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==January 4, 1978 (Wednesday)==
==January 4, 1978 (Wednesday)==
*Voters in [[Chile]] overwhelmingly endorsed the policies of President [[Augusto Pinochet]] in a [[1978 Chilean political programme referendum|special referendum]] after the United Nations had cited numerous human rights violations since General Pinochet led the overthrow of President [[Salvador Allende]] in 1973. Pinochet told a national audience that there would be no more elections in Chile for at least 10 years, and said that the message sent to the UN was "We don't want you to say that you want to examine us. Never again." <ref>{{cite news |title=Pinochet Wins 75% of Vote in Chilean Referendum |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=January 5, 1978 |page=I-16}}</ref>
*The [[People's Republic of China]] announced that the Communist Party had approved making it easier for its citizens to travel outside the nation.<ref>{{cite news |title=China to Ease Travel Abroad— Foreign Visits OKd for Personal Reasons |last=Mathews |first=Linda |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=January 5, 1978 |page=I-1}}</ref>
*'''Born:''' [[Karine Ruby]], French snowboarder and 1998 Olympic gold medalist in the giant slalom, as well as six world championship gold medals; in [[Bonneville, Haute-Savoie|Bonneville]], [[Haute-Savoie]] [[Departments of France|département]] (killed in a mountain climbing accident, 2009)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/99742 |title=Karine Ruby |website=[[Olympedia]] |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=17 April 2024}}</ref>
*'''Born:''' [[Karine Ruby]], French snowboarder and 1998 Olympic gold medalist in the giant slalom, as well as six world championship gold medals; in [[Bonneville, Haute-Savoie|Bonneville]], [[Haute-Savoie]] [[Departments of France|département]] (killed in a mountain climbing accident, 2009)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/99742 |title=Karine Ruby |website=[[Olympedia]] |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=17 April 2024}}</ref>


==January 5, 1978 (Thursday)==
==January 5, 1978 (Thursday)==
*The [[Holy Crown of Hungary|Crown of St. Stephen]] (also known as the Holy Crown Hungary) arrived back in Hungary from the United States, where it had been held since [[World War II]].<ref>{{cite news |title=St. Stephen's Crown, Other Relics Back on Hungarian Soil|newspaper=Los Angeles Times |last=Getler |first=Michael |date=January 6, 1978 |page=I-5 |quote=The 1,000-year-old crown of St. Stephen... was returned to Hungarian soil Thursday night after 32 years in American custody.}}</ref> A [[U.S. Air Force]] jet landed in [[Budapest]] with a "huge metallic crate containing the crown jewels" as an Hungarian military band played the Communist nation's anthem.
*[[Bülent Ecevit]], of [[Republican People's Party|CHP]], formed the new government as [[Prime Minister of Turkey]]
*[[Bülent Ecevit]], of [[Republican People's Party|CHP]], formed the new government as [[Prime Minister of Turkey]]. The 35-member cabinet included 22 members of Ecevit's Republican People's Party and 10 members of the Justice Party of former Prime Minister [[Suleyman Demirel]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The World|newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=January 6, 1978 |page=I-2}}</ref>
*[[Brazil]]'s President [[Ernesto Geisel]] announced to the National Renovating Alliance that he had chosen General [[João Figueiredo]] to succeed him as the South American nation's next president.<ref>{{cite news |title=Brazil President Officially Names His Successor |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=January 6, 1978 |page=I-20}}</ref>
*The [[Holy Crown of Hungary|Crown of St. Stephen]] (also known as the Holy Crown Hungary) arrived back in Hungary from the United States, where it had been held since [[World War II]].<ref>{{cite news |title=St. Stephen's Crown, Other Relics Back on Hungarian Soil|newspaper=Los Angeles Times |last=Getler |first=Michael |date=January 6, 1978 |page=I-5 |quote=The 1,000-year-old crown of St. Stephen... was returned to Hungarian soil Thursday night after 32 years in American custody.}}</ref> A [[U.S. Air Force]] jet landed in [[Budapest]] with a "huge metallic crate containing the crown jewels" as an Hungarian military band played the Communist nation's anthem.
*'''Born:''' [[January Jones]], American TV actress known for ''[[Mad Men]]''; in [[Sioux Falls, South Dakota]]
*'''Born:''' [[January Jones]], American TV actress known for ''[[Mad Men]]''; in [[Sioux Falls, South Dakota]]


