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Year 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar).
[edit] Events of 1978
[edit] January
- January 1 - The Copyright Act of 1976 takes effect, making sweeping changes to United States copyright law.
- January 1 - Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes into the ocean near Bombay, killing 213.
- January 4 - A referendum in Chile supports the policies of Augusto Pinochet.
- January 6 - The Hungarian Holy Crown (also known as Stephen of Hungary Crown) is returned to Hungary from the United States, where it was held since World War II.
- January 7 - Emilio Palma is born in Antarctica, making his birth the southernmost in history.
- January 10 - Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Cardenal, a critic of the Nicaraguan government, is assassinated. Riots erupt against Somoza's government.
- January 14–15 - The body of former U.S. Vice President Hubert Humphrey lies in state in the Capitol Rotunda, following his death from cancer.
- January 18 - The European Court of Human Rights finds the United Kingdom government guilty of mistreating prisoners in Northern Ireland, but not guilty of torture.
- January 19 - Federal Appeals Court Judge William H. Webster is appointed FBI Director.
- January 22 - Ethiopia declares the ambassador of West Germany Persona non grata.
- January 24 - Soviet satellite Cosmos 954 burns up in Earth's atmosphere, scattering debris over Canada's Northwest Territories.
- January 24 - Rose Dugdale and Eddie Gallagher become the first convicted prisoners to marry in prison in the history of the Republic of Ireland.
- January 28 - Richard Chase, the "Vampire of Sacramento", is arrested.
- January 30 - Blizzards in the USA kill 90.
[edit] February
- February 1 - A bomb explodes outside the Hilton Hotel in Sydney, Australia, killing two garbagemen, a policeman and several others.
- February 1 - Hollywood film director Roman Polanski skips bail and flees to France, after pleading guilty to charges of engaging in sex with a 13-year-old girl.
- February 6 - Akyab, Arakan, The King Dragon operation in Arakan begins in the village of Sakkipara.
- February 8 - United States Senate proceedings are broadcast on radio for the first time.
- February 11 - Pacific Western Airlines Flight 314, a Boeing 737-200, crashes in Cranbrook, British Columbia, killing 44 of the 50 people onboard.
- February 11 - Sixteen Unification Church couples wed in New York, New York.
- February 11 - Somalia mobilizes its troops, due to an apparent Ethiopian attack.
- February 11 - The People's Republic of China lifts a ban on works by Aristotle, William Shakespeare and Charles Dickens.
- February 15 - Rhodesia's prime minister Ian Smith and 3 black leaders agree on the transfer to black majority rule.
- February 15 - Serial killer Ted Bundy is captured in Pensacola, Florida.
- February 16 - The Hillside Strangler, a serial killer prowling Los Angeles, claims a tenth and final victim.
- February 16 - The first computer bulletin board system (CBBS) is created in Chicago.
- February 21 - Electrical workers in Mexico City find the remains of the Great Pyramid of Tenochtitlan in the middle of the city.
- March 1 - Charlie Chaplin's remains are stolen from Cosier-sur-Vevey, Switzerland.
- March 2 - Soyuz 28 (Aleksei Gubarev, Vladimir Remek) is launched on a rendezvous with Salyut 6, with the first cosmonaut from third country (except Soviet Union and United States) - Czechoslovak citizen Vladimír Remek.
- March 3 - Ethiopia admits that its troops are fighting with the aid of Cuban soldiers against Somalian troops in Ogaden.
- March 3 - Rhodesia attacks Zambia.
- March 3 - The New York Post publishes an article about David Rorvik's book The Cloning of Man, about a supposed cloning of a human being.
- March 6 - American porn publisher Larry Flynt is shot and paralyzed in Lawrenceville, Georgia.
- March 10 - Soyuz 28 lands.
- March 11 - Coastal Road Massacre: Palestinian terrorists kill 34 Israelis.
- March 14 - Israeli forces invade Lebanon in Operation Litani.
