1978 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France, Great Britain leg, 2nd Ashes Test
In the final minutes of the first half the British had just made their way into Australia's half of the field when they made a break up the middle through Roger Millward. He then kicked the ball ahead as he was being tackled and his winger Stuart Wright was chasing through to get a hand on it and score. The try was converted so the home side led at the break 11 – 4.


1978 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France, Great Britain leg, 2nd Ashes Test
In the second half Britain's right centre John Joyner made a break and popped a pass over to his winger Stuart Wright to cross once again. They won the match 18–14 to bring the series to 1-all.


1978 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France, Great Britain leg, 2nd Ashes Test
This would be the last time Great Britain beat Australia in a Test match for another ten years.


1978 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France, Great Britain leg, 2nd Ashes Test
Wigan: George Fairbairn, Dennis Ramsdale, David Willicombe, Alan Greenall, Jimmy Hornby, Keiron O'Loughlin, Bernard Coyle, John Wood, Tony Karalius, Steve O'Neill, John Foran, Bill Melling, Dennis Boyd. Res - Malcolm Swann, David Regan. Coach - Vince Karalius


1978 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France, Great Britain leg, 2nd Ashes Test
Australia: Allan McMahon, Larry Corowa, Steve Rogers, Michael Cronin, Ian Schubert, Alan Thompson, Steve Martin, Ian Thomson, Ron Hilditch, Rod Morris, Geoff Gerard, Les Boyd, Bruce Walker


1978 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France, Great Britain leg, 2nd Ashes Test
In a Leeds bar, a member of Surrey rock band The Jam, Paul Weller, glassed the face of Jim Caldwell, the team manager from Queensland. Australian player Larry Corowa ran to defend the bloodied Caldwell, was punched from behind himself and raced into a nearby bar to get teammates to provide reinforcements for the brawl that ensued. One member of The Jam landed in hospital with broken ribs and another was reported at the time to have been charged with assault. The official police statement cleared the Australians of any wrongdoing.


1978 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France, Great Britain leg, 2nd Ashes Test
The game against St Helens saw the largest non-test attendance of the tour of 16,532.


1978 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France, Great Britain leg, 3rd Ashes Test
Warrington's John Bevan came into the centres for Leeds star Les Dyl, while Hull F.C. prop Vince Farrar made his Great Britain debut in place of second test Man of the Match, Hull Kingston Rovers' forward Brian Lockwood who was unavailable due to injury. The Kangaroos maintained the same backline from the 2nd Test, but brought George Peponis, Rod Morris and Les Boyd into their forward pack.


1978 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France, Great Britain leg, 3rd Ashes Test
The deciding test attracted the largest attendance of any match on the tour. After two penalty goals by Mick Cronin Australia led by 4 points to nil. The Kangaroos then got the first try of the match with a close-range dive from George Peponis at dummy-half. The conversion by Cronin was successful so Australia led 9 – 0. The visitors scored another try when the ball was passed from dummy-half to a steamrolling Les Boyd who raced through to score under the goal posts, bringing the lead to 12 – 0. Later, after making a break and crossing the half-way line Raudonikis passed to Geoff Gerard who ran the remaining metres to score untouched, making the score 17 – 0.


1978 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France, Great Britain leg, 3rd Ashes Test
Australian fullback Graham Eadie crossed early in the second half but the try was controversially disallowed for a forward pass. Bob Fulton took the Australians' lead out to 20–0 with a drop-goal early in the second half. Great Britain scored the first try of the second half when 31-year-old Roger Millward, captaining Great Britain for the last time, reached out of a tackle and bounced the ball off the turf of the Australian in-goal area. The home side scored again when they moved the ball through the hands out to the left wing where Bevan dived over in the corner. The Kangaroos scored next when Raudonikis, directly from a scrum win, ran through and put the ball down.


1978 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France, Great Britain leg, 3rd Ashes Test
Australia therefore retained the Ashes with the first of a fourteen-year winning streak between these two sides that would last until 1988.


1978 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France, France leg, 1st Test
France won the first Test 13–10 at Stade Albert Domec in Carcassonne.


1978 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France, France leg, 2nd Test
The referee was Mr Laverny from Bordeaux. France were coached by Roger Garrigue. Their line-up included world class players, lock, Joël Roosebrouck and prop, Didier Hermet from Villeneuve-Sur-Lot, and Jean-Marc Bourret in the centres. Ron Hilditch played at hooker in place of Max Krilich who was injured. France claimed a 2–0 series win over the touring Kangaroos with an 11–10 result at the Stade Municipal, Toulouse in front of 6,500 spectators.


1978 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France, France leg, 2nd Test
France thus became the last team to record successive victories against Australia in a single series. This would be the last time the Kangaroos failed to win a series or tournament until the 2005 Tri-Nations.


1978 Kansas City Chiefs season
The 1978 Kansas City Chiefs season was the franchise's 9th season in the National Football League, the 16th as the Kansas City Chiefs, and the 19th overall. It began with the hiring of new head coach Marv Levy, formerly of the Canadian Football League's Montreal Alouettes. With the NFL expanding its schedule to 16 games, the Chiefs finished with a 4–12 record and 5th in the AFC West.


1978 Kansas City Chiefs season
Coach Levy's systematic restocking of a relatively barren defensive roster began with a 1978 draft class that included a pair of future Chiefs franchise hall of famers in defensive end Art Still and linebacker Gary Spani. Running back Ed Podolak, who was the club's all-time leading rusher at the time, retired in the offseason on June 15.


1978 Kansas City Chiefs season
Perhaps Levy's most unconventional tactic in rebuilding the Chiefs was installing the Wing-T offense. "It was a situation where we took over a team that had the worst defensive record in the history of the National Football League," Levy explained. "We wanted to keep that defense off the field, so we ran the ball 60 times a game." The 1978 Chiefs team ran and ran often, posting franchise records with 663 rushing attempts and 2,986 ground yards.


1978 Kansas City Chiefs season
Levy's squad ran the ball a staggering 69 times in a 24–23 Opening Day win at Cincinnati on September 3, the most rushing attempts in an NFL contest since 1948. Five different players had 100-yard rushing games during the year, including running back Tony Reed, who finished the season with 1,053 yards to become the team's first 1,000-yard back since 1967. Despite the squad's Opening Day success, the club lost 10 of its next 11 games, including a pair of overtime decisions. However, the team showed signs of improvement with the defense recording a 23–0 shutout against San Diego on November 26 as the club concluded its first 16-game schedule with a 4–12 mark.


1978 Kansas City Royals season
The 1978 Kansas City Royals season was their tenth in Major League Baseball. The Royals won their third consecutive American League West title with a record of 92-70. For the third postseason in a row, Kansas City lost to the New York Yankees, falling 3-1 in the 1978 American League Championship Series.


1978 Kansas City Royals season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1978 Kansas City Royals season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1978 Kansas City Royals season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1978 Kansas City Royals season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1978 Kansas City Royals season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1978 Kansas Jayhawks football team
The 1978 Kansas Jayhawks football team represented the University of Kansas in the Big Eight Conference during the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their fourth and final season under head coach Bud Moore, the Jayhawks compiled a 1–10 record (0–7 against conference opponents), finished in last place in the conference, and were outscored by opponents by a combined total of 346 to 172. They played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Lawrence, Kansas.


1978 Kansas State Wildcats football team
The 1978 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University in the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head football coach was Jim Dickey. 1978 was the first year at Kansas State for Dickey. The Wildcats played their home games in KSU Stadium.


1978 Kansas gubernatorial election
The 1978 Kansas gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1978. Democratic nominee John W. Carlin defeated incumbent Republican Robert Frederick Bennett with 49.42% of the vote.


1978 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election
The 1978 Karnataka State Legislative Assembly election was held in the Indian state of Karnataka to elect 224 members of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly. Riding on the popularity of the various social welfare measures initiated by Chief minister Devaraj Urs, the Congress-I emerged victorious winning 149 seats.


1978 Keith Prowse International
The 1978 Keith Prowse International, also known as the Chichester International,  was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts at Oaklands Park in Chichester in England. The event was part of the A category of the 1978 Colgate Series. It was the eighth edition of the tournament and was held from 12 June through 16 June 1978. First-seeded Evonne Goolagong Cawley won the singles title and earned $6,000 first-prize money.


1978 Keith Prowse International, Finals, Doubles
Pam Shriver /  Janet Newberry defeated  Michelle Tyler /  Yvonne Vermaak 3–6, 6–3, 6–4


1978 Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council election
The 1978 Kensington and Chelsea Council election took place on 4 May 1978 to elect members of Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.


1978 Kent State Golden Flashes football team
The 1978 Kent State Golden Flashes football team was an American football team that represented Kent State University  in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) during the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their first season under head coach Ron Blackledge, the Golden Flashes compiled a 4–7 record (2–6 against MAC opponents), finished in eighth place in the MAC, and were outscored by all opponents by a combined total of 248 to 158.


1978 Kent State Golden Flashes football team
The team's statistical leaders included Tom Delaney with 440 rushing yards, Tom Delaney with 400 passing yards, and Mike Moore with 250 receiving yards. Three Kent State players were selected as first-team All-MAC players: linebacker Jack Lazor and defensive linemen Mike McKibben and Mike Zele.


1978 Kentucky Derby
The 1978 Kentucky Derby was the 104th running of the Kentucky Derby. Affirmed, under jockey Steve Cauthen, won the race by 1 1/2 lengths over Alydar. Believe It finished 3rd, 1 1/4 lengths behind Alydar, and 30-1 longshot Darby Creek Road finished 4th. Affirmed won the Triple Crown by defeating Alydar by decreasing margins in the Preakness Stakes and the Belmont Stakes.


1978 Kentucky Derby
11 horses competed in the race. Alydar went into the race as a 6-5 favorite, despite Affirmed having won 4 of the 6 previous races between the two. Affirmed went off at 9–5. Sensitive Prince and Believe It were the only other horses to go off at less than 30–1, at 9-2 and 7-1 respectively. Sensitive Prince and Affirmed, both frontrunners, were near the lead early in the race behind long shot Raymond Earl. Sensitive Prince took the lead at the first turn, but Affirmed gained the lead at the second turn. After attaining the lead, Affirmed held it for the remained of the race except for a brief moment when Believe It led by a head. Alydar charged from the outside down the stretch, and overtook Believe It, despite the two horses bumping, but Alydar could not overtake Affirmed.


1978 Kentucky Wildcats football team
The 1978 Kentucky Wildcats football team represented the University of Kentucky in the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their sixth season under head coach Fran Curci, the Wildcats compiled a 4–6–1 record (2–4 against SEC opponents), finished in a tie for seventh place in the SEC, and outscored their opponents, 193 to 189. The team played its home games in Commonwealth Stadium in Lexington, Kentucky.


