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[[File:Willow Island Memorial.jpg|500px|thumb|Monument to the [[construction worker]]s killed in the [[Willow Island disaster]] on April 27, 1978.]]

The following events occurred in '''April 1978''':

==[[April 1]], 1978 (Saturday)==
*[[New Zealand National Airways Corporation]] (the domestic airline of New Zealand) merged with New Zealand's international airline, [[Air New Zealand]].
*[[Dick Smith (entrepreneur)|Dick Smith]] of [[Dick Smith Foods]] towed a fake [[iceberg]] to [[Port Jackson|Sydney Harbour]].
*The Philippine College of Commerce, through a presidential decree, was converted to the [[Polytechnic University of the Philippines]].
*'''Born:'''
**[[Vitor Belfort]], Brazilian martial artist
**[[Jason Bell (American football)|Jason Bell]], former NFL player and TV pundit
**[[Antonio de Nigris]], Mexican footballer (died [[2009]])
*'''Died:'''

==[[April 2]], 1978 (Sunday)==
*''[[Dallas (1978 TV series)|Dallas]]'' debuted on [[CBS]], and gave birth to the modern-day primetime soap opera.
*'''Born:''' [[Nick Berg]], American businessman (died [[2004]])
*'''Died:'''

==[[April 3]], 1974 (Monday)==
*The [[50th Academy Awards]] were held at the [[Dorothy Chandler Pavilion]] in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], with ''[[Annie Hall]]'' winning [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]].
*'''Born:'''
**[[Matthew Goode]], English actor
**[[John Smit]], South African rugby union player
*'''Died:'''

==[[April 4]], 1978 (Tuesday)==
*'''Born:'''
**[[Jason Ellison]], American baseball player
**[[Sam Moran]], Australian singer
*'''Died:'''

==[[April 5]], 1978 (Wednesday)==
*'''Born:'''
**[[Franziska van Almsick]], German swimmer
**[[Stephen Jackson]], American basketball player
*'''Died:'''

==[[April 6]], 1978 (Thursday)==
*'''Born:'''
**[[Tim Hasselbeck]], American football player
**[[Myleene Klass]], English singer, pianist, and model
**[[Martín Méndez]], Uruguayan musician and songwriter
**[[Lauren Ridloff]], African-American actress
*'''Died:'''

==[[April 7]], 1978 (Friday)==
*U.S. President [[Jimmy Carter]] decided to postpone production of the [[neutron bomb]], a weapon that kills people with radiation, but leaves buildings relatively intact.
*'''Born:'''
**[[Duncan James]], English singer
**[[Adrienne Haan]], German-Luxembourgish actress, singer, writer and producer
*'''Died:'''

==[[April 8]], 1978 (Saturday)==
*Regular radio broadcasts of [[British Parliament]] proceedings started.
*'''Born:'''
*'''Died:''' [[Lon L. Fuller]], American legal philosopher (b. [[1902]])

==[[April 9]], 1978 (Sunday)==
*[[Somalia|Somali]] [[Military of Somalia|military officers]] staged an unsuccessful coup against the government of [[Siad Barre]]. Security forces thwarted the attempt within hours, and several conspirators were arrested.
*'''Born:'''
**[[Jorge Andrade]], Portuguese footballer
**[[Takashi Ohara]], Japanese voice actor
**[[Rachel Stevens]], English singer
*'''Died:''' [[Vivian McGrath]], Australian tennis player (b. [[1916]])

==[[April 10]], 1978 (Monday)==
*[[Volkswagen]] became the second non-American automobile manufacturer (after [[Rolls-Royce Limited|Rolls-Royce]] in 1921–1931) to open a plant in the [[United States]], commencing production of the Rabbit, the North American version of the [[Volkswagen Golf]], at the [[Volkswagen Westmoreland Assembly Plant]] near [[New Stanton, Pennsylvania]], with a unionized ([[UAW]]) workforce. The plant closed in 1992.
*'''Born:'''
**[[Rokhaya Diallo]], French writer and filmmaker
*'''Died:'''

==[[April 11]], 1978 (Tuesday)==
{{Empty section|date=August 2021}}

==[[April 12]], 1978 (Wednesday)==
*'''Born:'''
**[[Guy Berryman]], Scottish musician
**[[Cheeming Boey]], Malaysian artist
**[[Riley Smith]], American actor
*'''Died:'''