==January 6, 1978 (Friday)==
==January 6, 1978 (Friday)==
*U.S. Secretary of State [[Cyrus R. Vance]] formally turned over the [[Crown of St. Stephen]] over to the Hungarian government in a 30-minute ceremony. Vance presented a letter from U.S. President Carter, who wrote "It is with a genuine sense of pride that I am able to return to the people of Hungary this priceless treasure, which the United States has been privileged to shelter since the terrible devastation of the Second World War."<ref>{{cite news |title=Vance Returns Ancient Crown in Solemn Rites |last=Seeger |first=Murray | newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=January 7, 1978 |page=I-1}}</ref>
*The [[Holy Crown of Hungary]] (also known as [[Stephen of Hungary]] Crown) was returned to Hungary from the United States, where it had been held since [[World War II]].
*'''Died:''' [[Burt Munro]], 78, New Zealand motorcycle racer
*'''Died:'''
**[[John D. MacArthur]], 80, American insurance entrepreneur, philanthtopist and billionaire.<ref>{{cite news |title=MacArthur, a Low-Profile Billionaire, Succumbs at 80 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=January 7, 1978 |page=I-1}}</ref> MacArthur's will provided funding for the [[John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation]] and the [[MacArthur Fellows Program]] which annually awards the what is nicknamed the "Genius Grant" to individuals who have shown "extraordinary originality and dedication in their creative pursuits and a marked capacity for self-direction" and are citizens or residents of the United States.<ref>[https://www.macfound.org/programs/fellows/ Official website]</ref>
**[[Burt Munro]], 78, New Zealand motorcycle racer


==January 7, 1978 (Saturday)==
==January 7, 1978 (Saturday)==

Revision as of 13:45, 17 April 2024

The following events occurred in January 1978:

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January 1, 1978 (Sunday)

  • Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashed off the coast of Bombay, killing all 213 people on board. The 747 had taken off from Mumbai on a scheduled flight to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates and disintegrated in mid-air minutes after takeoff.[1][2]
  • The government of Vietnam accused Democratic Kampuchea (formerly Cambodia) of sending troops deep into Vietnamese territory and killing or wounding thousands of civilians. The statement on Radio Vietnam declared that the Kampuchean troops had fired shells into large areas of dense population.[3]
  • Born: Philip Mulryne, Northern Irish footballer with 27 caps as a midfielder for the Northern Ireland national team, as well as being a Dominican friar and Roman Catholic priest; in Belfast

January 2, 1978 (Monday)

  • In American college football, with the major bowl games being held on the day after New Year's Day because of an NCAA ban on playing football on Sunday, the #1-ranked Texas Longhorns were defeated by the #5-ranked Fighting Irish of Notre Dame, 38 to 10, in the Cotton Bowl.[4] In the evening, the #2-ranked Oklahoma Sooners, poised to claim the top ranking in the Associated Press and United Press International polls and the national championship, lost to the #6 Arkansas Razorbacks, 13 to 9, in the Orange Bowl.[5] While #3 Alabama defeated #9 Ohio State in the Sugar Bowl, 35 to 6,[6] #4 Michigan lost to the #13 Washington Huskies, 27 to 20 in the Rose Bowl.[7] The three upsets left open the question of whether the AP and UPI polls would choose Alabama, Notre Dame or Arkansas as the number one team in the United States.
Jimmy Carter addresses the Indian Parliament

January 3, 1978 (Tuesday)

  • Former Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was expelled by the Congress Party that she had led, after the executive board, the Congress Working Committee, resolved to get rid of her because of the defeat of the party in the March 1977 elections. The Nehru family, Jawaharlal Nehru and his daughter, Indira, had controlled the party for almost 30 years.[9]
  • A fire in a Chinese temple in Manila killed 11 people in the Philippines. The dead were finishing the celebration of the feast of Tsu Su Kong, an ancient Chinese god, on the third floor of the temple when the fire broke out, apparently caused by candles setting fire to decorations.[10]
  • U.S. President Jimmy Carter, on a tour of India, visited the village of Daulatpur Nasirabad in Haryana state, where his mother Lillian Carter had previously worked while in the Peace Corps. In honor of President Carter's visit, the village government renamed the village "Carterpuri". By 1998, many residents wanted to restore the village to its former name.[11]
  • Voters in the Associated Press poll of sportswriters and in the United Press International poll of coaches both selected Notre Dame as their choice for the number one team in college football for the 1977 season as recognized by the NCAA, with Alabama a close second in voting. In the AP Poll, the Fighting Irish edged the Crimson Tide by a margin of 1,180 points to 1,132 while in the UPI Poll, Notre Dame finished ahead, 365 points to 354.[12]

January 4, 1978 (Wednesday)

