Historical figures in 1978
The atlas holds 65 people and 92 moments here, in 1978. The most recorded lives are Jimmy Carter, Muhammad Ali and Bob Marley. Among them Political Leaders, Educators and Writers.
Notable people
Jimmy Carter
in 1978
11 moments here
James Earl Carter Jr. was an American naval officer, Georgia state senator and governor, the 39th president of the United States, and a…
John Atta Mills
in 1978
1 moment here
John Evans Fiifi Atta Mills was a Ghanaian legal scholar and politician who served as vice president of Ghana from 1997 to 2001 and president from 7…
John Eccles
in 1978
1 moment here
Australian neurophysiologist and philosopher John Carew Eccles (1903–1997) was a Nobel laureate noted for research on synaptic transmission.…
Jomo Kenyatta
in 1978
1 moment here
Jomo Kenyatta (c. 1897–1978) was a Kenyan anti-colonial activist and politician who became Kenya’s first prime minister in 1963 and first president…
Jorge Luis Borges
in 1978
1 moment here
Argentine writer, poet, essayist, translator, lecturer, librarian, and critic. Borges was born in Buenos Aires, lived in Switzerland and Spain during…
Jorge Rafael Videla
in 1978
3 moments here
Argentine Army officer and de facto president of Argentina from 1976 to 1981. His dictatorship, the National Reorganization Process, conducted…
Juan Manuel Fangio
in 1978
1 moment here
Argentine racing driver Juan Manuel Fangio was a five-time Formula One World Drivers’ Champion.…
Kenneth Kaunda
in 1978
1 moment here
Zambian teacher, nationalist leader, and first president of independent Zambia, serving from 1964 to 1991.…
Kobe Bryant
in 1978
1 moment here
Kobe Bean Bryant was an American professional basketball player who spent his entire 20-year NBA career with the Los Angeles Lakers.…
Lê Đức Thọ
in 1978
1 moment here
Vietnamese revolutionary, Communist Party leader, and diplomat. Born Phan Đình Khải, he was imprisoned by French colonial authorities, worked in…
Lee Kuan Yew
in 1978
1 moment here
Singaporean barrister and statesman who co-founded the People’s Action Party and served as Singapore’s first prime minister from 1959 to 1990.…
Léopold Sédar Senghor
in 1978
1 moment here
Senegalese poet, theorist of Négritude, and statesman who became Senegal’s first president in 1960.…
Li Keqiang
in 1978
1 moment here
Chinese politician and economist who rose from rural labour in Anhui through the Communist Youth League, led Henan and Liaoning, served as vice…
Macfarlane Burnet
in 1978
1 moment here
Australian virologist and immunologist Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet, known as Macfarlane Burnet, shared the 1960 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine…
Margaret Thatcher
in 1978
1 moment here
British stateswoman Margaret Hilda Thatcher (née Roberts) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990, the first woman to hold the…
Marguerite Duras
in 1978
1 moment here
French novelist, playwright, screenwriter, essayist, and experimental filmmaker, born Marguerite Germaine Marie Donnadieu.…
Maurice Wilkins
in 1978
1 moment here
New Zealand-born British physicist and biophysicist whose career ran from solid-state physics and wartime atomic research to X-ray diffraction…
Mikhail Gorbachev
in 1978
1 moment here
Soviet and Russian politician who led the Soviet Union from 1985 until its dissolution in 1991.…
Mohamed Morsi
in 1978
1 moment here
Egyptian engineer, university professor, Muslim Brotherhood politician, and Egypt’s fifth president, serving from 2012 until his removal in July…
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
in 1978
1 moment here
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (1919–1980) was the last shah of Iran, reigning from 1941 until the Iranian Revolution of 1979.…
Muammar Gaddafi
in 1978
2 moments here
Libyan military officer, revolutionary, politician, and political theorist who ruled Libya from the 1969 coup until his overthrow and killing during…
Muhammad Ali
in 1978
3 moments here
Muhammad Ali (born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr.) was an American boxer, activist, humanitarian, and global cultural figure.…
Norodom Sihanouk
in 1978
1 moment here
Cambodian monarch, politician, and cultural figure who was king (1941–1955; 1993–2004), prime minister, chief of state, and leader in exile.…
Olav V
in 1978
1 moment here
Olav V of Norway (born Prince Alexander of Denmark) was King of Norway from 1957 until his death in 1991.…
Moments
- 1978 Peace Medal reception Bob Marley
- 1978 Panama Canal treaties protocol Jimmy Carter
- 1978 Opened the 1978 World Cup Jorge Rafael Videla
- 1978 Presented the World Cup trophy Jorge Rafael Videla
- 1978 Visited Peru's locker room in Rosario Jorge Rafael Videla
- 1978 Meeting George Lucas about Kagemusha Akira Kurosawa
- 1978 Sixtieth birthday visit Ingmar Bergman
- 1978 West Berlin Airlift Memorial speech Jimmy Carter
- 1978 Working visit to Warsaw Muammar Gaddafi
- 1978 Official visit to Kinshasa Agostinho Neto
- 1978 Death at State House, Mombasa Jomo Kenyatta
- 1978 Birth in Philadelphia Kobe Bryant
- 1978 Camp David negotiations Anwar Sadat
- 1978 Gettysburg visit during Camp David summit Anwar Sadat
- 1978 Lecture in Gothenburg Claude Simon
- 1978 Cabinet meeting as new president Daniel arap Moi
- 1978 Camp David Accords signing Jimmy Carter
- 1978 Camp David summit preparations Jimmy Carter
- 1978 Spinks rematch Muhammad Ali
- 1978 House arrest in Phnom Penh suburbs Norodom Sihanouk
- 1978 Meeting Deng in China Pol Pot
- 1978 Meeting with Joshua Nkomo Robert Mugabe
- 1978 Meeting with Queen Juliana Siad Barre
- 1978 Tom Jones television special Tina Turner
- 1978 Address at Ruring'u Stadium Daniel arap Moi
- 1978 Presidential swearing-in at Uhuru Park Daniel arap Moi
- 1978 Overflight of Tehran demonstration Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
- 1978 Election as Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II
- 1978 First public appearance as pope Pope John Paul II
- 1978 Arrival at Neauphle-le-Château Ruhollah Khomeini
- 1978 Carnegie Hall concerts Dalida
- 1978 Meeting with Lee Kuan Yew in Singapore Deng Xiaoping
- 1978 Visit to Bangkok Deng Xiaoping
- 1978 Visit to Kuala Lumpur Deng Xiaoping
- 1978 Dinner for Deng Xiaoping at the Istana Lee Kuan Yew
- 1978 Honorary doctorate at Salamanca Léopold Sédar Senghor
- 1978 Move back to Moscow Mikhail Gorbachev
- 1978 Arab League summit in Baghdad Muammar Gaddafi
- 1978 Official visit to Liberia Ahmed Sékou Touré
- 1978 Death in Jerusalem Golda Meir
- 1978 Hospitalization at Hôpital Cochin Jacques Chirac
- 1978 FUNSK ceremony in Kratie Lê Đức Thọ