1978 Kentucky Wildcats football team
The team's statistical leaders included Larry McCrimmon with 752 passing yards, Fred Williams with 313 rushing yards, and Felix Wilson with 727 receiving yards. Kentucky began the year ranked 17th, but fell out of the polls after week one.


1978 Kenyan presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Kenya on 8 November 1978, the first not to be held concurrently with parliamentary elections. They followed the death in office of President Jomo Kenyatta in August 1978. The then-Vice President, Daniel arap Moi, who was sworn in as Acting President for a 90-day interim period beginning at the moment of Kenyatta's death, was the sole candidate and was automatically elected without a vote being held.


1978 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship
The 1978 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship was the 84th staging of the Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Kilkenny County Board.


1978 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship
On 22 October 1978, Ballyhale Shamrocks won the championship after a 0-15 to 0-10 defeat of Fenians in the final. It was their first ever championship title.


1978 King Cup
The 1978 King Cup was the 20th season of the knockout competition since its establishment in 1956. Al-Ahli were the defending champions and successfully defended the title, winning their second one in a row. Al-Ahli beat Al-Riyadh who became the first First Division side to reach the final.


1978 King Cup
By winning both the 1977–78 Saudi Premier League and the 1978 King Cup, Al-Ahli became the first Saudi team to achieve the domestic double.


1978 King Cup, Round of 32
The matches of the Round of 32 were held on 30 and 31 March 1978.


1978 King Cup, Round of 16
The Round of 16 matches were held on 5 and 6 April 1978.


1978 King Cup, Quarter-finals
The Quarter-final matches were held on 11 and 12 April 1978.


1978 King Cup, Semi-finals
The four winners of the quarter-finals progressed to the semi-finals. The semi-finals were played on 16 April 1978. All times are local, AST (UTC+3).


1978 King Cup, Final
The final was played between Al-Ahli and Al-Riyadh in the Youth Welfare Stadium in Riyadh. By reaching the final Al-Riyadh became the first First Division side to reach the final. This final was a repeat of the 1962 final which ended in a win for Al-Ahli.


1978 King's Cup
The 1978 King's Cup finals were held in Bangkok. This edition once again reverted to two groups of 3 teams. The winners and runners up advance.


1978 King's Cup
Thailand entered this edition with an 'A' and 'B' squads. Indonesia was represented by clubside Persib.


1978 Kingston upon Thames London Borough Council election
The 1978 Kingston upon Thames Council election took place on 4 May 1978 to elect members of Kingston upon Thames London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.


1978 Korfball World Championship
The 1st Korfball World Championships was held in The Netherlands on November 6–11, in the cities of Assen, Nuenen, and Amsterdam


1978 Kvalserien
The 1978 Kvalserien was the fourth edition of the Kvalserien. It determined which two teams of the participating ones would play in the 1978–79 Elitserien season and which three teams would play in the 1978–79 Swedish Division 1 season.


1978 LAV HS 748 accident
The 1978 LAV HS 748 accident occurred on 3 March 1978 when Hawker Siddeley HS 748 YV-45C, of LAV (Línea Aeropostal Venezolana), crashed into the sea close to Caracas-Maiquetía Airport (CCS/SVMI), Venezuela. All 46 on board were killed.


1978 LAV HS 748 accident, Accident
Two minutes after takeoff from Caracas-Maiquetía Airport (CCS/SVMI), on a domestic flight to Cumaná Airport (CUM/SVCU) the pilot declared an emergency and said he was returning to the airport due to problems with an attitude indicator. The aircraft crashed into the sea killing all 43 passengers and three crew. Due to the depth of the water it was not possible to recover major parts of the aircraft.


1978 LFF Lyga
The 1978 LFF Lyga was the 57th season of the LFF Lyga football competition in Lithuania. It was contested by 16 teams, and Granitas Klaipėda won the championship.


1978 LPGA Championship
The 1978 LPGA Championship was the 24th LPGA Championship, held June 8–11 at Jack Nicklaus Golf Center at Kings Island in Mason, Ohio, a suburb northeast of Cincinnati.


1978 LPGA Championship
Nancy Lopez, a 21-year-old tour rookie, won the first of her three major titles, all at the LPGA Championship at Kings Island. She finished at 275 (−13), six strokes ahead of runner-up Amy Alcott.


1978 LPGA Championship
It was the sixth tour win for Lopez and her fourth consecutive in 1978, and she won the following week to run the streak to five.


1978 LPGA Championship
This was the first of twelve consecutive LPGA Championships at Kings Island; the last one in 1989 was also won by Lopez.


1978 LPGA Tour
The 1978 LPGA Tour was the 29th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from February 10 to November 12. The season consisted of 34 official money events. Nancy Lopez won the most tournaments, nine. She also led the money list with earnings of $189,814.


1978 LPGA Tour
There were four first-time winners in 1978: Janet Coles, Shelley Hamlin, Nancy Lopez, and Michiko Okada. Lopez was the first (and as of 2011, only) player to be named LPGA Rookie of the Year and LPGA Player of the Year in the same year. She won 48 LPGA events in her career.


1978 LPGA Tour, Tournament results
The following table shows all the official money events for the 1978 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold.


1978 LSU Tigers football team
The 1978 LSU Tigers football team represented Louisiana State University (LSU) during the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season. Under head coach Charles McClendon, the Tigers had a record of 8–4 with a Southeastern Conference record of 3–3. It was McClendon's 17th season as head coach at LSU.


1978 LSU Tigers football team, Game summaries, Wyoming
Hokie Gajan ran the opening kickoff back 99 yards for a touchdown and Charles Alexander passed the 4,000 career rushing yard mark for his career.


1978 La Flèche Wallonne
The 1978 La Flèche Wallonne was the 42nd edition of La Flèche Wallonne cycle race and was held on 20 April 1978. The race started and finished in Verviers. The race was won by Michel Laurent of the Peugeot team.


1978 Lafayette Leopards football team
The 1978 Lafayette Leopards football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College as an independent during the 1978 NCAA Division I-AA football season.


1978 Lafayette Leopards football team
In their eighth year under head coach Neil Putnam, the Leopards compiled a 4–7 record. Jim Medes and Brian Musician were the team captains.


1978 Lafayette Leopards football team
This was the first year of competition for Division I-AA, later to be renamed the Football Championship Subdivision. Lafayette, along with its in-state rivals Bucknell and Lehigh, moved up to I-AA after having previously competed as independents in NCAA Division II. The Leopards' 1978 schedule included opponents from Division I-A, Division I-AA, Division II and Division III.


1978 Lafayette Leopards football team
Lafayette played its home games at Fisher Field on College Hill in Easton, Pennsylvania.


1978 Lagos Classic
The 1978 Lagos Classic was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Lagos Lawn Tennis Club in Lagos, Nigeria. The event was part of the World Championship Tennis tier of the 1978 Grand Prix circuit. It was the second edition of the tournament and was held from 27 February until 5 March 1978. Third-seeded Kjell Johansson won the singles title.


1978 Lagos Classic, Finals, Doubles
Sashi Menon /  George Hardie defeated  Colin Dowdeswell /  Jürgen Fassbender 6–3, 3–6, 7–5


1978 Lamar Cardinals football team
The 1978 Lamar Cardinals football team represented Lamar University in the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season as a member of the Southland Conference. NCAA Division I split into Division I-A, the current Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), and Division I-AA, the current Football Championship Subdivision (FCS), for football in 1978. Lamar and the Southland Conference opted to compete at the Division I-A level. The Cardinals played their home games at Cardinal Stadium now named Provost Umphrey Stadium in Beaumont, Texas. Lamar finished the 1978 season with a 2–8–1 overall record and a 0–5 conference record. The 1978 season marked Bob Frederick's final season as Lamar's head football coach.


1978 Lambeth Central by-election
The Lambeth Central by-election was held on 20 April 1978, following the death of Labour Party Member of Parliament for Lambeth Central Marcus Lipton.


1978 Lambeth Central by-election
While the seat had seen significant Labour majorities at the February and October 1974 UK general elections, and Lambeth in general was regarded as a safe Labour area, the party was struggling in the polls. They selected John Tilley, the leader of Wandsworth Borough Council who had unsuccessfully contested Kensington in the 1974 elections.


1978 Lambeth Central by-election
Labour's weak position gave the Conservative Party hope that it might gain the seat in a surprise victory. They stood Jeremy Hanley, a chartered accountant educated at Rugby School. The Liberal Party had little base in the area, but decided to contest the seat regardless.


1978 Lambeth Central by-election
Several minor parties hoped to do well in the by-election. The far right National Front had polled well in recent elections in London and maintained a high profile during the election campaign. Meanwhile, several far left groups organised in the area stood in the hope of combating the National Front and raising their own profiles. Actor Corin Redgrave stood for the Workers Revolutionary Party, while the Socialist Unity coalition and Socialist Party of Great Britain also stood, while the Socialist Workers Party stood in the name of their publication Flame - Black Workers Paper For Self Defence.


1978 Lambeth Central by-election
In total, eleven candidates stood, setting a new record for a by-election in the UK, one more than in the 1977 City of London and Westminster South by-election. This record was again broken at the 1981 Croydon North West by-election.


1978 Lambeth Central by-election, Results
Labour held the seat, but with a significantly reduced majority, as the Conservatives picked up votes. While the National Front only won 6.2% of the vote, this enabled them to beat the Liberals into an embarrassing fourth place. Three of the socialist parties won around 1% of the votes each, a result which was most disappointing for the Workers Revolutionary Party, who had stood in the constituency in previous years and had stood a well-known candidate.


1978 Lambeth Central by-election, Results
Tilley held the constituency until its abolition in 1983, but proved unable to win a new seat at that year's election; he contested Southwark and Bermondsey but was defeated by its Liberal MP, Simon Hughes. Hanley was elected for Richmond and Barnes at the 1983 general election. Blunt stood again for the seat in 1979 and unsuccessfully tried to win South East Cornwall in 1983. The National Front suffered several splits and declined in importance, never again beating a major party candidate at a by-election. The Socialist Workers Party decided against contesting elections, but the other socialist organisations stood candidates in 1979.


1978 Lambeth London Borough Council election
The 1978 Lambeth London Borough Council election to the Lambeth London Borough Council was held in May 1978. The whole council was up for election. Turnout was 33.4%.