  • Voters in Chile overwhelmingly endorsed the policies of President Augusto Pinochet in a special referendum after the United Nations had cited numerous human rights violations since General Pinochet led the overthrow of President Salvador Allende in 1973. Pinochet told a national audience that there would be no more elections in Chile for at least 10 years, and said that the message sent to the UN was "We don't want you to say that you want to examine us. Never again." [13]
  • The People's Republic of China announced that the Communist Party had approved making it easier for its citizens to travel outside the nation.[14]
  • Born: Karine Ruby, French snowboarder and 1998 Olympic gold medalist in the giant slalom, as well as six world championship gold medals; in Bonneville, Haute-Savoie département (killed in a mountain climbing accident, 2009)[15]

January 5, 1978 (Thursday)

January 6, 1978 (Friday)

  • U.S. Secretary of State Cyrus R. Vance formally turned over the Crown of St. Stephen over to the Hungarian government in a 30-minute ceremony. Vance presented a letter from U.S. President Carter, who wrote "It is with a genuine sense of pride that I am able to return to the people of Hungary this priceless treasure, which the United States has been privileged to shelter since the terrible devastation of the Second World War."[20]
  • Died:

January 7, 1978 (Saturday)

January 8, 1978 (Sunday)

January 9, 1978 (Monday)

January 10, 1978 (Tuesday)

January 11, 1978 (Wednesday)

  • Born: Emile Heskey, English footballer with 62 caps as a striker for the England national team; in Leicester

January 12, 1978 (Thursday)

January 13, 1978 (Friday)

  • Born: Major Mohit Sharma, Indian Army officer posthumously awarded the Ashoka Chakra medal for rescuing two fellow service members fighting insurgents; in Rohtak, Haryana state (killed 2009)
  • Died: Hubert Humphrey, 66, Vice President of the U.S. from 1965 to 1969, Democrat nominee for the 1968 U.S. presidential slection, and U.S Senator for Minnesota from 1959 to 1964 and 1971 until his death, formerly a pharmacist, died of bladder cancer.

January 14, 1978 (Saturday)

January 15, 1978 (Sunday)

January 16, 1978 (Monday)

January 17, 1978 (Tuesday)

January 18, 1978 (Wednesday)

January 19, 1978 (Thursday)

  • The Supreme Court of Canada voted, 5 to 4, to reverse a 1976 appellate court decision holding that Canada's provinces had no power to censor films.[27]

January 20, 1978 (Friday)

January 21, 1978 (Saturday)

  • Soviet Ukrainian nationalist, engineer and dissident Oleksa Hirnyk set himself on fire and died. Hirnyk was protesting the Soviet Union's suppression of the Ukrainian language and the USSR's ongoing process of "Russification". The Soviet government suppressed any news of Hirnyk's self-immolation and the protest would not be revealed until the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1993.[28]

January 22, 1978 (Sunday)

January 23, 1978 (Monday)

January 24, 1978 (Tuesday)

January 25, 1978 (Wednesday)

January 26, 1978 (Thursday)

January 27, 1978 (Friday)

January 28, 1978 (Saturday)

January 29, 1978 (Sunday)

  • Died: Tim McCoy, 86, American B-movie actor who appeared in eight westerns as U.S. Marshal Tim McCall, and briefly had his own TV show

January 30, 1978 (Monday)

  • Died: Damia (stage name for Marie-Louise Damien), 88, French singer and actress

January 31, 1978 (Tuesday)

  • Film director Roman Polanski, who had worked out a plea bargain to be found guilty of unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor (a 13-year-old girl) in return for probation and credit for six weeks in jail, left the United States one day before he was to be formally sentenced. Polanski had learned that Judge Laurence J. Rittenband was planning to change the sentence to 50 years in prison, and flew to London. Polanski boarded British Airways Flight 598 in Los Angeles and landed at Heathrow Airport the next day.[33]
  • Italy's Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti and his entire cabinet resigned after the withdrawal of support from the Italian Communist Party, which had supported Andreotti and the Christian Democrats, who were 54 seats of a majority in Italy's chamber of Deputies. Andreotti would receive approval for a new cabinet, with almost all of the same ministers, on March 16.
  • Representatives of the Naskapi First Nation, indigenous Canadians living in far northern Quebec, signed the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement providing for financial compensation and establishment of a Naskapi-owned economic development corporation and a school.[34]
  • Died: Gregory Herbert, 40, American jazz saxophonist, died of a heroin overdose.[35]

