- 02/01/1978 - Harriet Tubman is 1st black woman honored on a US postage
stamp
- 02/01/1978 - Director Roman Polanski skips bail & fled to France
after pleading guilty to charges of engaging in sex with a 13-year-old girl
- 02/03/1978 - Australia beat India 3-2 on 6th day of final test
- 02/03/1978 - India needing 493 to beat Australia at Adelaide, all out
445
- 02/05/1978 - Fred Newman makes 88 consecutive basketball free throws
blindfolded
- 02/06/1978 - Muriel, wife of late Hubert Humphrey (Sen-D-Minn) takes
his office
- 02/06/1978 - Snowstorm hits New England, parts of RI (54" (137cm))
- 02/07/1978 - Ethiopian offensive in Ogaden desert
- 02/08/1978 - Crown Prince Sad Abdallah al-Salim Al Sabah becomes PM of
Kuwait
- 02/10/1978 - Frank C Carlucci succeeds John F Blake as deputy director
of CIA
- 02/11/1978 - 16 Unification church couples wed in NYC
- 02/11/1978 - 25th hat trick in Islander history-Denis Potvin
- 02/11/1978 - China lifts a ban on Aristotle, Shakespeare, & Dickens
- 02/11/1978 - EOKA organization disbands in Cyprus
- 02/12/1978 - "Jesus Christ Superstar" closes at Longacre
Theater NYC after 96 perfs
- 02/12/1978 - Debbie Austin wins LPGA American Cancer Society Golf
Classic
- 02/12/1978 - US female Figure Skating championship won by Linda
Fratianne
- 02/12/1978 - US male Figure Skating championship won by Charles Tickner
- 02/13/1978 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
- 02/14/1978 - 1st "micro on a chip" patented by Texas
Instruments
- 02/14/1978 - In girls' HS basketball, Chicago Latin beats Harvard St
George
- 02/15/1978 - England all out 64 for 1st loss to NZ in cricket (Boycott
capt)
- 02/15/1978 - Escaped mass murderer Ted Bundy recaptured, Pensacola, Fla
- 02/15/1978 - Leon Spinks beats Muhammad Ali in 15 for heavyweight
boxing title
- 02/15/1978 - Zaire revises constitution
- 02/16/1978 - 1st Computer Bulletin Board System (Ward & Randy's
CBBS, Chicago)
- 02/18/1978 - 1st Iron Man Triathlon (swim, bike ride, marathon) held,
Kona, Hawaii
- 02/19/1978 - "On the 20th Century" opens at St James Theater
NYC for 460 perfs
- 02/19/1978 - Brigitte Kraus runs world record 1000 m indoor (2:34.8)
- 02/19/1978 - Coleman, Comden & Green's musical premieres in NYC
- 02/20/1978 - 4th People's Choice Awards: Star Wars, Carol Burnett &
Bob Hope
- 02/20/1978 - Bob Backland beats Billy Graham in NY, to become WWF
wrestling champ
- 02/20/1978 - Egypt announces it is pulling its diplomats out of Cyprus
- 02/20/1978 - Jane Blalock wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Classic
- 02/22/1978 - 2 tankers with propane gas explode killing 15 at Waverly,
Tenn
- 02/23/1978 - 20th Grammy Awards: Hotel Calif, Fleetwood Mac, Debbie
Boone wins
- 02/24/1978 - Kevin Porter, NJ, sets NBA record with 29 assists in a
game
- 02/25/1978 - Botham scores 1st Test Cricket century, 103 v NZ
Christchurch
- 02/26/1978 - Ira Levin's "Deathtrap," premieres in NYC
- 02/26/1978 - Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Bent Tree Golf Classic
- 02/27/1978 - France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
| Famous birthdays for February 1978 .. |
- 02/02/1978 - Annabel Ellwood, Canberra Australia, tennis star (1995
Futures NC)