1978 Latvian SSR Higher League, Overview
It was contested by 14 teams, and Kimikis won the championship.


1978 Laurence Olivier Awards
The 1978 Society of West End Theatre Awards were held in 1978 in London celebrating excellence in West End theatre by the Society of West End Theatre. The awards would not become the Laurence Olivier Awards, as they are known today, until the 1984 ceremony.


1978 League of Ireland Cup Final
The 1978 League of Ireland Cup Final was the final match of the 1977–78 League of Ireland Cup, a knock-out association football competition played annually by clubs affiliated with the League of Ireland. The competition was sponsored by Bass. The match was contested by Dundalk and Cork Alberts, and took place across two legs – with the first leg being played on 6 April 1978 at Oriel Park in Dundalk, and the second leg being played on 12 April 1978 at Flower Lodge in Cork. Both legs finished 2–2, and Dundalk subsequently won a penalty shoot-out to win the trophy for the first time.


1978 League of Ireland Cup Final, Background
The League Cup was the first trophy of the 1977–78 League of Ireland season. The two sides had already met twice that season in the League, with the Cork side winning both matches. Dundalk were appearing in their first final in the competition, which had replaced the League of Ireland Shield in 1973. They reached the final by defeating Shelbourne (2–1), Shamrock Rovers (1–0), Home Farm (1–0), and Sligo Rovers (on penalties after a 3–3 aggregate draw across two legs).


1978 League of Ireland Cup Final, Background
Cork Alberts were appearing in their first domestic final, having entered the League of Ireland in 1976–77. They defeated Waterford (1–0), Thurles Town (4–2), Cork Celtic (1–0), and Bohemians (4–3 on aggregate) to reach the final.


1978 League of Ireland Cup Final, Match, Summary
The first leg in Oriel Park saw Dundalk dominate the first half, yet approaching half-time they had failed to convert any of a number of chances. In the final seconds of the half, Jimmy Dainty sprung the Alberts' offside trap, and crossed for Terry Flanagan to score. The second half started in a similar vein, and Dundalk took a two goal lead in the 53rd minute – when Dainty headed a goal from a Mick Lawlor cross.


1978 League of Ireland Cup Final, Match, Summary
Dundalk continued to push, but were caught out in the 61st minute when Alberts' Gerry Finnegan chipped a loose ball over the Dundalk goalkeeper, Richie Blackmore, and into the net from 25 metres. Dundalk then had a goal disallowed for offside and subsequently began to fade as Alberts dominated the closing stages. They got their equaliser in the 77th minute through Charlie McCarthy and the game ended 2–2.


1978 League of Ireland Cup Final, Match, Summary
The second leg repeated the pattern of the first, with Dundalk making the early running and taking a 7th minute lead through Mick Lawlor, who scored a volley from 25 metres. In the 21st minute Alberts equalised against the run of play, when Gerry Finnegan scored a free kick from the edge of the penalty area. Dundalk restored their lead a minute before half-time through Terry Flanagan, who finished off a well-worked team goal.


1978 League of Ireland Cup Final, Match, Summary
Alberts forced Dundalk to defend deeply in the second half, and eventually scored a second equaliser in the 62nd minute, when James Nodwell met a headed clearance on the half-volley to fire to the net. With three minutes remaining Alberts were awarded a penalty, when Derek O'Brien was adjudged to have brought down Alberts winger Redmond Lane. Gerry Finnegan missed the resulting spot-kick, however, and the chance to win the final in normal time. The tie went straight to penalties, where both sides missed two kicks to send the shoot-out to sudden death. Alberts' player-manager Noel O'Mahony missed, and Dundalk's Tommy McConville scored, to send the cup to Oriel Park for the first time.


1978 Lebowan legislative election
Parliamentary elections were held in Lebowa on 15 March 1978 and for two districts (Morerong, Sekhukhune) later, on 12 July 1978.


1978 Leeds City Council election
Elections to Leeds City Council were held on 4 May 1978, with one third of the council up for election, as well as an extra vacancy in Wetherby. Prior to the election, the Hunslet East and West incumbent, Dennis Peddar, had defected from the Liberals to Independent, and fought this election as such.


1978 Leeds City Council election
The election seen a returning swing to Labour, although gains and losses were spread fairly equitably, with Labour narrowly gaining from the Conservatives in Wortley and comfortably from the Independent in Hunslet East and West, but losing Burmantofts and Richmond Hill to the Liberals. The Conservative gain from the Liberals in Pudsey South left the two parties' totals unchanged. This resulted in the Conservatives retaining control of the council, with an unaltered majority of four.


1978 Leeds City Council election, Election result
This result has the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections:


1978 Lehigh Engineers football team
The 1978 Lehigh Engineers football team was an American football team that represented Lehigh University as an independent during the 1978 NCAA Division I-AA football season.


1978 Lehigh Engineers football team
In their third year under head coach John Whitehead, the Engineers compiled an 8–3 record. Bill Bradley and Pete DeLuca were the team captains.


1978 Lehigh Engineers football team
Lehigh had won the NCAA Division II Football Championship in 1977, and in 1978 the Engineers moved up to the newly formed Division I-AA, later to be renamed the Football Championship Subdivision. Also moving up from Division II, and competing as I-AA independents, were in-state rivals Bucknell and Lafayette. The Engineers' 1978 schedule included opponents from Division I-A, Division I-AA, Division II and Division III.


1978 Lehigh Engineers football team
Lehigh played its home games at Taylor Stadium on the university's main campus in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.


1978 Lewisham London Borough Council election
The 1978 Lewisham London Borough Council election for the Lewisham London Borough Council was held in May 1978. The whole council was up for election. Turnout was 38.6%.


1978 Liberty Bowl
The 1978 Liberty Bowl, a college football postseason bowl game, took place on December 23, 1978, at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium in Memphis, Tennessee. The competing teams in the 20th edition of the Liberty Bowl were the LSU Tigers of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and the Missouri Tigers of the Big Eight Conference. Missouri defeated LSU by a final score of 20–15.


1978 Liberty Bowl, Teams, LSU
The 1978 LSU squad finished the regular season with a record of 8–3 and losses against Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi State. The appearance marked the first for LSU in the Liberty Bowl, and the school's 21st overall bowl game.


1978 Liberty Bowl, Teams, Missouri
The 1978 Missouri squad finished the regular season with a record of 7–4 and losses against Alabama, Colorado, Oklahoma and Oklahoma State. The appearance marked the first for Missouri in the Liberty Bowl, and the school's fifteenth overall bowl game.


1978 Liberty Bowl, Aftermath
Each program later returned to the Liberty Bowl: Missouri lost to Purdue in 1980, then lost to Oklahoma State in 2018, while LSU fell to Baylor in 1985.


1978 Liberty Bowl, Aftermath
Missouri joined the Southeastern Conference (SEC) in 2012 after playing 16 seasons in the Big 12, which was formed in 1996 when four schools from the former Southwest Conference combined with the Big Eight.


1978 Liberty Bowl, Aftermath
LSU defeated Missouri, 42–7, at Baton Rouge on October 1, 2016, in the first regular season meeting between the schools in what was also Ed Orgeron's first game as LSU head coach. Four years later, Eli Drinkwitz earned his first victory as Missouri coach with a 45-41 decision over LSU at Columbia. The game was originally scheduled for Baton Rouge, but moved three days prior to kickoff due to the approach of Hurricane Delta to the Louisiana coast.


1978 Liechtenstein general election
General elections were held in Liechtenstein on 3 February 1978. The result was a victory for the Patriotic Union, which won 8 of the 15 seats in the Landtag, despite the Progressive Citizens' Party receiving more votes. Voter turnout was 95.7%, although only male citizens were allowed to vote.


1978 Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito season
Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito's 1978 season was the club's 48th year of existence, the 25th year in professional football, the 18th in the top level of professional football in Ecuador and the second in the Serie B.


1978 Limerick Senior Hurling Championship
The 1978 Limerick Senior Hurling Championship was the 84th staging of the Limerick Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Limerick County Board.


1978 Limerick Senior Hurling Championship
South Liberties won the championship after a 2-09 to 2-05 defeat of Bruree in the final. It was their sixth championship title overall and their first title in two years.


1978 Little League World Series
The 1978 Little League World Series took place between August 22 and August 26 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. The Pinkuang Little League of Pintung, Taiwan, defeated the San Ramon Valley Little League of Danville, California, in the championship game of the 32nd Little League World Series.


1978 Liverpool City Council election
Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 4 May 1978. One third of the council was up for election and the John Hamilton of the Labour Party became Leader of the Council albeit without overall control.


1978 Liège–Bastogne–Liège
The 1978 Liège–Bastogne–Liège was the 64th edition of the Liège–Bastogne–Liège cycle race and was held on 23 April 1978. The race started and finished in Liège. The race was won by Joseph Bruyère of the C&A team.


1978 London bus attack
On 20 August 1978, a staff bus of El Al airlines in London was attacked by Palestinian terrorists. Flight attendant Irit Gidron and one terrorist were killed in the attack, and nine people were wounded.


1978 London bus attack, Attack
At around 13:30, a minibus with staff of El Al airlines was attacked during a stopover at the Europa Hotel in Grosvenor Square, Mayfair, central London, when two or three men opened fire with submachine guns and hand grenades. An El Al flight attendant was killed in the attack, while members of a wedding party were among those wounded by gun shots and a taxi driver was blown from his cab by a grenade. A man presumed to be one of the terrorists was found dead after the attack. A second terrorist was captured by the police, while a possible third escaped.


1978 London bus attack, Aftermath
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) claimed responsibility for the attack. The area of the attack was noted as a hotspot of Arab terrorist activity in the country. The flight attendant killed in the attack, Irit Gidron, 29, was buried in Israel next to the victims of the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre. The terrorist arrested, Fahad Mihyi, was sentenced to life imprisonment for the attack.


1978 London bus attack, Aftermath
In 2000, Yulie Cohen Gerstel, one of the flight attendants injured in the attack, contacted Mihyi who was imprisoned at Dartmoor Prison. Mihyi was apologetic for his role in the terrorist attack. Gerstel advocated for his parole as shown in the 2002 documentary My Terrorist.


1978 London local elections
Local government elections took place in London, and some other parts of the United Kingdom on Thursday 4 May 1978. Ward changes took place in every borough (except Enfield) which increased the total number of councillors by 41 from 1,867 to 1,908.


1978 London local elections
All London borough council seats were up for election. The previous Borough elections in London were in 1974.


1978 Long Beach State 49ers football team
The 1978 Long Beach State 49ers football team represented California State University, Long Beach during the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season.


1978 Long Beach State 49ers football team
Cal State Long Beach competed in the Pacific Coast Athletic Association. The team was led by second year head coach Dave Currey, and played home games at Anaheim Stadium in Anaheim, California. They finished the season with a record of five wins, six losses (5–6, 1–4 PCAA).