- March 16 - Former Italian Premier Aldo Moro is kidnapped by the Red Brigades; 5 bodyguards are killed.
- March 17 - The oil tanker Amoco Cadiz runs aground on the coast of Brittany.
- March 18 - Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Prime Minister of Pakistan, is sentenced to death by hanging for ordering the assassination of a political opponent.
- March 22 - Karl Wallenda of the Flying Wallendas dies after falling off a tight-rope between two hotels in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
- March 24 - The tanker Amoco Cadiz splits in two off Brittany, spilling 50,000 metric tons of crude oil.
- March 28 - Stump v. Sparkman (435 U.S. 349}: The Supreme Court of the United States hands down a 5-3 decision in a controversial case involving involuntary sterilization and judicial immunity.
- April 1 - Dick Smith of Dick Smith Foods tows a fake iceberg to Sydney Harbour.
- April 1 - Philippine College of Commerce, through a presidential decree, was converted to Polytechnic University of the Philippines.
- April 3 - The 50th Academy Awards are held at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, California with Annie Hall winning Best Picture
- April 7 - U.S. President Jimmy Carter decides to postpone production of the neutron bomb - a weapon which kills people with radiation but leaves buildings relatively intact.
- April 8 - Regular radio broadcasts of British Parliament proceedings start.
- April 9 - Somali military officers stage an unsuccessful coup against the government of Siad Barre; security forces thwart the attempt within hours, and several conspirators are arrested.
- April 10 - Volkswagen becomes the first non-American automobile manufacturer to open a plant in the United States, commencing production of the Rabbit, the North American version of the Volkswagen Golf, in New Stanton, Pennsylvania with a unionized (UAW) workforce. (The plant will close in 1992.)
- April 14 - 1978 Tbilisi Demonstrations: thousands of Georgians demonstrate against the attempt by the Soviet authorities to change the constitutional status of the Georgian language.
- April 16 - In Cologne, 15,000 former members of the resistance movement demonstrate against Nazism.
- April 18 - The U.S. Senate votes 68-32 to turn the Panama Canal over to Panamanian control on December 31, 1999.
- April 22 - Izhar Cohen & the Alphabeta win the Eurovision Song Contest 1978 for Israel with their song "A-Ba-Ni-Bi".
- April 22 - The One Love Peace Concert is held at National Heroes Stadium in Kingston, Jamaica. Bob Marley unites 2 opposing political leaders at this concert, bringing peace to the civil war ridden streets of the city.
- April 25 - St. Paul, Minnesota becomes 2nd US city to repeal its gay rights ordinance after Anita Bryant's successful 1977 anti-gay campaign in Dade County, Florida.
- April 27 - Afghanistan President Daoud Khan is killed during a military coup; Nur Mohammed Taraki succeeds him.
- April 30 - The Democratic Republic of Afghanistan is proclaimed, under pro-communist leader Nur Mohammed Taraki.
- May 4 - Battle of Cassinga occurs in southern Angola.
- May 4 - Communist activist Henri Curiel is murdered in Paris.
- May 5 - Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds gets his 3,000th major league hit.
- May 8 - Norway opens a natural gas field in the Polar Sea.
- May 9 - In Rome, the body of Aldo Moro, the Italian president of the Christian Democrats, is found in a parked car.
- May 12–13 - A group of mercenaries lead by Bob Denard oust Ali Soilih in the Comoros; 10 local soldiers are killed. Denard forms a new government.
- May 12 - In Zaire, rebels occupy the city of Kolwezi, the mining centre of the province of Shaba. The Zairean government asks the U.S., France and Belgium to restore order.
- May 15 - Students of the University of Tehran riot in Tabriz; the army stops the riot.
- May 17 - Charles Chaplin's coffin is found 10 miles from the cemetery it was stolen from, near Lake Geneva.
- May 18 - Soviet dissident Yuri Orlov is sentenced to 7 years hard labor for distributing counterrevolutionary material.