- 02/04/1978 - Laurence Borremans, Miss Belgium Universe (1997)
- 02/05/1978 - Kristina Cherina, Miss Croatia Universe (1997)
- 02/08/1978 - Christa Williams, Houston TX, softball pitcher
(Olympics-gold-96)
- 02/14/1978 - Laurie Schwoy, soccer forward (Olympics-96)
- 02/16/1978 - Caroline Hunt, Chic Ill, rhythmic gymnast (US team-96)
- 02/20/1978 - Andrea Moody, Abbotsford BC, 4X100 swimmer (Olympics-96)
- 02/23/1978 - Karolina Rantamaki, ice hockey left wing (Finland, Oly-98)
- 02/24/1978 - Louise Woodward, ELton England, nanny who killed Matthew
Eappen
- 02/28/1978 - Marissa Perez, Miss Connecticut Teen USA (1996)
| Famous deaths for February 1978 .. |
- 02/02/1978 - Wendy Barrie, TV hostess (Wendy Barrie Show), dies at 65
- 02/04/1978 - Bergen Evans, English professor ($64,000 Question), dies
at 73
- 02/05/1978 - Annie [Anna HM] Romein-Verschoor, Dutch historian
(Omzien), dies at 83
- 02/05/1978 - Frans van Immerseel, Belgian graphic artist, dies at 68
- 02/09/1978 - Kimberly Leach, killed by Ted Bundy in Lake City Fla at 12
- 02/11/1978 - James B Conant, headmaster (Harvard University), dies at
84
- 02/15/1978 - Ilka Chase, actress (Masquerade Party), dies at 72
- 02/18/1978 - Charlotte Greenwood, actress (Oklahoma, Moon over Miami),
dies at 84
- 02/18/1978 - Derrick De Marney, actor (Inheritance, Projected Man),
dies at 71
- 02/18/1978 - Maggie McNamara, actress (3 Coins in a Fountain,
Cardinal), dies at 49
- 02/20/1978 - Vitorino Nem‚sio, Portuguese author (Presen‡a),
dies at 76
- 02/22/1978 - Ilka Chase, actress (Masquerade Party, Trials of O'Brien),
dies at 74
- 02/22/1978 - Phyllis McGinley, US poetess (Pulitzer 1961), dies at 72
- 02/25/1978 - Daniel "Chappie" James Jr, retired Air Force
general, dies at 58
- 02/27/1978 - Vadim Nikolayevich Salmanov, composer, dies at 65
- 02/28/1978 - Eric Frank Russell, sci-fi author (Hugo, Deep Space), dies
at 73
- 02/28/1978 - Philip Ahn, LA Calif, actor (Master Kan-Kung Fu), dies at
66
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- 02/01/1979 - Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returns to Iran after 15 yrs
in exile
- 02/01/1979 - Patricia Hearst is released from a SF prison for bank
robbery
- 02/01/1979 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk
USSR
- 02/03/1979 - "YMCA" by Village People peaks at #2 on pop
singles chart
- 02/03/1979 - Minnesota Twins trade Rod Carew to California for 4
players
- 02/03/1979 - US female Figure Skating championship won by Linda
Fratianne
- 02/03/1979 - US male Figure Skating championship won by Charles Tickner
- 02/04/1979 - "Co-Ed Fever," TV Comedy, debut & cancelled
that outing on CBS
- 02/04/1979 - End of last 3+day D/N game for 15 yrs (WSC, SCG)
- 02/04/1979 - Joanne Carner wins LPGA Colgate Triple Crown Golf
Tournament
- 02/05/1979 - Costliest single periodical ad, $3.2 million, Gulf +
Western in Time
- 02/05/1979 - Sears Radio Theater premieres on CBS
- 02/06/1979 - Supreme court of Lahore affirms death sentence against
premier Bhutto
- 02/07/1979 - "Supertrain," TV Anthology, Superbomb of 1979,
debuts on NBC
- 02/07/1979 - Colonel Benjedid Chadli succeeds pres Boum‚dienne in
Algeria
- 02/07/1979 - Faoud Bacchus scores 250 for WI v India at Kanpur