1978 Long Beach State 49ers football team, Team players in the NFL
No Long Beach State 49ers were selected in the 1979 NFL Draft.


1978 Long Beach State 49ers football team, Team players in the NFL
The following finished their college career in 1978, were not drafted, but played in the NFL.


1978 Los Angeles Dodgers season
The 1978 season ended with the Los Angeles Dodgers winning their second straight National League pennant and losing to the New York Yankees in the World Series again. Dodger coach Jim Gilliam died at the end of the season and his uniform number, 19, was retired by the team prior to Game 1 of the World Series; the team also wore a black memorial patch with Gilliam's number during the World Series. Unlike the previous Dodger team, no member of the team hit 30 home runs after seeing four members hit that mark the previous season (the team leader was Reggie Smith, with 29).


1978 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, Notable events
On August 20, before a night game in New York against the New York Mets, Steve Garvey approached Don Sutton in the Dodgers' clubhouse over an article in The Washington Post in which Sutton was quoted as saying to Tom Boswell:


1978 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, Notable events
"All you ever hear about on our team is Steve Garvey, the all-American boy...well, the best player on this team for the past two years--and we all know it--is Reggie Smith. Reggie doesn't go out and publicize himself. He doesn't smile at the right people or say the right things. Reggie's not a façade or a Madison Avenue image. He's a real person."


1978 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, Notable events
Garvey and Sutton wrestled for two minutes in the clubhouse over Sutton's words and had to be pulled apart by teammates. Neither was seriously injured. Both had facial scratches and bruises and Garvey had a bloodshot left eye where it appeared a finger or thumb had been inserted by Sutton. Days later, Sutton publicly apologized for the incident, but not to Garvey personally.


1978 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1978 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Steve GarveyNote: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1978 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1978 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1978 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1978 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Postseason, 1978 National League Championship Series
The Dodgers defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 3 games to 1 in the NLCS.


1978 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Postseason, 1978 World Series
The Dodgers again lost to the New York Yankees in the World Series.


1978 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Postseason, 1978 World Series
AL New York Yankees (4) vs. NL Los Angeles Dodgers (2)


1978 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Postseason, 1978 World Series, Game 1
Tuesday, October 10, 1978, at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles


1978 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Postseason, 1978 World Series, Game 2
Wednesday, October 11, 1978, at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles


1978 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Postseason, 1978 World Series, Game 3
Friday, October 13, 1978, at Yankee Stadium in Bronx, New York


1978 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Postseason, 1978 World Series, Game 4
Saturday, October 14, 1978, at Yankee Stadium in Bronx, New York


1978 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Postseason, 1978 World Series, Game 5
Sunday, October 15, 1978, at Yankee Stadium in Bronx, New York


1978 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Postseason, 1978 World Series, Game 6
Tuesday, October 17, 1978, at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles


1978 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Major League Baseball Draft
The Dodgers drafted 35 players in the June draft and 12 in the January draft. Of those, seven players would eventually play in the Major Leagues.


1978 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Major League Baseball Draft
The Dodgers did not have a first round pick this year in the June draft as their pick was given to the Pittsburgh Pirates as compensation for their signing of Free Agent pitcher Terry Forster. In the second round, they selected SS Clay Smith from Northwest Classen High School in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Smith played in the Dodgers farm system through 1981, hitting .271 in 277 games in the rookie leagues and class-A before he was released.


1978 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Major League Baseball Draft
This draft netted the Dodgers two key players for their championship teams of the 1980s. They drafted Mike Marshall in the 6th round and Steve Sax in the 9th. Marshall would hit 148 homers in 11 seasons and made the All-Star team in 1984 while playing both the outfield and first base. Sax played 14 seasons (8 of them with the Dodgers) and hit .281 with 444 steals. The Dodgers starting second baseman for most of the 1980s, he was the 1982 NL Rookie of the Year and a five time All-Star.


1978 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
The 4th Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best in film for 1978, were announced on 16 December 1978.


1978 Los Angeles Rams season
The 1978 Los Angeles Rams season was the team's 41st year with the National Football League and the 33rd season in Los Angeles. They improved on their 10-4 record from last year and finished 12-4.


1978 Los Angeles Rams season
The Rams won their sixth straight division title and appeared in the NFC Championship game, losing 28-0 at home to the Dallas Cowboys.


1978 Los Angeles Rams season, Offseason
Chuck Knox, who had coached the Rams for the previous five seasons, left the team after the 1977 season to join the Buffalo Bills.


1978 Los Angeles Rams season, Offseason
In February, 1978, Rams owner Carroll Rosenbloom hired former Rams coach George Allen, with much media fanfare. Allen had coached the Rams from 1966–1970, and had recently been dismissed by the Washington Redskins, whom he had coached from 1971–1977.


1978 Los Angeles Rams season, Offseason
His second stint as the Rams' head coach was an unfortunate experience for all concerned. Allen did not have full authority over personnel and thus worked with general manager Don Klosterman to oversee a talented roster that had made the team a perennial playoff challenger. Allen brought with him his scrupulous discipline and attention to detail, which extended to practice-field protocol and dining-hall decorum. Almost immediately, a group of Ram players chafed at the regulations, and some made their grievances public. A few, including standout linebacker Isiah Robertson, briefly left camp.


1978 Los Angeles Rams season, Offseason
As newspaper reports were quoting players expressing confidence that differences would be resolved, the Rams played listlessly and lost the first two games of the 1978 exhibition schedule. Rosenbloom decided that for the season to be salvaged a change must be made, and the announcement of Allen's abrupt dismissal was made on August 13, 1978, just weeks before the season opener. Many of Allen's own players were surprised by the decision. Defensive coordinator Ray Malavasi, well-respected and liked by players (and the only holdover from Chuck Knox' staff), replaced Allen.


1978 Los Angeles Rams season, Offseason
On Tuesday, July 25, 1978, the Rams announced plans to leave the Coliseum for Anaheim Stadium beginning with the 1980 season.


1978 Los Angeles Rams season, Postseason, NFC Divisional Playoff
After the game was tied 10–10 at halftime, the Rams dominated the second half by scoring 24 unanswered points. After the Vikings opened up the scoring with a field goal, Los Angeles marched 59 yards to score on quarterback Pat Haden's 9-yard touchdown pass to Willie Miller.


1978 Los Angeles Rams season, Postseason, NFC Championship Game
This game was a tough defensive struggle until Charlie Waters intercepted two Pat Haden passes intended for tight end Terry Nelson. Waters' first interception came in the middle of the third and led to a 5-yard touchdown run by Tony Dorsett. Rams kicker Frank Corrall missed two first half field goal attempts, and with the score 14–0, the Rams were stopped on 4th and inches at the Dallas 21 yard line. Roger Staubach then led a touchdown drive that ended with a touchdown pass to Billy Joe Dupree. Thomas Henderson, who had said in pre-game interviews that the Rams "didn't have enough class to go to the Super Bowl", backed up his words by capping the scoring with a 68-yard interception return touchdown.


1978 Lothian Regional Council election
The second election to Lothian Regional Council was held on 2 May 1978 and saw Labour gaining a majority of the council's 49 seats amidst a Labour surge across Scotland. Stephen Maxwell, the SNP's vice-chairman, was a prominent victim of the Labour gains, losing his seat of Slateford/Hailes.


1978 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team
The 1978 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented Louisiana Tech University as a member of the Southland Conference during the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their twelfth year under head coach Maxie Lambright, the team compiled a 6–5 record and as Southland Conference co-champion.


1978 Louisville Cardinals football team
The 1978 Louisville Cardinals football team was an American football team that represented the University of Louisville as an independent during the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their fourth season under head coach Vince Gibson, the Cardinals compiled a 7–4 record and outscored opponents by a total of 319 to 202.


1978 Louisville Cardinals football team
The team's statistical leaders included Stu Stram with 929 passing yards, Nathan Poole with 1,394 rushing yards and 96 points scored, and Kenny Robinson with 534 receiving yards.


1978 Louisville Open
The 1978 Louisville Open, also known as the Louisville International Tennis Classic, was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Louisville Tennis Center in Louisville, Kentucky, United States. It was the ninth edition of the tournament and was held from July 25 through July 30, 1978. The tournament was part of the Grand Prix tennis circuit. The singles final was won by fifth-seeded Harold Solomon who received $24,000 first prize money and earned 175 ranking points. It was Solomon's second title win at the tournament after 1976.


1978 Louisville Open, Finals, Doubles
Víctor Pecci /  Wojciech Fibak defeated  Victor Amaya /  John James 6–4, 6–7, 6–4


1978 Macdonald Brier
The 1978 Macdonald Brier, Canada's national men's curling championship was held March 5–10 at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver.


1978 Macdonald Brier, Teams
Skip : Barry MutrieThird: John BallantyneSecond: John K. RossLead: Edward Bowcock


1978 Macdonald Lassies Championship
The 1978 Macdonald Lassies Championship, the Canadian women's curling championship was held February 26-March 2, 1978, at the Memorial Gardens in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.


1978 Macdonald Lassies Championship
The 1978 event was the last women's championship to not have a playoff. The team with the best record after the round robin would win the championship. It was also the last event before the creation of a Women's World Curling Championship.


1978 Macdonald Lassies Championship, Teams
Skip : Cathy Pidzarko Third: Chris PidzarkoSecond: Iris ArmstrongLead: Patti Vanderkerckhove


1978 Macdonald Lassies Championship, Teams
Skip : Sue Anne Bartlett Third: Patricia DwyerSecond: Joyce ButtLead: Mavis Pike


1978 Macdonald Lassies Championship, Teams
Skip : Penny LaRocqueThird: Brenda ShuttSecond: Charmaine Murray Lead: Wendy Conrad


1978 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election
Maharashtra State Assembly election, 1978 was held in Indian state of Maharashtra in 1978, to elect 288 members to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. Congress factions (u) and (i) formed the government


1978 Maine Black Bears football team
The 1978 Maine Black Bears football team was an American football team that represented the University of Maine as a member of the Yankee Conference during the 1978 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In its third season under head coach Jack Bicknell, the team compiled a 3–7–1 record (0–4–1 against conference opponents) and finished last in the Yankee Conference. Chris Keating and William LeRoy were the team captains.


1978 Maine gubernatorial election
The 1978 Maine gubernatorial election took place on November 7, 1978. Incumbent Independent Governor James B. Longley had promised to not seek a second term when he was elected in 1974, and held true to his pledge. Former State Senator Joseph Brennan of the Democratic Party defeated both challenger Republican Linwood E. Palmer Jr. and Independent candidate Herman Frankland.