References

  1. ^ "213 Believed Killed in India Airliner Crash". Los Angeles Times. January 2, 1978. p. I-1.
  2. ^ Accident description for VT-EBD at the Aviation Safety Network
  3. ^ "Vietnam Accuses Cambodia Troops— Invaders Committed Atrocities, Hanoi Says". Los Angeles Times. January 2, 1978. p. I-1.
  4. ^ Florence, Hal (January 3, 1978). "Irish Do a Number on No. 1 Longhorns— Notre Dame Claims the Top Ranking After Its 38-10 Romp in Cotton Bowl". Los Angeles Times. p. III-1.
  5. ^ DuPree, David (January 3, 1978). "Arkansas Stuns Oklahoma, 31-6". Los Angeles Times. p. III-1.
  6. ^ Bayless, Skip (January 3, 1978). "Bear, Alabama Smash Woody, Ohio State". Los Angeles Times. p. III-1.
  7. ^ Oates, Bob (January 3, 1978). "It's Moon Over Michigan in 27-20 Stunner". Los Angeles Times. p. III-1.
  8. ^ Nelson, Jack (January 3, 1978). "U.S. Renews Supply of India Nuclear Fuel". Los Angeles Times. p. I-1.
  9. ^ "Congress Party Expels Mrs. Gandhi". Los Angeles Times. January 4, 1978. p. I-12.
  10. ^ "11 Die in Temple Fire in Manila". Los Angeles Times. January 4, 1978. p. I-8.
  11. ^ Rao, Hitender (March 16, 1998). "Carterpuri wants back its old name". The Indian Express.
  12. ^ "It's Unanimous: Irish Voted No. 1 in Polls— Notre Dame Beats Alabama, Arkansas for Unofficial National Championship". Los Angeles Times. January 4, 1978. p. III-1.
  13. ^ "Pinochet Wins 75% of Vote in Chilean Referendum". Los Angeles Times. January 5, 1978. p. I-16.
  14. ^ Mathews, Linda (January 5, 1978). "China to Ease Travel Abroad— Foreign Visits OKd for Personal Reasons". Los Angeles Times. p. I-1.
  15. ^ "Karine Ruby". Olympedia. OlyMADMen. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  16. ^ Getler, Michael (January 6, 1978). "St. Stephen's Crown, Other Relics Back on Hungarian Soil". Los Angeles Times. p. I-5. The 1,000-year-old crown of St. Stephen... was returned to Hungarian soil Thursday night after 32 years in American custody.
  17. ^ "The World". Los Angeles Times. January 6, 1978. p. I-2.
  18. ^ "Brazil President Officially Names His Successor". Los Angeles Times. January 6, 1978. p. I-20.
  19. ^ Getler, Michael (January 6, 1978). "St. Stephen's Crown, Other Relics Back on Hungarian Soil". Los Angeles Times. p. I-5. The 1,000-year-old crown of St. Stephen... was returned to Hungarian soil Thursday night after 32 years in American custody.
  20. ^ Seeger, Murray (January 7, 1978). "Vance Returns Ancient Crown in Solemn Rites". Los Angeles Times. p. I-1.
  21. ^ "MacArthur, a Low-Profile Billionaire, Succumbs at 80". Los Angeles Times. January 7, 1978. p. I-1.
  22. ^ Official website
  23. ^ "Biography of Richard Albert David Turner". South African History Online.
  24. ^ "Rose Halprin Dies; Leading U.S. Zionist". The New York Times. January 9, 1978.
  25. ^ "Shawn Crawford". Olympedia. OlyMADMen. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  26. ^ "El color se instaló también primero en TV Perú- Canal 7", TV Perú website
  27. ^ Dean, Malcolm (1981). Censored! Only in Canada: The History of Film Censorship - the Scandal Off the Screen. Virgo Press. p. 204. ISBN 0920528325.
  28. ^ "Євген Гірник: КДБ казало, що батько загинув у ДТП" [Yevhen Hirnyk: The KGB said that the father died in a road accident]. BBC Ukraina (in Ukrainian). January 21, 2013.
  29. ^ "Alive Again". Archived from the original on 28 March 2019. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  30. ^ "Hallan destrozada aeronave perdida" [Lost aircraft found destroyed]. El Tiempo (in Spanish). Bogota. January 29, 1978. pp. 1–2.
  31. ^ Aviation Safety Network
  32. ^ "Oskar Homolka, Actor, Dies at 79; The Uncle in I Remember Mama". The New York Times. January 29, 1978. p. E-17. Retrieved 2015-01-06.
  33. ^ "Polanski ducks out on court". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. 2 February 1978. p. 5. Archived from the original on 27 December 2020. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  34. ^ Nungak, Zebedee (2017). Wrestling with colonialism on steroids : Quebec Inuit fight for their homeland. Tagak Curley. Montréal: Vehicule Press. pp. 48–51. ISBN 978-1-55065-468-4. OCLC 967787917.
  35. ^ "Gregory Herbert - Summary - MusicMinder". Musicminder.com. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
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