1978
Cybele Andrianou, Greek actress (born 1887)
Cybele Andrianou was a Greek actress.
Cybele Andrianou, Greek actress (born 1887)
The 1970s
Explore 4009 historical events from 1970–1979.
1978
Robert Menzies, Australian lawyer and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Australia (born 1894)
Sir Robert Gordon Menzies was an Australian politician and lawyer who served as the 12th prime minister of Australia from 1939 to 1941 and from 1949 to 1966. He held office as the …
Robert Menzies, Australian lawyer and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Australia (born 1894)
1978
Jean Deslauriers, Canadian violinist, composer, and conductor (born 1909)
Jean Deslauriers was a Canadian conductor, violinist, and composer. As a conductor he had a long and fruitful partnership with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation; conducting orc…
Jean Deslauriers, Canadian violinist, composer, and conductor (born 1909)
1978
József Bozsik, Hungarian footballer and manager (born 1925)
József Bozsik was a Hungarian footballer who played as a central midfielder. He spent his entire club career at his hometown club, Budapest Honvéd. Bozsik was a key member of the l…
József Bozsik, Hungarian footballer and manager (born 1925)
1978
Santiago Bernabéu Yeste, Spanish footballer and coach (born 1895)
Santiago Bernabéu de Yeste was a Spanish football player, coach, and administrator who played for Real Madrid as a forward, later serving as the club's manager and then president. …
Santiago Bernabéu Yeste, Spanish footballer and coach (born 1895)
1978
Ronald George Wreyford Norrish, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1897)
Ronald George Wreyford Norrish FRS was a British chemist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1967.
Ronald George Wreyford Norrish, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1897)
1978
Guo Moruo, Chinese historian, author, and poet (born 1892)
Guo Moruo, courtesy name Dingtang, was a Chinese author, poet, historian, archaeologist, and government official. A prominent Chinese writer in the May Fourth Movement and later in…
Guo Moruo, Chinese historian, author, and poet (born 1892)
1978
Georg Siimenson, Estonian footballer (born 1912)
Georg Siimenson was an Estonian international footballer who scored 13 goals in 42 games for the Estonian national side.
Georg Siimenson, Estonian footballer (born 1912)
1978
Walter C
Walter Clement Alvarez was an American physician of Spanish descent. He authored several dozen books on medicine, and wrote introductions and forewords for many others.
Walter C
1978
Robert Charroux, French author and critic (born 1909)
Robert Charroux was the best-known pen-name of Robert Joseph Grugeau. He was a French author known for his writings on the ancient astronaut theme.
Robert Charroux, French author and critic (born 1909)
1978
Bob Crane, American actor (born 1928)
Robert Edward Crane was an American actor, drummer, radio personality and disc jockey known for starring in the CBS sitcom Hogan's Heroes.
Bob Crane, American actor (born 1928)
1978
Aris Alexandrou, Greek author and poet (born 1922)
Aris Alexandrou was a Greek novelist, poet and translator. Always on the Left and always unconventional, he is the author of a single novel which is widely considered to be among t…
Aris Alexandrou, Greek author and poet (born 1922)
1978
James Daly, American actor (born 1918)
James Firman Daly was an American actor. Recognized for his work on stage and screen, he is perhaps best known for his role as Paul Lochner in the hospital drama series Medical Cen…
James Daly, American actor (born 1918)
1978
Mark Robson, Canadian-American director and producer (born 1913)
Mark Robson was a Canadian-American film director, producer, and editor. Robson began his 45-year career in Hollywood as a film editor. He later began working as a director and pro…
Mark Robson, Canadian-American director and producer (born 1913)
1978
Clifford Dupont, English-Rhodesian lawyer and politician, 1st President of Rhodesia (born 1905)
Clifford Walter Dupont was a British-born Rhodesian politician who served in the internationally unrecognised positions of officer administrating the government and president. Born…
Clifford Dupont, English-Rhodesian lawyer and politician, 1st President of Rhodesia (born 1905)
1978
Kurt Student, German general and pilot (born 1890)
Kurt Arthur Benno Student was a German general in the Luftwaffe during World War II. An early pioneer of airborne forces, Student was in overall command of developing a paratrooper…
Kurt Student, German general and pilot (born 1890)
1978
Babe Paley, American socialite and fashion style icon (born 1915)
Barbara Cushing Mortimer Paley was an American magazine editor and socialite. Affectionately known as Babe throughout her life, Paley made notable contributions to the field of mag…
Babe Paley, American socialite and fashion style icon (born 1915)
1978
Francisco Mendes, Guinea-Bissau lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau (born 1933)
Francisco Mendes, popularly known by his nom de guerre as Chico Té, was a Bissau-Guinean politician and revolutionary. He was the country's first Prime Minister and held that posit…
Francisco Mendes, Guinea-Bissau lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau (born 1933)
1978
John D. Rockefeller III, American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Asia Society (born 1906)
John Davison Rockefeller III was an American philanthropist. Rockefeller was the eldest son and second child of John D. Rockefeller Jr. and Abby Aldrich Rockefeller as well as a gr…
John D. Rockefeller III, American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Asia Society (born 1906)
1978
Kamil Tolon, Turkish industrialist (born 1912)
Kamil Özdemir Tolon was a Turkish businessperson, industrialist and inventor, known for the first manufacture of an electric engine in Turkey. Tolon was born in 1912 in Istanbul. H…
Kamil Tolon, Turkish industrialist (born 1912)
1978
Willem van Otterloo, Dutch cellist, composer, and conductor (born 1907)
Jan Willem van Otterloo was a Dutch conductor, cellist and composer.
Willem van Otterloo, Dutch cellist, composer, and conductor (born 1907)
1978
Andrzej Bogucki, Polish actor, operetta singer, and songwriter (born 1904)
Andrzej Bogucki was a Polish television, stage and film actor, as well as operetta singer and songwriter, sometimes referred to as "The Polish Chevalier".
Andrzej Bogucki, Polish actor, operetta singer, and songwriter (born 1904)
1978
Carlos Chávez, Mexican composer and conductor (born 1899)
Carlos Antonio de Padua Chávez y Ramírez was a Mexican composer, conductor, music theorist, educator, journalist, and founder and director of the Mexican Symphonic Orchestra. He wa…
Carlos Chávez, Mexican composer and conductor (born 1899)
1978
Bob Heffron, New Zealand-Australian miner and politician, 30th Premier of New South Wales (born 1890)
Robert James Heffron, also known as Bob Heffron or R. J. Heffron, was a long-serving New South Wales politician, union organiser and Australian Labor Party (ALP) Premier of New Sou…
Bob Heffron, New Zealand-Australian miner and politician, 30th Premier of New South Wales (born 1890)