1978 Maine gubernatorial election, Notes
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1978 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
The 1978 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 49th midseason exhibition between the all-stars of the American League (AL) and the National League (NL), the two leagues comprising Major League Baseball. The game was played on July 11, 1978, at San Diego Stadium in San Diego, home of the San Diego Padres of the National League. The game resulted in a 7–3 victory for the NL.


1978 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
This was the first All-Star Game to be played in San Diego. It would return in 1992 to be played in the same stadium, though it was renamed Jack Murphy Stadium by that time.


1978 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
The honorary captains were Brooks Robinson (for the AL) and Eddie Mathews (for the NL).


1978 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, American League roster
The American League roster included 9 future Hall of Fame players, denoted by italics.


1978 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, National League roster
The National League roster included 8 future Hall of Fame players, denoted by italics.


1978 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Game, Starting lineups
While the starters were elected by the fans, the batting orders and starting pitchers were selected by the managers.


1978 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Game, Game summary
The American League opened the scoring immediately off of NL starter Vida Blue. Rod Carew tripled, and scored when George Brett doubled. Brett advanced to third base on a Jim Rice ground out. Richie Zisk walked. Fisk hit a sacrifice fly to Joe Morgan, permitting Brett to score.


1978 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Game, Game summary
The AL added another run in the top of the third inning, again started by a Rod Carew lead off triple. George Brett followed up with a sacrifice fly to George Foster that allowed Carew to score and extend the AL lead to 3–0.


1978 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Game, Game summary
The lead was very short lived as the NL tied the game in the bottom of the third inning. Larry Bowa singled. With Reggie Smith pinch hitting for Vida Blue, Bowa stole second base. Smith struck out. Pete Rose grounded out, moving Bowa to third base. Joe Morgan walked. George Foster walked, pushing Morgan to second base;  loading the bases. Greg Luzinski walked sending Foster to second base, Morgan to third base, and scoring Bowa. Steve Garvey singled, scoring Morgan and Foster, and sending Luzinski to second base. AL manager Billy Martin replaced starting pitcher Jim Palmer with relief pitcher Matt Keough, though no further scoring occurred.


1978 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Game, Game summary
The score remained tied at three until the bottom of the eighth inning, when Goose Gossage came in to pitch for the AL. Steve Garvey led off the inning with a triple, and scored when Gossage threw a wild pitch with Dave Concepción batting. Concepción walked. Dave Winfield singled sending Concepción to third, with Winfield advancing to second on an error by Chet Lemon. Bob Boone singled, scoring Concepción and Winfield. Boone advanced to second when Ron Cey grounded out. Davey Lopes singled, scoring Boone and ending the scoring for a 7–3 NL victory.


1978 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Game notes and records
Bruce Sutter was credited with the win. Goose Gossage was charged  with the loss.


1978 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Game notes and records
The two triples hit by Rod Carew, and the one hit by Steve Garvey marked the first time that three triples had been hit in a single All-Star Game.


1978 Major League Baseball draft
In 1978, four American baseball players were promoted from amateur baseball to the major leagues, including Arizona State University third baseman Bob Horner, who was selected number one overall by the Atlanta Braves. Oakland High School pitchers Tim Conroy and Mike Morgan, and Brian Milner of Toronto also went directly to the big leagues.


1978 Major League Baseball draft
In addition to Horner, the Braves also selected future major leaguers Matt Sinatro (2nd round), Steve Bedrosian (3rd round), Rick Behenna (4th round), Jose Alvarez (8th round) and Gerald Perry (11th round).


1978 Major League Baseball draft
Others drafted in June 1978 included Lloyd Moseby and Dave Stieb (Toronto), Mike Marshall and Steve Sax (Los Angeles), Cal Ripken, Jr. and Mike Boddicker (Baltimore), Kirk Gibson (Detroit), Kent Hrbek (Minnesota) and Hubie Brooks (New York Mets).


1978 Major League Baseball draft, First round selections
The following are the first round picks in the 1978 Major League Baseball draft.


1978 Major League Baseball season
The 1978 Major League Baseball season saw the New York Yankees defeat the Los Angeles Dodgers to win their second consecutive World Series, and 22nd overall, in a rematch of the prior season's Fall Classic. The Yankees overcame clubhouse turmoil, a mid-season managerial change, and a 14-game mid-July deficit in the American League East en route to the championship. All four teams that made the playoffs in 1977 returned for this postseason; none of the four returned to the postseason in 1979.


1978 Malawian general election
General elections were held in Malawi on 29 June 1978. As the country had become a one-party state in 1966, the Malawi Congress Party was the sole legal party at the time. However, unlike the two previous elections, in which President-for-life Hastings Banda had selected a single candidate for each constituency, in this election there was more than one nominated candidate in 47 of the 87 seats. Candidates ran unopposed in 33 of the remaining seats, and seven were left vacant as the candidates failed the English proficiency test. Of the estimated 3,000,000 registered voters, around 371,000 cast votes.


1978 Malaysian general election
A general election was held between Saturday, 8 July and Saturday, 22 July 1978 for members of the 5th Parliament of Malaysia. Voting took place in all 154 parliamentary constituencies of Malaysia, each electing one Member of Parliament to the Dewan Rakyat, the dominant house of Parliament. State elections also took place in 276 state constituencies in 10 (out of 13, except Kelantan, Sabah and Sarawak) states of Malaysia on the same day.


1978 Malaysian general election
It was Hussein Onn's first and only election since he became the country's third Prime Minister in 1976. His Barisan Nasional Party emerged victorious with 131 of the 154 seats in Parliament. Voter turnout was 75.3%.


1978 Malaysian general election, Results, Dewan Rakyat
As expected, Barisan Nasional comfortably maintained its majority in the Malaysian Parliament and thus, gave the Prime Minister the power to form a government with a free hand. Despite the victory, BN actually lost four seats out of 154 seats to the opposition.


1978 Malaysian general election, Results, Dewan Rakyat
The Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) withdrew from BN in the midst of the 1977 Kelantan Emergency over disagreements with UMNO over the running of the state government of Kelantan, which PAS had controlled since the first post-independence general election in 1959. With the support of UMNO, detractors within PAS split with the party and formed the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Front (BERJASA). In the election, PAS lost the control of the state for the first time to the UMNO-BERJASA alliance within BN. Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah has been credited for UMNO's victory in Kelantan.


1978 Malaysian general election, Results, Dewan Rakyat
The opposition garnered 42.8% of total votes. In spite of that, the opposition as one won only 23 seats. Democratic Action Party won the largest slice of the pie among the opposition parties and hence, its leader Lim Kit Siang retained his position as the leader of the opposition that he had obtained four years earlier.


1978 Malaysian general election, Results, Dewan Rakyat
Candidates were returned unopposed in nine constituencies. The registered electors from these constituencies therefore did not cast ballots.


1978 Malaysian state elections
State assembly elections were held in Malaysia on 8 July 1978 in all states except Kelantan, Sabah and Sarawak.


1978 Maldivian presidential election
Presidential elections were held in the Maldives on 28 July 1978. The election took the form of a referendum on the candidacy of Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, who was elected with 92.96% of the vote.


1978 Maldivian presidential election, Background
Ibrahim Nasir had been elected President in 1973. Two years later he deposed Prime Minister Ahmed Zaki, who was seen as a threat due to his popularity, in a bloodless coup and banished him to a remote island.


1978 Maldivian presidential election, Background
The islands had begun to suffer economic problems during the 1970s, following the collapse of the Sri Lankan market for dried fish, the islands' main export, and the closure of the British air base RAF Gan. As a result, the Nasir regime began to lose popularity, and in 1978 he fled to Singapore, with a subsequent investigation revealing that he had taken with him several million dollars from the national treasury.


1978 Manchester City Council election
Elections to Manchester Council were held on Thursday, 4 May 1978. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 1982. The Labour Party retained overall control of the council.


1978 Manchester City Council election, Election result
After the election, the composition of the council was as follows:


1978 Manchester Moss Side by-election
The Manchester Moss Side by-election of 13 July 1978 was held after the death of Labour Member of Parliament (MP) Frank Hatton. Labour held on to the seat in the by-election.


1978 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles season
The 1978 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles season was the 32nd in the club's history since their entry into the then New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership in 1947.


1978 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles season
The 1978 Sea Eagles were coached by 1963–64 Kangaroo tourist Frank Stanton. Captaining the side was long serving hooker Max Krilich. The club competed in the New South Wales Rugby Football League's 1978 Premiership season and played its home games at the 27,000 capacity Brookvale Oval.


1978 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles season, Finals, Grand Final
In the Grand Final, Cronulla went to a 9-4 lead in the second half before Manly came back to hit the front 11-9. A Steve Rogers penalty squared it at 11-all but he then missed a desperate late field-goal attempt and at full-time the scores remained locked.


1978 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles season, Finals, Grand Final
For the second consecutive season the weary Grand Finalists were required to play a mid-week rematch three days later (the NSWRFL were forced to play the replay on the Tuesday and not the following weekend due to the upcoming 1978 Kangaroo tour, with the Australian team due to leave that weekend for their tour. The drawn GF also forced the Australian Rugby League to hold off on naming the touring squad until after the GF replay with as many as 12 players from Manly and Cronulla in contention to be selected).


1978 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles season, Finals, Grand Final, Grand Final Replay
The Tuesday rematch in front of 33,552 was Manly's sixth game in twenty-four days. It was the second Grand Final in a row to end up going into a mid-week replay with the 1977 Grand Final between St George and Parramatta also needing a re-match to decide the Premiers after the original game had been a 9-all draw.


1978 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles season, Finals, Grand Final, Grand Final Replay
In the first half Cronulla had no answer to Graham Eadie's blind-side bursts. His display completely routed the hapless Sharks and Manly went to the break holding a 15-0 lead thanks to a try by Eadie in the scoreboard corner, one he set up for centre Russel Gartner in the same corner, and another 65 metre effort by Gartner after a sweeping backline movement saw him run into open space and easily outpace the Sharks defence to score in front of the Sheridan Stand.


1978 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles season, Finals, Grand Final, Grand Final Replay
The only points in the second half came from a field goal by Eadie.


1978 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles season, Finals, Grand Final, Grand Final Replay
In the replay, as throughout their extraordinary finals campaign, Manly were inspired by the leadership of captain Max Krilich and coach Frank Stanton, their iron-man Terry Randall who had required numerous pain killing injections before every game of the finals just to be able take the field in what Frank Stanton called sheer mind over matter, their cool five eighth Alan Thompson and classy fullback and Man of the Match Graham Eadie.