==[[April 13]], 1978 (Thursday)==
*'''Born:'''
**[[Kyle Howard]], American television and movie actor
**[[Carles Puyol]], Spanish footballer
*'''Died:''' [[Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti]], Nigerian suffragist and women's rights activist (b. [[1900]])

==[[April 14]], 1978 (Friday)==
*[[1978 Tbilisi Demonstrations]]: Thousands of Georgians demonstrated against an attempt by [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] authorities to change the constitutional status of the [[Georgian language]].
*'''Born:'''
*'''Died:'''

==[[April 15]], 1978 (Saturday)==
*'''Born:'''
**[[Luis Fonsi]], Puerto Rican singer and songwriter
**[[Chris Stapleton]], American country singer and guitarist
*'''Died:'''

==[[April 16]], 1978 (Sunday)==
*'''Born:'''
**[[Lara Dutta]], Indian actress and beauty queen
**[[Matthew Lloyd]], Australian rules footballer
*'''Died:'''
**[[Lucius D. Clay]], American military governor of Germany after [[World War II]] (b. [[1897]])
**[[Philibert Tsiranana]], Malagasy leader and politician, 1st [[President of Madagascar]] (b. [[1912]])

==[[April 17]], 1978 (Monday)==
*'''Born:'''
**[[Juan Guillermo Castillo]], Uruguayan goalkeeper
**[[Jason White (rugby union)|Jason White]], Scottish rugby union player
*'''Died:'''

==[[April 18]], 1978 (Tuesday)==
*The [[United States Senate]] voted, 68–32, to turn the [[Panama Canal]] over to [[Panama]]nian control on December 31, [[1999]].
*'''Born:'''
*'''Died:''' [[Katherine Schmidt]], American artist (b. [[1899]])

==[[April 19]], 1978 (Wednesday)==
*'''Born:''' [[James Franco]], American actor
*'''Died:'''

==[[April 20]], 1978 (Thursday)==
*A Soviet air defense plane shot down [[Korean Air Lines Flight 902]]; the plane made an emergency landing on a frozen lake.
*'''Born:'''
** [[Matthew Wilkas]], American actor, playwright and reality television personality
** [[Matt Austin (actor)|Matt Austin]], Canadian actor
** [[Alessandro Rigotti]], Italian voice actor
*'''Died:'''

==[[April 21]], 1978 (Friday)==
*'''Born:''' [[Jukka Nevalainen]], Finnish drummer
*'''Died:''' [[Sandy Denny]], British singer-songwriter (b. [[1947]])

==[[April 22]], 1978 (Saturday)==
**Izhar Cohen & the Alphabeta won the [[Eurovision Song Contest 1978]] for [[Israel]] with their song ''A-Ba-Ni-Bi''.
**The [[One Love Peace Concert]] was held at National Heroes Stadium in [[Kingston, Jamaica]]. [[Bob Marley]] united two opposing political leaders at this concert, bringing peace to the civil war-ridden streets of the city.
*'''Born:'''
**[[Esteban Tuero]], Argentine Formula One driver
**[[Manu Intiraymi]], American actor
*'''Died:'''

==[[April 23]], 1978 (Sunday)==
*'''Born:''' [[Princess Tamara Czartoryski-Borbon|Tamara Czartoryski-Borbon]], Spanish athlete
*'''Died:'''

==[[April 24]], 1978 (Monday)==
{{Empty section|date=August 2021}}

==[[April 25]], 1978 (Tuesday)==
*[[St. Paul, Minnesota]] became the second U.S. city to repeal its gay rights ordinance, after [[Anita Bryant]]'s successful 1977 anti-gay campaign in [[Dade County, Florida]].
*'''Born:''' [[Duncan Kibet]], Kenyan long-distance runner
*'''Died:'''

==[[April 26]], 1978 (Wednesday)==
*'''Born:'''
**[[Stana Katic]], Canadian-American actress
**[[Shinnosuke Tachibana]], Japanese voice actor
*'''Died:'''

