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3 unusual facts about October 1978


John Francis Dearden

He was also one of the cardinal electors who participated in the conclaves of August and October 1978, which selected Pope John Paul I and Pope John Paul II respectively.

Paul Zoungrana

Zoungrana was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the conclaves of August and October 1978, which selected Popes John Paul I and John Paul II respectively.

Trình Như Khuê

He was the first cardinal to hail from Vietnam, and was also one of the cardinal electors who participated in the conclaves of August and October 1978, which selected Popes John Paul I and John Paul II respectively.


Bernardus Johannes Alfrink

Resigning as Utrecht's archbishop on 6 December 1975, he later voted in the conclaves of August and October 1978, which selected Popes John Paul I and John Paul II respectively.

Joseph Malula

Malula was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the conclaves of August and October 1978, which selected Popes John Paul I and John Paul II, respectively.

Mario Nasalli Rocca di Corneliano

He was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the conclaves of August and October 1978, which selected Popes John Paul I and John Paul II respectively.

Vicente Enrique y Tarancón

Tarancón was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the conclaves of August and October 1978, which selected Popes John Paul I and John Paul II respectively.

Victor Razafimahatratra

Razafimahatratra was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the conclaves of August and October 1978, which selected Popes John Paul I and John Paul II respectively.


see also

Alexander Gerschenkron

Alexander Gerschenkron (in Russian Александр Гершенкрон, * 1904 in Odessa, Russian Empire, now Ukraine, † 26 October 1978 in Cambridge, Massachusetts) was a Russian-born American Jewish economic historian and professor in Harvard, trained in the Austrian School of economics.

Alfa Romeo 164

In October 1978, Alfa Romeo, Fiat, Lancia and Saab came to an agreement to develop their own executive cars from the Type Four platform to compete with the likes of the Ford Granada and Opel Rekord (Vauxhall Carlton) as well as premium products from the likes of BMW and Mercedes-Benz.

Carl-Olof Nylén

Carl-Olof "Olle" Siggesson Nylén (30 June 1892 – 2 October 1978) was a Swedish otologist and tennis player who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.

Democracy Wall

In October 1978, Huang Xiang was feeling restless and one day was moved to take out of concealment the political poems he had written during the Mao Years.

Elections and political parties in Tuvalu

Following independence in October 1978 the House of the Assembly was renamed the Parliament of Tuvalu or Palamene o Tuvalu.

Following independence in October 1978 the House of the Assembly was renamed the Parliament of Tuvalu (Palamene o Tuvalu).

Erika Chambers

From October 1978 over a period of six weeks, they noted that Salameh spent most afternoons with his wife, former Miss Universe Georgina Rizk, at her apartment in Snoubra, West Beirut, and when not in meetings spent time at the gym and at a sauna.

Erwin Kreuz

Kreuz returned to Bangor exactly a year later (October 1978) for a month-long visit, courtesy of the Equitable Life Assurance company, to officiate at the ribbon-cutting ceremony for their new Bangor Mall.

Flamini

Anthony Flamini (born October 1978), an American comic book writer

Gabriele Poso

Gabriele Poso (born 22 October 1978) is an independent artist, percussionist, multi-instrumentalist and composer from Carbonia Sardinia in Italy.

Gunnar Nilsson

Gunnar Nilsson (20 November 1948 – 20 October 1978) was a Swedish racing driver, born in Helsingborg.

Henri Bonnet

Henri Bonnet (26 May 1888 Châteauponsac (Haute-Vienne) – 25 October 1978 Paris) was a French politician, diplomat, and French ambassador to the United States from 1944 to 1954.

Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center

In October 1978, Queen played at the Convention center during their US tour, and the music video for "Fat Bottomed Girls" was filmed at the center.

Leslie Herbert Kane

Leslie Herbert Kane (1 January 1945 – 19 October 1978) was an Australian gangster who lived in Melbourne, Australia.

Luo Huining

After the Cultural Revolution, in October 1978 Luo was admitted to the Department of Economics at Anhui University, studying Political Economics.

Marais Viljoen

Viljoen was elected to the House of Assembly as MP for Alberton, near Johannesburg, as President of the Senate, and as acting State President from 21 August 1978 to 10 October 1978, after which B.J. Vorster was briefly elected to the position.

Max Wandrer

Max Carl Herman Wandrer (10 February 1894 in Rudolstadt – October 1978 in Middle River, Maryland) was an American gymnast who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics.

Monar

The origins of Monar lie in the centre which was opened on 15 October 1978 in Gloskow near Garwolin, by Marek Kotański.

Rhodesian Armoured Corps

The regiment took part in a number of static but intense battles, notably at Mount Selinda against Mocambiquan Frelimo Forces (where a Bronze Cross was awarded to 2nd Lieutenant Rae) in 1977 and at Chirundu in October 1978, where heavy-machine gun, artillery and mortar duels took place between D Squadron and elements of the Zambian Army over a period of three days and nights near the Otto Beit Bridge.

Robert Bockstael

Bockstael initially attempted to enter national politics in a 16 October 1978 by-election at Manitoba's Saint Boniface electoral district but was defeated by Jack Hare of the Progressive Conservative party.

Salim Tebani

Salim Tebani (born M'Sila, 11 October 1978) is a Algerian-French rugby union player.

Setsuko, Princess Chichibu

On 9 October 1978, Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (on behalf of Queen Elizabeth II) invested Princess Chichibu as an Honorary Dame Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George.

Shanghai University of Engineering Sciences

In October, 1978, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, the First Bureau of Shanghai Mechanical & Electrical Industry, the Second Bureau of Shanghai Mechanical & Electrical Industry, Jiangnan Shipyard, East-China Electric Management Bureau, Transportation Bureau, the government of Changning District, Shanghai co-founded Shanghai Jiao Tong University Electrical & Mechanical Branch.

SZD-49 Jantar K

Władysław Okarmus set about designing a new wing, with flaps, for use with the SZD-48-3 fuselage, the resulting off-spring was named SZD-49 Jantar K. First flight of the prototype, (SP-2583, X-143), took place at Bielsko in October 1978.

The Smile that Wins

The story was adapted for television as part of the third series of BBC's Wodehouse Playhouse and was first shown on 31 October 1978, with John Alderton as Adrian Mulliner.

Wings Greatest

Having bought it, Linda wanted the flying lady photographed in the snow, so on 14th October 1978 she flew the statuette and photographer Angus Forbes to the Alps, where a snowdrift was created and the photograph was taken from a helicopter.