1978 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles season, Finals, Grand Final, Grand Final Replay
As of the 2016 NRL Grand Final, no player since Eadie has scored the combination of a try, a goal and a field-goal in a Grand Final.


1978 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles season, Finals, Grand Final, Grand Final Replay
The refereeing of Greg "Hollywood" Hartley in the replay and throughout the 1978 Finals series attracted criticism from coaches Roy Masters (Western Suburbs), Jack Gibson (South Sydney) and Terry Fearnley (Parramatta), all of whom appealed to the NSWRFL to prohibit Hartley from refereeing their clubs' matches the following season.


1978 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles season, Player statistics
Note: Games and (sub) show total games played, e.g. 1 (1) is 2 games played.


1978 Marshall Thundering Herd football team
The 1978 Marshall Thundering Herd football team was an American football team that represented Marshall University in the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season. In its fourth season under head coach Frank Ellwood, the team compiled a 1–10 record (0–5 against conference opponents) and was outscored by a total of 292 to 113. The team played its home games at Fairfield Stadium in Huntington, West Virginia.


1978 Marshallese general election
General elections were held in the Marshall Islands on 22 December 1978.


1978 Marshallese general election, Results
Sixty candidates contested the 14 seats in the Legislature. In addition to the elected members, the Marshallese former members of the Congress of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands were appointed at-large members of the Legislature; these included senators Amata Kabua and Wilfred Kendall and representatives Ataji Balos, Chuji Chutaro, John Heine, Ekpap Silk and Ruben Zackhras.


1978 Maryland Terrapins football team
The 1978 Maryland Terrapins football team represented the University of Maryland in the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their seventh season under head coach Jerry Claiborne, the Terrapins compiled a 9–3 record (5–1 in conference), finished in second place in the Atlantic Coast Conference, and outscored their opponents 261 to 167. The team ended its season with a 42-0 loss to Texas in the 1978 Sun Bowl. The team's statistical leaders included Tim O'Hare with 1,388 passing yards, Steve Atkins with 1,261 rushing yards, and Dean Richards with 575 receiving yards.


1978 Maryland gubernatorial election
The 1978 Maryland gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1978. Democratic nominee Harry Hughes defeated Republican nominee John Glenn Beall Jr. with 70.62% of the vote.


1978 Massachusetts elections
A Massachusetts general election was held on November 7, 1978 in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.


1978 Massachusetts elections
Democratic and Republican candidates were selected in party primaries held September 14, 1978.


1978 Massachusetts elections, Statewide elections, United States Senator
Democratic Democratic Congressman Paul E. Tsongas was elected over  incumbent Republican Edward Brooke.


1978 Massachusetts elections, Statewide elections, Governor & Lieutenant Governor
Democrats Edward J. King and Thomas P. O'Neill III were elected Governor and Lieutenant Governor, respectively, over Republican candidates Francis W. Hatch, Jr. and William I. Cowin.


1978 Massachusetts elections, Statewide elections, Attorney General
Democrat Francis X. Belotti was elected Attorney General. He defeated Republican William Weld in the general election.


1978 Massachusetts elections, Statewide elections, Secretary of the Commonwealth
State Representative Michael J. Connolly defeated Lois Pines, Anthony J. Vigliotti, James Hennigan, David E. Crosby, William J. Galvin Jr., and John Fulham in the Democratic primary and Republican John W. Sears in the general election.


1978 Massachusetts elections, Statewide elections, Treasurer and Receiver-General
Incumbent Treasurer and Receiver-General Robert Q. Crane defeated Lawrence DiCara, Paul Cacchiotti, Dayce Moore, Thomas Lopes, and Lawrence Blacke in the Democratic Primary and Republican Lewis Crampton in the general election.


1978 Massachusetts elections, Statewide elections, Auditor
Incumbent Auditor Thaddeus M. Buczko defeated Peter Meade in the Democratic primary and Republican Timothy F. O'Brien in the general election.


1978 Massachusetts elections, Statewide elections, Auditor
O'Brien replaced William A. Casey as the Republican nominee after Casey dropped out of the race. After conservative Edward J. King defeated Michael Dukakis for the Democratic nomination for governor, Casey chose to drop-out and support the pro-life King over the pro-choice Republican nominee Francis Hatch.


1978 Massachusetts elections, Statewide elections, Auditor
O'Brien was selected by the State Committee over attorney Ralph Barbagallo, Jr. and William Sargent, the son of former Governor Francis W. Sargent.


1978 Massachusetts gubernatorial election
The 1978 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1978. Former Massachusetts Port Authority executive director Edward J. King was elected to a four-year term, from January 4, 1979, until January 6, 1983. King won the Democratic nomination by defeating incumbent Governor of Massachusetts Michael Dukakis in the Democratic primary.


1978 Massachusetts gubernatorial election, Democratic primary, Governor, Candidates
On October 25, 1977, Edward J. King announced that he would seek the Democratic nomination for governor. King also considered running as an Independent or a Republican. King attacked Dukakis for not keeping his promises, specifically his pledge not to raise taxes. A fiscal and social conservative, King was pro-life and supported capital punishment, offshore drilling, increased nuclear power, greater research on solar energy, less business regulation, raising the drinking age to 21, and mandatory sentences for drug dealers.


1978 Massachusetts gubernatorial election, Democratic primary, Governor, Candidates
On March 30, 1978, Ackerman announced her candidacy for governor. She positioned herself as the party's liberal alternative to Dukakis. She criticized the governor for failing to deliver adequate human services, not cutting the cost of government, and not attracting new jobs.


1978 Massachusetts gubernatorial election, Democratic primary, Governor, Candidates
During the primary race, King was critical of Dukakis, Ackerman attacked Dukakis' record and King's positions on the issues, and Dukakis focused on his accomplishments and ignored his two opponents. Due to his incumbency, Dukakis held the early lead in the race. King was able to raise more money than his opponents due to his support from the business community. King focused his spending on extensive media advertising while Dukakis spent more money on organization than advertising. Ackerman struggled to raise money throughout the campaign and could not afford to advertise on television or in a daily newspaper.


1978 Massachusetts gubernatorial election, Democratic primary, Governor, Results
King upset Dukakis 51% to 42% with Ackerman receiving the remaining 7%.


1978 Massachusetts gubernatorial election, Republican primary, Governor, Campaign
On October 27, 1977, Massachusetts House minority leader Francis W. Hatch, Jr. became the first Republican candidate for governor. He was joined at his first campaign press conference by former ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., former state senator Philip A. Graham, and former state party chairman William A. Barnstead. He believed that the real issues of the campaign were property tax relief, creating jobs and improving the state's economy, welfare reform, revamping auto insurance, and making government more open.


1978 Massachusetts gubernatorial election, Republican primary, Governor, Campaign
In November 1977, party chairman Gordon M. Nelson leaked a poll of Republican campaign contributors that showed Richardson was the top choice for governor with 47% followed by Edward F. King with 27%, Hatch with 18%, former governor Francis W. Sargent with 7%, and Middlesex County Sheriff John J. Buckley with 2%.


1978 Massachusetts gubernatorial election, Republican primary, Governor, Campaign
On January 4, 1978, Edward F. King announced his candidacy for governor. A businessman who founded and ran a data consulting company and a real estate company, King ran as a political outsider. He was best known for leading the successful campaign to defeat the graduated income tax proposals in 1972 and 1976. A conservative, he listed Ronald Reagan and Meldrim Thomson, Jr. as among his heroes. King pledged to cut the state budget by $600 million and eliminate some agencies and programs. He took stances against busing, abortion, gay rights, and gun control. King focused his early campaign on winning the Republican state convention, which he believed would catapult him through the primary and victory over Dukakis in the general election. He pledged to drop out of the race if he did not win the convention vote.


1978 Massachusetts gubernatorial election, Republican primary, Governor, Campaign
Because Edward F. King had the same name as Democratic candidate Edward J. King, the two candidates were often confused with each other. As the younger and less known candidate, Edward F. King believed that the name confusion worked to his advantage as it gave his name double exposure. Conversely, as the better known candidate, Edward J. King became wary of the confusion.


1978 Massachusetts gubernatorial election, Republican primary, Governor, Campaign
In addition to having the same name, the two Kings also had similar political positions (they both ran as pro-business, anti-tax conservatives) and both attended Boston College (Edward J. King graduated, but Edward F. King left to go into business). Physically, the two were not alike as the Democratic King was large (six-feet tall) and quiet while the Republican was five foot-six and described as "fiery".


1978 Massachusetts gubernatorial election, Republican primary, Governor, Campaign
On February 6, 1978, John J. Buckley entered the GOP race. Buckley believed that as a fiscal conservative who was liberal on social issues, he was the best Republican candidate to beat Dukakis. He also cited the fact that he had been elected in a heavily Democratic county while King had never run for public office before and Hatch had lost his previous bids for higher office as another reason why he was the best candidate. Buckley reiterated his opposition to the death penalty and promised to veto any attempts to eliminate abortions. He also stated that he wanted to let private businesses perform many state functions, including the Medicaid program. He declined to promise that he would not raise taxes.


1978 Massachusetts gubernatorial election, Republican primary, Governor, Campaign
The Republican Convention was held on May 6, 1978, at the Symphony Hall in Springfield, Massachusetts. On the first ballot, King received a plurality of the votes with 898 to Hatch's 874 and Buckley's 212. Before the second ballot, Buckley announced that he was withdrawing his candidacy and attempted to move his delegates to Hatch. However, King won the nomination. After the defeat, Hatch announced that he would challenge King in the primary. Although Buckley withdrew at the convention he still considered running in the primary. However, on May 17 he officially exited the governor's race. He later entered the race for the United States House of Representatives seat in Massachusetts's 5th congressional district, which was being vacated by Paul Tsongas.


1978 Massachusetts gubernatorial election, Republican primary, Governor, Campaign
During the primary campaign, King attacked Hatch for being a "professional politician" and an "insurgent" candidate. He stated as House Minority Leader, Hatch shared a responsibility for higher taxes and spending. King also touted his role as a leader in the taxpayer revolt. Hatch on the other hand ignored King and focused his attack on the Democratic frontrunner and incumbent Governor Michael Dukakis.


1978 Massachusetts gubernatorial election, Republican primary, Lieutenant Governor, Campaign
On April 28, 1978, Edward F. King chose State Representative Peter McDowell to be his running mate. McDowell was chosen by King largely because McDowell opposed a clause in an ethics bill supported by King's primary opponent, Francis W. Hatch, Jr., that would require politicians to disclose all clients they had done more than $1000 worth of business with. He felt the provision was unfair because businesses would not want to disclose this information for competitive reasons. He also felt it was unfair to the clients to have their names disclosed because they had nothing to do with political activities. Following King's victory at the Republican convention, McDowell was acclaimed as the party's nominee.


