1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday in the Gregorian calendar, the 1978th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 978th year of the 2nd millennium, the 78th year of the 20th century, and the 9th year of the 1970s decade.

Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries: 19th century20th century21st century
Decades: 1940s  1950s  1960s  – 1970s –  1980s  1990s  2000s
Years: 1975 1976 197719781979 1980 1981
1978 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar1978
MCMLXXVIII
Ab urbe condita2731
Armenian calendar1427
ԹՎ ՌՆԻԷ
Assyrian calendar6728
Bahá'í calendar134–135
Balinese saka calendar1899–1900
Bengali calendar1385
Berber calendar2928
British Regnal year26 Eliz. 2 – 27 Eliz. 2
Buddhist calendar2522
Burmese calendar1340
Byzantine calendar7486–7487
Chinese calendar丁巳(Fire Snake)
4674 or 4614
    — to —
戊午年 (Earth Horse)
4675 or 4615
Coptic calendar1694–1695
Discordian calendar3144
Ethiopian calendar1970–1971
Hebrew calendar5738–5739
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat2034–2035
 - Shaka Samvat1899–1900
 - Kali Yuga5078–5079
Holocene calendar11978
Igbo calendar978–979
Iranian calendar1356–1357
Islamic calendar1398–1399
Japanese calendarShōwa 53
(昭和53年)
Javanese calendar1909–1910
Juche calendar67
Julian calendarGregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar4311
Minguo calendarROC 67
民國67年
Nanakshahi calendar510
Thai solar calendar2521
Tibetan calendar阴火蛇年
(female Fire-Snake)
2104 or 1723 or 951
    — to —
阳土马年
(male Earth-Horse)
2105 or 1724 or 952
Unix time252460800 – 283996799

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  1. "Biography: Dan White, Government Official (1946–1985)". Bio. A&E Television Networks LLC. 2016. Archived from the original on April 19, 2016. Retrieved April 16, 2016.