- May 18–19 - Belgian and French paratroopers fly to Zaire to aid the fight against the rebels.
- May 20 - Mavis Hutchinson, 53, becomes the first woman to run across the U.S.; her trek took 69 days.
- May 22 - Exiled leaders Ahmed Abdallah and Mohammed Ahmed return to the Comoros.
- May 25 - A bomb explodes in the security section of Northwestern University, wounding a security guard (the first Unabomber attack).
- May 26 - In Atlantic City, New Jersey, Resorts International, the first legal casino in the eastern United States, opens.
- May 28 - Indianapolis 500: Al Unser wins his third race, and the first for car owner Jim Hall.
- May 29 - Ali Soilih is found dead in the Comoros, allegedly shot when trying to escape.
- June 1 - The 1978 FIFA World Cup starts in Argentina.
- June 6 - California voters approve Proposition 13, which slashes property taxes nearly 60%.
- June 8 - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints extends the priesthood and temple blessings to “all worthy males,” ending a general policy of excluding Canaanites from Priesthood ordination and temple ordinances (see Blacks and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints).
- June 12 - Serial killer David Berkowitz, the "Son of Sam," is sentenced to 25 years to life in prison.
- June 15 - King Hussein of Jordan marries 26-year-old Lisa Halaby.
- June 19 - Cricketer Ian Botham becomes the first man in the history of the game to score a century and take eight wickets in one innings of a Test match.
- June 20 - A magnitude 6.5 earthquake hits Thessaloniki, Greece's second largest city, killing 45 people, injuring hundreds and damaging some of the city's Byzantine landmarks.
- June 21 - A shootout between Provisional IRA members and the British Army leaves 1 civilian and 3 IRA men dead.
- June 22 - Charon, a satellite of Pluto, is discovered.
- June 23 - Josip Broz Tito is named Yugoslav president for life.
- June 24 - Yemen Arab Republic President Ahmad al-Ghashmi is killed.
- June 24 - Gay & Lesbian Solidarity March held in Sydney, Australia to mark 10th Anniversary of the Stonewall Riots; Which would become known as the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras the following year and be held annually; later incorporating a festival.
- June 25 - Argentina defeats the Netherlands 3-1 after extra time to win the 1978 FIFA World Cup.
- June 26 - The bombing by Breton nationalists causes destruction in Versailles.
- June 28 - U.S. scientific satellite Seasat is launched.
- June 28 - University of California Regents v. Bakke: The Supreme Court of the United States bars quota systems in college admissions but affirms the constitutionality of programs which give advantages to minorities.
- June 30 - Ethiopia begins a massive offensive in Eritrea.
[edit] September
- September 5 - Camp David Accords: Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat begin the peace process at Camp David, Maryland.
- September 7 - In London, England, a poison filled pellet, supposedly injected using an umbrella, poisons Bulgarian defector Georgi Markov, probably on orders of Bulgarian intelligence; he dies 4 days later.
- September 8 - Iranian Army troops open fire on rioters in Teheran - 122 dead, 4,000 wounded.
- September 16 - General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq officially assumes the post of President of Pakistan.
- September 17 - The Camp David Accords are signed between Israel and Egypt.
- September 19 - Police in the West Midlands of England launch a massive murder hunt, when 13 year old newspaper boy Carl Bridgewater is shot dead after disturbing a burglary.
- September 20 - General Rahimuddin Khan assumes the post of Martial Law Governor of Balochistan.
- September 25 - PSA Flight 182, a Boeing 727, collides with a small private airplane and crashes in San Diego, California; 144 are killed.
- September 25 - Giuseppe Verdi's opera Otello makes its first appearance on Live from the Met, in a complete production of the opera starring Jon Vickers. This is the first complete television broadcast of the opera in the U.S. since the historic 1948 one.