1978 Massachusetts gubernatorial election, Republican primary, Lieutenant Governor, Campaign
After John J. Buckley dropped out at the convention to support Hatch, it was rumored that Hatch would select Buckley to be his running mate. However, on May 25, 1978, Hatch announced that former Secretary of Administration and Finance William I. Cowin would be his running mate.


1978 Massachusetts gubernatorial election, Republican primary, Lieutenant Governor, Results
Cowin defeated McDowell in the Republican primary to become his party's nominee for lieutenant governor.


1978 Massachusetts gubernatorial election, General election, Campaign
Due to the presence of a conservative Democrat and a liberal Republican in the race, there were some members of each party endorsed the other's candidate. William A. Casey, the Republican nominee for Massachusetts State Auditor, dropped out of the race to endorse King. Unsuccessful Republican gubernatorial candidate Edward F. King, California anti-tax activist Howard Jarvis, New Hampshire Governor Meldrim Thomson, and Lloyd B. Waring, a prominent Republican fundraiser and former Chairman of the Massachusetts Republican Party, also endorsed King.


1978 Massachusetts gubernatorial election, General election, Campaign
Conversely, unsuccessful Democratic gubernatorial candidate Barbara Ackermann, state representatives Barney Frank, Mel King, Saundra Graham, Doris Bunte, Robert Fortes, and James Segel, Chelsea Mayor Joel Pressman, and the board of the directors of the Massachusetts chapter of Americans for Democratic Action endorsed Hatch. Lieutenant Governor Thomas P. O'Neill III considered dropping out of the race instead of running on the same ticket as King. However, he chose to stay in the race but express his own ideology.


1978 Massachusetts gubernatorial election, General election, Results
The King-O'Neill ticket defeated the Hatch-Cowin ticket 53% to 47%.


1978 Masters (snooker)
The 1978 Benson & Hedges Masters was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place from Monday 6 to Friday 10 February 1978 at the New London Theatre in London, England. It was the last time the Masters was held there, as the following year it moved to the Wembley Conference Centre. 10 players who were invited for the tournament.


1978 Masters (snooker)
Alex Higgins won the first of his two Masters titles by defeating Cliff Thorburn.


1978 Masters Tournament
The 1978 Masters Tournament was the 42nd Masters Tournament, held April 6–9 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Gary Player overcame a 7-shot deficit going into the final round to win his third Masters and ninth major championship. Player, age 42, shot a record-tying 64 (−8) in the final round to win by one stroke. The runners-up were Rod Funseth, defending champion Tom Watson, and 54-hole leader Hubert Green, the reigning U.S. Open champion, who shot an even-par 72.


1978 Masters Tournament
Tied for tenth place at the start of the round, Player shot a 30 on the back nine in the summer-like heat. He holed seven putts ranging from 10 to 30 feet (3 to 9 m), including a final one of 15 feet (4.6 m) for birdie at 18. The leader in the clubhouse, Player had to wait forty minutes for the final groups to finish. Funseth had five birdies, but his two bogeys were both three-putts and he parred the last three holes.


1978 Masters Tournament
Watson eagled 13 and birdied both 15 and 16, but missed an 8-foot (2.4 m) putt for par on the final hole. After a bogey at 16, Green hit an outstanding approach shot at 18 which left a birdie putt from three feet (0.9 m) to tie, but he missed after being inadvertently distracted by a radio announcer.


1978 Masters Tournament
Player became the oldest winner of the Masters and the first over forty in nearly a quarter century; Sam Snead won his third green jacket at age 41 in 1954. Player retained the honor for eight years, until Jack Nicklaus won his sixth at 46 in 1986.


1978 Masters Tournament, Field
Tommy Aaron, George Archer (8), Gay Brewer, Billy Casper (8), Charles Coody (10), Raymond Floyd (8,11,12), Doug Ford, Bob Goalby, Jack Nicklaus (4,8,9,10,11,12), Arnold Palmer (8), Gary Player (3,8,9), Sam Snead, Art Wall Jr., Tom Watson (3,8,9,10,11,12)


1978 Masters Tournament, Field
Lou Graham (8,9,10,12), Hubert Green (8,9,11,12), Hale Irwin (8,11,12), Johnny Miller (3), Jerry Pate (8,10,11)


1978 Masters Tournament, Field
Mike Brannan (a), Gary Hallberg (a), Vance Heafner (a), Lindy Miller (a), Fred Ridley (a)


1978 Masters Tournament, Field
Andy Bean, Jim Colbert, Ben Crenshaw (11), Danny Edwards, Lee Elder, Rod Funseth (9), Don January (10,12), Tom Kite, Billy Kratzert (11), Gene Littler (10,11), Rik Massengale, Andy North (11), John Schlee, Bob Wynn


1978 Masters Tournament, Field
Wally Armstrong, Terry Diehl, Al Geiberger (10,11), Jay Haas (11), Joe Inman, Gary Jacobson, Lyn Lott, Mike McCullough, Steve Melnyk, Tom Purtzer


1978 Masters Tournament, Field
Miller Barber, Dave Eichelberger, Mike Hill, Mac McLendon, Gil Morgan, Mike Morley, Bill Rogers, Jim Simons, Ed Sneed (12), Leonard Thompson


1978 Masters Tournament, Field
Isao Aoki, Seve Ballesteros (11), Bobby Cole (11), Antonio Garrido, David Graham (8), Peter McEvoy (6,a), Tsuneyuki Nakajima, Peter Oosterhuis (9), Masashi Ozaki, Manuel Piñero


1978 Mauritanian coup d'état
The 1978 Mauritanian coup d'état was a bloodless military coup in Mauritania which took place on 10 July 1978. The coup, led by the Army Chief of Staff, Colonel Mustafa Ould Salek, who commanded a group of junior officers, overthrew President Moktar Ould Daddah, who ruled the country since independence from France in 1960. The main motive for the coup was Daddah's ill-fated participation in the Western Sahara War (from 1975 onwards) and the resulting ruin of the economy of Mauritania. Following the coup, Salek had assumed the presidency of a newly-formed military junta, the 20-member Military Committee for National Recovery (CMRN).


1978 Mauritanian coup d'état
Reports from the capital Nouakchott said no shooting had been heard in the city, and no casualties had been announced.


1978 Mauritanian coup d'état
After a period of imprisonment, Ould Daddah was allowed to go into exile in France in August 1979, and was allowed to return to Mauritania on 17 July 2001.


1978 Meath Intermediate Football Championship
The 1978 Meath Intermediate Football Championship is the 52nd edition of the Meath GAA's premier club Gaelic football tournament for intermediate graded teams in County Meath, Ireland. The tournament consists of 19 teams. The championship starts with a group stage and then progresses to a knock out stage.


1978 Meath Intermediate Football Championship
This was Wolfe Tone's debut in the Intermediate grade after relegation from the S.F.C. the previous year. The club were formed in 1975 when St. John's (Kilberry) and Gibbstown joined forces. St. John's had previously won the I.F.C. title in 1974 so Wolfe Tones were put straight into the S.F.C.


1978 Meath Intermediate Football Championship
Ballinabrackey were promoted after claiming the 1977 Meath Junior Football Championship title.


1978 Meath Intermediate Football Championship
On 27 August 1978, Duleek claimed their 4th Intermediate championship title when they defeated Kilmainhamwood 0-9 to 1-5 in the final.


1978 Meath Intermediate Football Championship, Team changes
The following teams have changed division since the 1977 championship season.


1978 Meath Intermediate Football Championship, Group stage
There are 3 groups called Group A, B and C. The top finishers in Group A and B will qualify for the semi finals. First place in Group C along with the runners-up in all the groups qualify for the quarter finals.


1978 Meath Intermediate Football Championship, Knock-out Stages, Finals
The teams in the semi-finals are the first and second placed teams from each group.


1978 Meath Senior Football Championship
The 1978 Meath Senior Football Championship is the 86th edition of the Meath GAA's premier club Gaelic football tournament for senior graded teams in County Meath, Ireland. The tournament consists of 16 teams, with the winner going on to represent Meath in the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship. The championship starts with a group stage and then progresses to a knock out stage.


1978 Meath Senior Football Championship
Summerhill were the defending champions after they defeated Seneschalstown after a replay in the previous years final. However, they lost their crown held for 4 years when losing to Walterstown in the final.


1978 Meath Senior Football Championship
This was Dunshaughlin's second ever period in the senior grade after claiming the 1977 Meath Intermediate Football Championship title.


1978 Meath Senior Football Championship
On 10 September 1978, Walterstown claimed their 1st Senior Championship title, when defeating Summerhill 0-7 to 0-6 in Pairc Tailteann, Navan. Christy Bowens raised the Keegan Cup for "The Blacks".


1978 Meath Senior Football Championship
Dunderry and Kilbride were regraded to the 1979 I.F.C. at the end of the campaign.


1978 Meath Senior Football Championship, Team Changes
The following teams have changed division since the 1977 championship season.


1978 Meath Senior Football Championship, Knock-out Stages
The winners and runners up of each group qualify for the semi finals.


1978 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election
The 1978 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election was held on 25 February 1978. No party secured a majority of seats in the election. Following negotiations, a coalition government, known as the Meghalaya United Legislative Party, was formed between the All Party Hill Leaders Conference, the Hill State People's Democratic Party and the Public Demands Implementation Convention (PDIC). Due to an inability to reach agreement between the coalition parties, the position of Chief Minister was chosen by drawing lots; subsequently, on 10 March 1978, Darwin Diengdoh Pugh was sworn in as the state's second Chief Minister. Miriam D Shira from Garo Hills was the only woman elected to the legislature.


1978 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election, Results
The HSPDP won 8 seats in the 1972 election, but the party's representatives were recorded as independents at the time of that election.


1978 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election, Results
Two candidates from the PDIC were elected, but the party had not obtained registration in time for the election; the party's representatives were recorded as independents in the official results.


1978 Memorial Cup
The 1978 Memorial Cup occurred May 6–13 at the Sudbury Community Arena in Sudbury, Ontario, and at the Sault Memorial Gardens in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. It was the 60th annual Memorial Cup competition and determined the major junior ice hockey champion of the Canadian Hockey League (CHL). Participating teams were the winners of the Ontario Major Junior Hockey League, Quebec Major Junior Hockey League and Western Hockey League which were the Peterborough Petes, Trois-Rivières Draveurs and New Westminster Bruins. New Westminster won their second Memorial Cup in a row, defeating Peterborough in the final game.