==[[April 27]], 1978 (Thursday)==
*[[Afghanistan]]'s president [[Daoud Khan]] was killed, and his family murdered, during a Marxist military coup d'état; [[Nur Muhammad Taraki]] succeeded him, beginning the [[War in Afghanistan (1978–present)|Afghan Civil War]] which as of [[2021]] has not yet ended.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.historyguy.com/afghan_civil_war.html |title=The Afghan Civil War (1978–Present) |publisher=historyguy.com |access-date=17 August 2021}}</ref>
*[[Willow Island disaster]] – In the deadliest construction accident in United States history, 51 construction workers were killed when a [[cooling tower]] under construction collapsed at the [[Pleasants Power Station]] in [[Willow Island, West Virginia]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://wvgazette.com/News/WillowIsland/200804250422 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080501181924/http://wvgazette.com/News/WillowIsland/200804250422 |archive-date=1 May 2008 |last=Ward |first=Ken Jr. |title='It was gone': String of problems led to 51 deaths at Willow Island |date=27 April 2008 |journal=[[The Charleston Gazette]] |access-date=17 August 2021}}</ref>
*'''Born:'''
*'''Died:''' [[John Doeg]], American tennis player (b. [[1908]])

==[[April 28]], 1978 (Friday)==
*'''Born:''' [[Robert Oliveri]], American former actor
*'''Died:'''

==[[April 29]], 1978 (Saturday)==
*'''Born:'''
** [[Bob and Mike Bryan]], American doubles tennis team
** [[Tyler Labine]], Canadian actor
*'''Died:'''

==[[April 30]], 1974 (Sunday)==
*The Marxist "[[Democratic Republic of Afghanistan]]" was proclaimed, under pro-communist leader Nur Muhammad Taraki.
*'''Born:'''
*'''Died:'''

==References==
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Monument to the construction workers killed in the Willow Island disaster on April 27, 1978.

The following events occurred in April 1978:

April 1, 1978 (Saturday)

April 2, 1978 (Sunday)

  • Dallas debuted on CBS, and gave birth to the modern-day primetime soap opera.
  • Born:
    Nick Berg, American businessman (died 2004
    )
  • Died:

April 3, 1974 (Monday)

April 4, 1978 (Tuesday)

April 5, 1978 (Wednesday)

April 6, 1978 (Thursday)

April 7, 1978 (Friday)

  • U.S. President Jimmy Carter decided to postpone production of the neutron bomb, a weapon that kills people with radiation, but leaves buildings relatively intact.
  • Born:
  • Died:

April 8, 1978 (Saturday)

  • Regular radio broadcasts of
    British Parliament
    proceedings started.
  • Born:
  • Died: Lon L. Fuller, American legal philosopher (b. 1902)

April 9, 1978 (Sunday)

April 10, 1978 (Monday)

  • UAW
    ) workforce. The plant closed in 1992.
  • Born:
  • Died:

April 11, 1978 (Tuesday)

April 12, 1978 (Wednesday)

April 13, 1978 (Thursday)

April 14, 1978 (Friday)

April 15, 1978 (Saturday)

April 16, 1978 (Sunday)

April 17, 1978 (Monday)

  • Born:
    • Juan Guillermo Castillo
      , Uruguayan goalkeeper
    • Jason White, Scottish rugby union player
  • Died:

April 18, 1978 (Tuesday)

April 19, 1978 (Wednesday)

April 20, 1978 (Thursday)

April 21, 1978 (Friday)

April 22, 1978 (Saturday)

April 23, 1978 (Sunday)

  • Born:
    Tamara Czartoryski-Borbon
    , Spanish athlete
  • Died:

April 24, 1978 (Monday)

April 25, 1978 (Tuesday)

  • Dade County, Florida
    .
  • Born: Duncan Kibet, Kenyan long-distance runner
  • Died:

April 26, 1978 (Wednesday)

April 27, 1978 (Thursday)

April 28, 1978 (Friday)

April 29, 1978 (Saturday)

  • Born:
    • Bob and Mike Bryan
      , American doubles tennis team
    • Tyler Labine, Canadian actor
  • Died:

April 30, 1974 (Sunday)

References

  1. ^ "The Afghan Civil War (1978–Present)". historyguy.com. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  2. The Charleston Gazette. Archived from the original
    on 1 May 2008. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
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