- September 27 - The last Forest Brother guerilla movement fighter is discovered and killed in Estonia.
- September 28 - Pope John Paul I dies after only 33 days of papacy.
[edit] October
[edit] November
[edit] December
- December 3 - The Southern Crescent passenger train derails at Shipman, Virginia, killing six, injuring 60.
- December 4 - Dianne Feinstein succeeds the murdered George Moscone as San Francisco, California's first woman mayor (she serves until January 8, 1988).
- December 6 - The Spanish Constitution officially restores the country's democratic government.
- December 11 - Lufthansa heist: Six men rob a Lufthansa cargo facility in New York City's Kennedy airport.
- December 11 - Two million demonstrate against the Shah in Iran.
- December 13 - The first Susan B. Anthony dollar enters circulation.
- December 15 - Cleveland, Ohio becomes the first major American city to go into default since the Great Depression, under Mayor Dennis Kucinich.
- December 16 - Train 87 from Nanjing to Xining collision into train 368 from Xi'an to Xuzhou near Yangzhuang railway station in China, killing 106, injuring 218.
- December 19 - Former Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi is arrested and jailed for a week for breach of privilege and contempt of parliament.
- December 22 - The pivotal Third Plenum of the 11th National Congress of the Communist Party of China is held in Beijing, with Deng Xiaoping reversing Mao-era policies to pursue a program for Chinese economic reform.
- December 22 - Serial killer John Wayne Gacy finally confesses to his lawyers that he raped and killed 33 boys/men after months of denial to authorities. The confession surprised the entire city of Chicago, as Gacy was a family man that was adored by people all over town.
- December 25 - Vietnam launches a major offensive against the Khmer Rouge of Cambodia.
- December 27 - The Spanish Constitution is approved in a referendum, officially ending 40 years of military dictatorship.
[edit] Undated
[edit] Ongoing
[edit] Births
[edit] January-February
- January 1 - Alex Leigh, British model
- January 1 - Phillip Mulryne, Northern Irish footballer
- January 2 - Toyoguchi Megumi, Japanese seiyuu (voice actress)
- January 3 - Kimberley Locke, American singer and model
- January 3 - Park Sol-mi, South Korean actress
- January 5 - Franck Montagny, French Formula One driver
- January 9 - Chad Johnson, American football player
- January 9 - AJ McLean, member of the Backstreet Boys
- January 12 - Kris Roe, American guitarist and singer (The Ataris)
- January 12 - Jeremy Camp, American guitarist and Christian singer
- January 14 - Eddie Berlin, American football player
- January 14 - Shawn Crawford, American runner
- January 15 - Franco Pellizotti, Italian professional road racing cyclist
- January 20 - Sid Wilson, American turntablist (Slipknot, DJ Starscream)
- January 26 - Kelly Stables, American actress
- January 28 - Gianluigi Buffon, Italian goalkeeper (football)
- February 2 - Barry Ferguson, Scottish footballer
- February 5 - Brian Russell, American football player
- February 7 - Christopher Ashton Kutcher, American actor
- February 12 - Gethin Jones, British (Welsh) television presenter
- February 12 - Silver Meikar, Estonian politician
- February 13 - Niklas Bäckström, Finnish hockey player (Minnesota Wild)
- February 14 - Richard Hamilton, American basketball player
- February 14 - Darius Songaila, Lithuanian basketball player
- February 15 - Tuan Le, American poker player
- February 16 - John Tartaglia, Broadway actor and Muppeteer