1978 Memorial Cup, Teams, New Westminster Bruins
The New Westminster Bruins coached by Punch McLean, represented the Western Canada Hockey League for the fourth consecutive season at the Memorial Cup. The Bruins had a mediocre regular season, nearly missing the post-season, as they finished in third place in the West Division with a 33-28-11 record, earning 77 points. New Westminster scored 345 goals during the regular season, ranking them seventh in the twelve team league. The Bruins allowed 310 goals, ranking them in third place for the fewest goals allowed.


1978 Memorial Cup, Teams, New Westminster Bruins
The Bruins began the post-season in a newly formed round robin format for the first round of the playoffs, in which they played eight games against other playoff teams. The Bruins finished with a 7–1 record, advancing to the West Division finals. In their series against the Victoria Cougars, the Bruins defeated them four games to one, earning a berth into a second round robin tournament against the other two division winners. New Westminster finished the round-robin with a 3–1 record, earning a berth into the President's Cup finals. In the final round, the Bruins defeated the Billings Bighorns four games to none, capturing their fourth consecutive WCHL championship, and a berth into the 1978 Memorial Cup.


1978 Memorial Cup, Teams, New Westminster Bruins
New Westminster's offense was led by John Ogrodnick, who scored a team high 59 goals and 88 points in 72 games. Ogrodnick was named a co-winner for the Rookie of the Year award. Terry Kirkham finished in second in team scoring, recording 19 goals and 77 points in 71 games. Stan Smyl missed some time due to injury, however, in 53 games, he scored 29 goals and 76 points. Smyl led the Bruins in post-season scoring, scoring 14 goals and 35 points in 21 games.


1978 Memorial Cup, Teams, New Westminster Bruins
Doug Derkson scored 38 goals and 73 points in 70 games, in which he followed that up with a team high 15 post-season goals, while earning 27 points in 21 games. Brian Young led the Bruins on defense, scoring 14 goals and 57 points in 63 games. Carey Walker played the majority of time in goal, earning a record of 20-17-6 with a 4.45 GAA and a .883 save percentage in 47 games.


1978 Memorial Cup, Teams, New Westminster Bruins
The 1978 Memorial Cup was the Bruins fourth consecutive trip to the Memorial Cup tournament. In 1975 and 1976, the Bruins lost in the final game of the tournament. In 1977, New Westminster won their first Memorial Cup, defeating the Ottawa 67's 6–5 in the final game.


1978 Memorial Cup, Teams, Peterborough Petes
The Peterborough Petes represented the Ontario Major Junior Hockey League at the 1978 Memorial Cup. The Petes finished in second place in the Leyden Division with a 37-18-13 record, earning 87 points. The Petes offense scored 327 goals, which ranked them fifth in the twelve team league. Defensively, Peterborough allowed 273 goals, ranking them second in the OMJHL. In the first round of the playoffs, Peterborough defeated the Oshawa Generals four games to one, as well as the clubs tying a game in the six game series, as the Petes advanced to the Leyden Division finals.


1978 Memorial Cup, Teams, Peterborough Petes
In the division finals, the Petes narrowly defeated the top-ranked and defending OMJHL champions, the Ottawa 67's four games to three with a tie game. In the J. Ross Robertson Cup finals against the Emms Division champions, the Hamilton Fincups, the Petes again were pushed to the brink of elimination, as Peterborough defeated Hamilton four games to three, as well as tying a game, to capture the OMJHL championship and a berth into the 1978 Memorial Cup.


1978 Memorial Cup, Teams, Peterborough Petes
The Petes offense was led by Keith Acton, who led the club in scoring with 42 goals and 128 points in 68 games. Mark Kirton ranked second in club scoring, scoring 27 goals and 71 points in 68 games. Kirton led Peterborough in post-season scoring, scoring 12 goals and 26 points in 21 games. Mike Meeker joined the Petes midway through the season after beginning the year with the University of Wisconsin. Meeker scored 33 goals and 69 points in 44 games with Peterborough. Defenseman Greg Theberge led the blue line, scoring 13 goals and 67 points in 66 games. In goal, Ken Ellacott played the bulk of games, earning a 3.65 GAA in 55 games. Ellacott was awarded the F.W. "Dinty" Moore Trophy, awarded to the goaltender with the lowest GAA in their first season.


1978 Memorial Cup, Teams, Peterborough Petes
The 1978 Memorial Cup was the Petes third appearance in team history. At the 1959 Memorial Cup, Peterborough lost to the Winnipeg Braves in the final round. In 1972, the Petes once again lost in the final round, this time to the Cornwall Royals.


1978 Memorial Cup, Teams, Trois-Rivières Draveurs
The Trois-Rivières Draveurs represented the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League at the 1978 Memorial Cup. The Draveurs finished with the best record in the league, going 47-18-7 and earning 101 points, capturing the Jean Rougeau Trophy. Trois-Rivières had a high-powered offense, finishing second in the league with 412 goals. The Draveurs allowed a league-low 252 goals. In the Dilio Division quarter-finals, Trois-Rivières swept the Quebec Remparts in four games. In the division finals against the Sherbrooke Castors, the Draveurs defeated the defending QMJHL champions four games to one, advancing to the President's Cup. In the final round against the Montreal Juniors, the Draveurs easily swept Montreal in four games to capture the QMJHL championship and a berth into the 1978 Memorial Cup.


1978 Memorial Cup, Teams, Trois-Rivières Draveurs
Denis Pomerleau was acquired by the Draveurs early in the season in a trade with the Hull Olympiques. With Trois-Rivières, Pomerleau led the club with 63 goals and 127 points in 58 games. With both clubs, Pomerleau scored 75 goals and 148 points in 73 games to finish sixth in league scoring. Richard David finished second in team scoring with 50 goals and 111 points in 69 games. David led the Draveurs in post-season scoring, recording 17 goals and 33 points in 13 games to capture the Guy Lafleur Trophy for Playoff MVP.


1978 Memorial Cup, Teams, Trois-Rivières Draveurs
Normand Lefebvre scored 51 goals and 102 points in 72 games and Jean-Marc Bonamie recorded 25 goals and 101 points in 61 games to each crack the 100 point plateau for the Draveurs. Mario Simard led the defense with 25 goals and 68 points in 72 games, while rookie defenseman Normand Rochefort scored nine goals and 46 points in 72 games. Rochefort was named a co-winner for the Michel Bergeron Trophy, awarded to the Rookie of the Year in the QMJHL.


1978 Memorial Cup, Teams, Trois-Rivières Draveurs
In goal, Jacques Cloutier played in 71 games, earning a record of 46-17-7 with a 3.48 GAA and a .879 save percentage. The Draveurs won the Robert Lebel Trophy as the club with the lowest goals against in the QMJHL thanks to Cloutier's efforts. In the playoffs, Cloutier was 12–1 with a 3.15 GAA and .878 save percentage in 13 games.


1978 Memorial Cup, Teams, Trois-Rivières Draveurs
The 1978 Memorial Cup was the first appearance by the Draveurs in team history.


1978 Memorial Cup, Winning roster
Ken Berry, Doug Derkson, Jim Dobson, Boris Fistric, Bill Hobbins, Bruce Howes, Randy Irving, John-Paul Kelly, Terry Kirkham, Larry Lozinsky, Richard Martens, Scott McLeod, Neil Meadmore, Larry Melnyk, John Ogrodnick, Kent Reardon, Rick Slawson, Stan Smyl, Carl Van Harrewyn, Brian Young. Coach: Ernie McLean


1978 Memphis State Tigers football team
The 1978 Memphis State Tigers football team represented Memphis State University (now known as the University of Memphis) as an independent during the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season. In its fourth season under head coach Richard Williamson, the team compiled a 4–7 record and was outscored by a total of 297 to 200. The team played its home games at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium in Memphis, Tennessee.


1978 Memphis State Tigers football team
The team's statistical leaders included Lloyd Patterson with 931 passing yards, Eddie Hill with 739 rushing yards, and Earnest Gray with 690 receiving yards and 54 points scored.


1978 Men's British Open Squash Championship
The 1978 Avis Rent-a-Car British Open Championships was held at the Wembley Squash Centre in London from 31 March - 8 April 1978. Geoff Hunt won his fifth title defeating Qamar Zaman in the final.


1978 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship
The 1978 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship was the third edition of the Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship, the quadrennial international men's field hockey championship of Europe organized by the European Hockey Federation. It was held in Hanover, West Germany from 2 to 10 September 1978.


1978 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship
The hosts West Germany won their second title by defeating the Netherlands 3–2 after extra time in the final. England won the bronze medal by defeating the defending champions Spain 2–0.


1978 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy
The 1978 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy was the 1st edition of the Hockey Champions Trophy, an international men's field hockey tournament. It took place from 17–24 November 1978 in Lahore, Pakistan.


1978 Men's Hockey World Cup
The 1978 Men's Hockey World Cup was the fourth Hockey World Cup men's field hockey tournament. It was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It was won by Pakistan, who defeated the Netherlands 3–1 in the final. The host nation, Argentina finished eighth.


1978 Men's Hockey World Cup, Results, First to fourth place classification, Final
PakistanSaleem Sherwani, Munawwaruz Zaman, Saeed Ahmed, Muhammad Shafiq, Rana Ehsanullah, Akhtar Rasool, Islahuddin Siddique, Hanif Khan, Manzoor Hussain, Shahnaz Sheikh, Samiullah Khan


1978 Men's Hockey World Cup, Results, First to fourth place classification, Final
NetherlandsMaarten Sikking, André Bolhuis, Imbert Jebbink, Geert van Eijk, Hans Jorritsma, Ties Kruize, Theo Doyer, Ron Steens, Paul Litjens, Tim Steens, Wouter Leefers


1978 Mercedes Cup
The 1978 Mercedes Cup, was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts and held at the Tennis Club Weissenhof in Stuttgart, West Germany that was part of the 1978 Grand Prix circuit. It was the inaugural edition of the tournament and was held from 17 July until 23 July 1978. Unseeded Ulrich Pinner won the singles title.


1978 Mercedes Cup, Finals, Doubles
Tomáš Šmíd /  Jan Kodeš defeated  Carlos Kirmayr /  Belus Prajoux, 6–3, 7–6


1978 Merdeka Tournament
The 1978 Merdeka Tournament was held in Malaysia from 12 to 29 July. South Korea won the tournament for the fifth time, beating Iraq in the final.


1978 Merton London Borough Council election
Elections for the London Borough of Merton were held on 4 May 1978 to elect members of Merton London Borough Council in London, England. This was on the same day as other local elections in England and Scotland.