1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday of 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

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Volodymyr Zelenskyy
 
Gianluigi Buffon

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Didier Drogba

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Miroslav Klose
 
Frank Lampard

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Kobe Bryant

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Hubert Humphrey
 
Kurt Gödel

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Philibert Tsiranana

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Aram Khachaturian
 
Aldo Moro
 
Robert Menzies
 
Tetsu Katayama
 
József Bozsik

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Santiago Bernabéu Yeste

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Pope Paul VI
 
Jomo Kenyatta
 
Charles Boyer

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Keith Moon
 
Pope John Paul I

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Jacques Brel
 
Giovanni Gronchi

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Margaret Mead

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Golda Meir
 
Houari Boumédiène

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References Edit

  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.