- February 16 - Tia Hellebaut, Belgian atlete
- February 17 - Jacob Wetterling, child kidnapping victim (missing since 1989)
- February 19 - Kenyatta Wright, American football linebacker
- February 20 - Julia Jentsch, German actress
- February 23 - Dan Snyder, Canadian hockey player (d. 2003)
- February 24 - John Nolan, lead singer of Straylight Run
- February 24 - Leon Constantine, Leeds United footballer
- February 27 - Kakha Kaladze, Georgian and AC Milan footballer
- February 28 - Benjamin Raich, Austrian Olympic skier
- February 28 - Jeanne Cherhal, French Singer-songwriter
[edit] March-April
- March 1 - Jensen Ackles, American actor
- March 2 - Tomas Kaberle, Czech hockey player
- March 4 - Denis Dallan, Italian rugby union footballer
- March 6 - Sage Rosenfels, American Football Player
- March 10 - Benjamin Burnley, American musician
- March 11 - Didier Drogba, Ivory Coast footballer
- March 12 - Claudio Sanchez, singer/songwriter Coheed & Cambria
- March 13 - Karina Smirnoff, Ukrainian dancer
- March 14 - Pieter van den Hoogenband, Dutch swimmer
- March 14 - Carl Johan Bergman, Swedish biathlete
- March 14 - Moon Hee Jun, Korean singer
- March 14 - Carlo Giuliani, Italian anarchist (d. 2001)
- March 21 - Kevin Federline, American musician
- March 21 - Rani Mukherji, Indian actress
- March 22 - Josh Heupel, American football player
- March 31 - Stephen Clemence, English footballer
- March 31 - Jérôme Rothen, French footballer
- March 31 - Tony Yayo, American rapper
- April 1 - Vitor Belfort, Brazilian martial artist
- April 3 - John Smit, South African rugby player
- April 4 - Jason Ellison, American baseball player
- April 5 - Franziska van Almsick, German swimmer
- April 6 - Tim Hasselbeck, American NFL quarterback.
- April 7 - Duncan James, English musician
- April 9 - Jorge Andrade, Portuguese footballer
- April 9 - Rachel Stevens, English singer
- April 11 - Thomas Thacker, Canadian singer
- April 12 - Guy Berryman, Scottish bass player (Coldplay)
- April 13 - Kyle Howard, American television and movie actor
- April 16 - Lara Dutta, Indian actress
- April 17 - Jason White, Scottish rugby player
- April 19 - James Franco, American Actor
- April 20 - Mirei Kuroda, Japanese gravure idol
- April 20 - Matt Austin, Canadian actor
- April 21 - Jukka Nevalainen, Finnish drummer (Nightwish)
- April 22 - Jason Stollsteimer, lead singer and guitarist (The Von Bondies)
- April 23 - Princess Tamara Czartoryski-Borbon, Spanish athlete
[edit] May-June
- May 3 - Paul Banks, Frontman of US band Interpol (band)
- May 6 - Alexander Fedorov, Russian bodybuilder
- May 7 - Brian Clevinger, American author
- May 8 - Josie Maran, American supermodel and actress
- May 9 - Marwan al-Shehhi, United Arab Emirates hijacker (d. 2001)
- May 10 - Kenan Thompson, American actor
- May 10 - Marcelo Moretto, Brazilian footballer
- May 11 - Laetitia Casta, French supermodel and actress
- May 12 - Hossein Reza Zadeh, Iranian weightlifter
- May 12 - Jason Biggs, American actor
- May 12 - Aya Ishiguro, Japanese singer, writer, and fashion designer
- May 13 - Mike Bibby, American basketball player
- May 13 - Barry Zito, baseball player
- May 15 - Caroline Dhavernas, French Canadian actress
- May 15 - Dwayne De Rosario, Canadian footballer
- May 15 - David Krumholtz, American actor
- May 15 - Krissy Taylor, American model (d. 1995)
- May 18 - Ricardo Carvalho, Portuguese footballer
- May 21 - Briana Banks, German-American porn star
- May 21 - Adam Gontier, Canadian-born musician (Three Days Grace)
- May 22 - Jordan, English model
- May 23 - Carolyn Moos, American model and professional basketball player
