11th » Ed Reed, American football player
• 11th » Dejan Stanković, Serbian footballer
• 12th » Elisabetta Canalis, Italian model and actress
• 12th » Benjamin McKenzie, American actor
• 12th » Ruben Studdard, German-American singer and actor
• 13th » Megan Henning, American actress
• 13th » Peter Sunde, Swedish businessman, co-founded Flattr and The Pirate Bay
• 14th » Ben Cohen (rugby union) called Ben Cohen, English rugby player
• 14th » Carmen Kass, Estonian model and actress
• 14th » Silvia Navarro, Mexican actress
• 14th » Danielle Peck, American singer-songwriter
• 15th » Zach Filkins, American guitarist (OneRepublic)
• 15th » Eiður Guðjohnsen, Icelandic footballer
• 16th » Dan Dickau, American basketball player and coach
• 16th » Claudia Marx, German runner
• 16th » Matthew Rogers, American singer and television host
• 16th » Ebonie Smith, Puerto Rican-American actress
• 17th » Shawn Horcoff, Canadian ice hockey player
• 18th » Iain Lees-Galloway, New Zealand politician
• 18th » Pilar López de Ayala, Spanish actress
• 18th » Ryan Lowe, English footballer
• 18th » Augustine Simo, Cameroonian footballer
• 19th » Amil (rapper) named Amil, American rapper, producer, and actress
• 19th » Nick Johnson, American baseball player
• 19th » Ramin Karimloo, Iranian-Canadian singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
• 19th » Jorge López Montaña, Spanish footballer
• 19th » Nigel Mitchell, English radio and television host
• 19th » Waylon Reavis, American singer-songwriter (Mushroomhead)
• 20th » Jason Bay, Canadian-American baseball player
• 20th » Patrizio Buanne, Austrian-Italian singer-songwriter and producer
• 20th » Héctor Camacho, Jr., Puerto Rican-American boxer
• 20th » Sarit Hadad, Israeli singer
• 20th » Dante Hall, American football player
• 20th » T. J. Tucker, American baseball player
• 21st » Paulo Costanzo, Canadian actor, director, and producer
• 21st » Luke Godden, Australian footballer
• 21st » Doug Howlett, New Zealand rugby player
• 21st » Mario Miranda (fighter) named Mario Miranda, Brazilian mixed martial artist
• 22nd » Ed Joyce, Irish cricketer
• 22nd » Harry Kewell, Australian footballer
• 23rd » Benjamin Curtis (musician) called Benjamin Curtis, American guitarist, drummer, and songwriter (Secret Machines, School of Seven Bells, Tripping Daisy, and UFOFU) (d. 2013)
• 23rd » Anthony Mackie, American actor
• 23rd » Worm Miller, American actor, director, and screenwriter
• 23rd » Keri Lynn Pratt, American actress
• 24th » Wietse van Alten, Dutch archer
• 25th » Joe Cotton, Canadian-New Zealand singer (TrueBliss)
• 25th » Roudolphe Douala, Cameroonian footballer
• 25th » Ricardo Gardner, Jamaican footballer
• 25th » Jodie Kidd, English model and actress
• 25th » Ryan Leslie, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 25th » Joel Piñeiro, Puerto Rican baseball player
• 25th » Rossif Sutherland, Canadian actor
• 26th » Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot, Kenyan runner
• 27th » Ani Lorak, Ukrainian singer-songwriter and actress
• 27th » Jon Rauch, American baseball player
• 27th » Mihaela Ursuleasa, Romanian pianist (d. 2012)
• 28th » Bushido (rapper) known as Bushido, German rapper and producer
• 29th » Mohini Bhardwaj, American gymnast
• 29th » Gunner McGrath, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Much the Same)
• 29th » Kurt Nilsen, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 30th » Candice Michelle, American wrestler and actress
• 30th » Stark Sands, American actor and singer
• 30th » Róbinson Zapata, Colombian footballer

Famous Deaths for September 1978

• 2nd » Fred G. Meyer, American businessman, founded Fred Meyer (b. 1886)
• 3rd » Karin Molander, Swedish actress (b. 1889)
• 6th » Max Decugis, French tennis player (b. 1882)
• 6th » Tom Wilson (record producer) e.g Tom Wilson, American record producer (b. 1931)
• 7th » Cecil Aronowitz, South African-English viola player (b. 1916)
• 7th » Keith Moon, English drummer, songwriter, producer, and actor (The Who and Plastic Ono Band) (b. 1946)
• 7th » Charles Williams (composer) or Charles Williams, English composer and conductor (b. 1893)
• 9th » Hugh MacDiarmid, Scottish linguist, poet, and author (b. 1892)
• 9th » Jack Warner, Canadian-American film producer, co-founded Warner Bros. (b. 1892)
• 11th » Mike Gazella, American baseball player and manager (b. 1895)
• 11th » Georgi Markov, Bulgarian author and playwright (b. 1929)
• 11th » Janet Parker, English photographer (b. 1938)
• 11th » Ronnie Peterson, Swedish race car driver (b. 1944)
• 15th » Robert Cliche, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1921)
• 15th » Willy Messerschmitt, German aircraft designer, designed the Messerschmitt Bf 109 (b. 1898)
• 19th » Étienne Gilson, French historian and philosopher (b. 1884)
• 23rd » Lyman Bostock, American baseball player (b. 1950)
• 24th » James Bassett (author) or James Bassett, American journalist and author (b. 1912)
• 24th » Hasso von Manteuffel, German general and politician (b. 1897)
• 26th » Manne Siegbahn, Swedish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize in Physics known as Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1886)
• 28th » Pope John Paul I (b. 1912)
• 30th » Edgar Bergen, American actor and ventriloquist (b. 1903)

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