1978

Centuries: Year in Review 20th Century

19th century - 20th century - 21st century

Decades: 1890s - 1900s - 1910s - 1920s - 1930s - 1940s - 1950s - 1960s - 1970s - 1980s - 1990s - 2000s

1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983

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Births

Deaths

• February 11 - [James B Conant]?, headmaster of Harvard University.
• Kurt Gödel, US mathematician

Events

• January 1 - the Copyright Act of 1976 takes effect, making sweeping changes to United States copyright law.
• February 11 - [[16 Unification Church couples wed in New York NY.
• February 11 - China lifts a ban on works by Aristotle, Shakespeare, & Dickens?.
• September 17 - Camp David peace agreement between Israel and Egypt
• October - John Paul II becomes pope
• Argentina wins Football World Cup on home ground

Nobel Prizes

• Physics - [Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa]?, [Arno Allan Penzias]?, [Robert Woodrow Wilson]?
• Chemistry - [Peter D Mitchell]?
• Medicine - [Werner Arber]?, [Daniel Nathans]?, [Hamilton O Smith]?
• Literature -[Isaac Bashevis Singer]?
• Peace - [Mohamed Anwar Al-Sadat]? and Menachem Begin
• Economics - Herbert Simon

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