- May 23 - Scott Raynor, musician (Blink-182)
- May 25 - Brian Urlacher, American football player
- May 29 - Lorenzo Odone, patient who had adrenoleukodystrophy (d. 2008)
- June 6 - Carl Barât, English singer and guitarist (The Libertines and Dirty Pretty Things)
- June 8 - Maria Menounos, American actress, journalist, and television presenter
- June 9 - Matthew Bellamy, British musician (Muse)
- June 9 - Miroslav Klose, German football player
- June 10 - Shane West, American actor
- June 10 - Han Hee-Won, South Korean golfer
- June 11 - Joshua Jackson, Canadian actor
- June 13 - Jason Michael Carroll, country musician
- June 19 - Dirk Nowitzki, German basketball player
- June 19 - Mía Maestro, Argentine actress
- June 20 - Frank Lampard Engish football player
- June 20 - Mark Powell, Australian politician
- June 21 - Erica Durance, Canadian actress
- June 22 - Champ Bailey, American football player
- June 22 - Dan Wheldon, English race car driver
- June 24 - Emppu Vuorinen, Finnish musician (Nightwish)
- June 24 - Juan Roman Riquelme, Argentine football player
- June 25 - Aftab Shivdasani, Bollywood actor
- June 25 - Marcus Stroud, American football player
- June 25 - Layla El, 2006 WWE Diva Search Winner
- June 25 - Aramis Ramírez, Latin baseball player
- June 27 - Anna Kumble, English pop singer Lolly and TV presenter
- June 29 - Nicole Scherzinger, lead singer of the Pussycat Dolls
- June 30 - Ben Cousins, Australian rules footballer
[edit] July-August
- July 1 - Hillary Tuck, American actress
- July 4 - Tony Reali, ESPN personality
- July 4 - Becki Newton, American actress
- July 6 - Kevin Senio, New Zealand rugby union footballer
- July 6 - Tamera Mowry,American Actress
- July 6 - Tia Mowry, American Actress
- July 9 - Linda Park, Korean-born actress
- July 9 - Mark Medlock, German singer and winner of Deutschland sucht den Superstar's season four
- July 12 - Topher Grace, American actor
- July 18 - Shane Horgan, Irish rugby player
- July 18 - Ben Sheets, American baseball player
- July 20 - Elliott Yamin, American singer
- July 21 - Josh Hartnett, American actor
- July 21 - Francine Dee, import car model
- July 23 - Stuart Elliott, Northern Irish footballer
- July 23 - Stefanie Sun, Singapore singer
- July 25 - Louise Brown, the first human born from an embryo conceived by in vitro fertilization
- July 25 - Gerard Warren, American football player
- July 26 - Jehad Muntasser, Libyan footballer
- August 1 - Jonathan Wilkes, TV presenter
- August 3 - Mariusz Jop, Polish footballer
- August 4 - Kurt Busch, NASCAR driver
- August 6 - Marisa Miller, American supermodel
- August 7 - Alexandre Aja, French director
- August 7 - Vanness Wu, Taiwanese singer
- August 7 - Linsey Dawn McKenzie, English model and porn star
- August 7 - Cirroc Lofton, American actor
- August 7 - Jamey Jasta, American singer (Hatebreed)
- August 15 - Tim Foreman, American bassist (Switchfoot)
- August 17 - Vibeke Stene, former Norwegian singer (Tristania)
- August 21 - Reuben Droughns, American football player
- August 21 - Alan Lee, Irish footballer
- August 23 - Kobe Bryant, American basketball player
- August 23 - Julian Casablancas, American musician (The Strokes)
- August 24 - Rafael Furcal, Dominican Major League Baseball player
- August 25 - Kel Mitchell, American actor
- August 28 - Albina Digaeva, Chechen-American human rights activist
- August 29 - Danielle Hampton, Canadian actress
[edit] September-October
- September 4 - Wes Bentley, American actor
- September 6 - Cisco Adler, American musician
- September 7 - Devon Sawa, Canadian actor
- September 7 - Stephanie-Xiani Andrea Sperandio, Mixed Heritage Model
- September 11 - Ed Reed, American football player
- September 11 - Ben Lee, Australian singer
- September 12 - Ruben Studdard, American singer
- September 14 - Ben Cohen, English rugby union footballer
- September 15 - Eiður Guðjohnsen, Icelandic football player
- September 17 - Jennifer Rosales, Filipino golfer
- September 20 - Jason Bay, Canadian baseball player
- September 20 - Patrizio Buanne, Italian singer
- September 20 - Sarit Hadad, Israeli pop music singer
- September 22 - Harry Kewell, Australian footballer
- September 23 - Worm Miller, American screenwriter, director, actor
- September 24 - Wietse van Alten, Dutch archer
- September 25 - Jodie Kidd, English model
- September 29 - Kurt Nilsen, Norwegian singer
- September 30 - Candice Michelle, American professional wrestler and model
- October 2 - Ayumi Hamasaki, Japanese singer
- October 3 - Jake Shears, American singer
- October 3 - Shannyn Sossamon, American actress
- October 4 - Kei Horie, Japanese actor
- October 5 - Shane Ryan, Irish Gaelic footballer
- October 9 - Nicky Byrne, Irish musician (Westlife)
- October 10 - Francis Escudero("Chiz" ), Filipino Congressman, Senator
- October 13 - Jermaine O'Neal, American basketball player
- October 14 - Usher Raymond, American musician
- October 14 - Paul Hunter, English snooker player (d. 2006)
- October 18 - Wesley Jonathan, American actor
- October 20 - Kira, German singer
- October 20 - Virender Sehwag, Indian cricketer
- October 21 - Joey Harrington, American football player
- October 24 - Carlos Edwards, Trinidadian footballer
- October 25 - Russell Anderson, Scottish footballer
- October 26 - Antonio Pierce, American football player
- October 26 - Phil "CM Punk" Brooks, American professional wrestler
- October 26 - Jimmy Aggrey, English footballer
- October 27 - Vanessa-Mae, Singaporean musician
- October 28 - Justin Guarini, American singer
- October 29 - Travis Henry, American football player
[edit] November-December
- November 1 - Manju Warriar, Indian actress
- November 6 - Paul O'Grady, Australian Footballer (Central Coast Mariners)
- November 6 - Taryn Manning, American actress
- November 6 - Sandrine Blancke, Belgian actress
- November 8 - Ali Karimi, Iranian football player
- November 9 - Sisqó, American actor and singer (Dru Hill)
- November 10 - Eve, American rapper
- November 10 - Kyla Cole, Czech adult model
- November 11 - Jyothika, Indian actress
- November 13 - Nikolai Fraiture, American musician. Bassist for the rock band The Strokes
- November 13 - Hsu Wei Lun, Taiwanese actress (d. 2007)
- November 14 - Bobby Allen, American ice hockey player
- November 14 - Xavier Nady, American baseball player
- November 17 - Reggie Wayne, American football player
- November 18 - Damien Johnson, Northern Irish footballer
- November 19 - Matt Dusk, Canadian jazz musician & singer
- November 21 - Annie, Norwegian singer
- November 22 - Karen O, American singer (Yeah Yeah Yeahs)
- November 24 - Katherine Heigl, American actress
- November 25 - Shina Ringo, Japanese singer and musician
- November 27 - Mike Skinner, English musician
- November 29 - Ludwika Paleta, Polish Mexican actress
- November 30 - Emil Steiner, American author
- November 30 - Clay Aiken, American singer
- November 30 - Gael Garcia Bernal, Mexican actor
- December 2 - Nelly Furtado, Canadian-born singer and songwriter
- December 2 - Chris Wolstenholme, English baseplayer (Muse)
- December 5 - Olli Jokinen, Finnish ice hockey player
- December 7 - Shiri Appleby, American actress
- December 8 - Ian Somerhalder, American actor
- December 8 - Vernon Wells, baseball player
- December 9 - Jesse Metcalfe, American actor
- December 10 - Brandon Novak, freestyle skateboarder and TV/radio personality
- December 10 - Donna Williams, Cofounder of Neopets
- December 12 - Evren Genis, Turkish composer
- December 12 - Monica Barladeanu, Romanian actress
- December 15 - Jerome McDougle, professional football player (Philadelphia Eagles)
- December 16 - Joe Absolom, British actor
- December 17 - Chase Utley, American baseball player
- December 18 - Daniel Cleary, Canadian ice hockey player
- December 18 - Katie Holmes, American actress
- December 19 - Patrick Casey, American screenwriter and actor
- December 20 - Geremi, Cameroon footballer
- December 20 - Jacqueline Saburido, a drunk driving accident survivor and a promoter of non-drunk driving
- December 22 - Edo Maajka, Bosnian rapper
- December 23 - Andra Davis, American football player
- December 23 - Víctor Martínez, Venezuelan Major League Baseball player
- December 23 - Estella Warren, Canadian swimmer, model, and actress
- December 24 - Yıldıray Baştürk, Turkish footballer
- December 24 - Carlson Twins, American Models
- December 26 - Kaoru Sugayama, Japanese volleyball player
- December 29 - Alexis Amore, Peruvian actress, dancer, and model
- December 29 - LaToya London, American singer
- December 30 - Heath Evans, National Football League fullback
[edit] Unknown date
[edit] Deaths
[edit] January - March
- January 5 - Wyatt Emory Cooper, screenwriter and author (b. 1927)
- January 13 - Hubert Humphrey, U.S Vice President and Senator (b. 1911)
- January 13 - Joe McCarthy, baseball manager (b. 1887)
- January 14 - Harold Abrahams, English athlete (b. 1899)
- January 14 - Kurt Gödel, Austrian-born mathematician (b. 1906)
- January 18 - Walter H. Thompson, English Scotland Yard detective, bodyguard of Winston Churchill (b. 1890)
- January 22 - Herbert Sutcliffe, English cricketer (b. 1894)
- January 23 - Terry Kath, American musician (Chicago) (b. 1946)
- January 23 - Jack Oakie, American actor (b. 1903)
[edit] April - June
[edit] July - September
- August 2 - Carlos Chávez, Mexican composer (b. 1899)
- August 6 - Pope Paul VI (heart attack) (b. 1897)
- August 7 - Eddie Calvert (heart failure), musician (b. 1922)
- August 11 - Hugh MacDiarmid, Scottish poet (b. 1892)
- August 14 - Nicolas Bentley, British writer and illustrator (b. 1907)
- August 21 - Charles Eames, American architect and designer (b. 1907)
- August 22 - Jomo Kenyatta, Kenyan statesman
- August 26 - Charles Boyer, French actor (b. 1899)
- August 28 - Robert Shaw, English actor (b. 1927)
- September 7 - Keith Moon, English drummer (The Who) (drug overdose) (b. 1946)
- September 9 - Jack Warner, Canadian film studio founder (b. 1892)
- September 10 - Ronnie Peterson, Swedish race car driver (racing accident) (b. 1944)
- September 11 - Mike Gazella, American baseball player (b. 1895)
- September 11 - Georgi Markov, Bulgarian dissident (assassinated) (b. 1929)
- September 15 - Willy Messerschmitt, German aircraft engineer (b. 1898)
- September 23 - Lyman Bostock, baseball player (murdered) (b. 1950)
- September 25 - Bret Morrison, actor, voice of The Shadow (b. 1912)
- September 26 - Manne Siegbahn, Swedish physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1886)
- September 28 - Pope John Paul I (b. 1912)
[edit] October - December
[edit] Unknown dates
[edit] Ship events
[edit] Fields Medalists
[edit] Nobel prizes
[edit] Templeton Prize
[edit] External links