- 02/07/1979 - Pink Floyd premiered their live version of "The
Wall" in Los Angeles
- 02/07/1979 - Toronto Maple Leaf Darryl Sittler scores NHL record 10 pts
(6 goals)
- 02/08/1979 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
- 02/09/1979 - 21st Grammy Awards: Just the Way You Are, Taste of Honey
- 02/09/1979 - ABC airs "Heroes of Rock N Roll" special
- 02/09/1979 - Beginning of James Clavell's novel "Whirlwind"
- 02/09/1979 - Nigeria amends constitution
- 02/10/1979 - "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" by Rod Stewart peaks at
#1
- 02/10/1979 - Border is named 12th man for Australia, only Test Cricket
he missed
- 02/11/1979 - "They're Playing Our Song" opens at Imperial NYC
for 1082 perfs
- 02/11/1979 - 43 million watch "Elvis!" on ABC
- 02/11/1979 - Emmy News & Documentaries Award presentation
- 02/11/1979 - Iran's premier Bakhtiar resigns, Ayatollah Khomeini seizes
power
- 02/11/1979 - Musical "They're Playing Our Song," premieres in
NYC
- 02/12/1979 - Kosmos 1076, 1st Soviet oceanographic satellite, launched
- 02/13/1979 - 2nd Emmy Sports Award presentation
- 02/13/1979 - Washington State's Hood Canal Bridge breaks up in
windstorm
- 02/14/1979 - "Whoopee!" opens at ANTA Theater NYC for 204
performances
- 02/15/1979 - 21st Grammy Awards: Just the Way You Are, Taste of Honey
wins
- 02/15/1979 - Paul Shirley (21) of Australia, sucked a lifesaver for 4
hrs 40 mins
- 02/15/1979 - Temple City Kazoo Orchestra appears on Mike Douglas Show
- 02/15/1979 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
- 02/16/1979 - George Harrison releases "Blow Away"
- 02/16/1979 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk
USSR
- 02/17/1979 - China invades Vietnam
- 02/17/1979 - Eric Heiden equals skating world record 1000m (1:14.99)
- 02/18/1979 - -52øF (-47øC), Old Forge, New York (state record)
- 02/18/1979 - Amy Alcott wins LPGA Elizabeth Arden Golf Classic
- 02/18/1979 - Miniseries "Roots: Next Generations" premieres
on ABC TV
- 02/18/1979 - NASA launches space vehicle S-202
- 02/18/1979 - Pres Zia ur-Rahmans National Party wins elections in
Bangladesh
- 02/18/1979 - Snow falls in Sahara Desert
- 02/20/1979 - "Comin' Uptown" opens at Winter Garden Theater
NYC for 45 performances
- 02/21/1979 - Japan launches Hakucho x-ray satellite & Corsa-B
(550/580 km)
- 02/21/1979 - 2 Iowa girls HS basketball teams play 4 scoreless quarters
game was won 4-2 in 4th overtime period
- 02/22/1979 - Billy Martin named manager of Oakland A's
- 02/22/1979 - Cleveland Metroparks Zoo's Primate & Cat Building is
dedicated
- 02/22/1979 - St Lucia gains independence from Britain
- 02/23/1979 - "Sarava" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for
140 performances
- 02/23/1979 - Frank Peterson Jr named 1st black general in Marine Corps
- 02/23/1979 - George Harrison releases "George Harrison" album
- 02/24/1979 - Highest price ever paid for a pig, $42,500, Stamford,
Texas
- 02/24/1979 - War between North & South Yemen begins
- 02/25/1979 - Jane Blalock wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Classic
- 02/25/1979 - Soyuz 32 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station is
launched
- 02/26/1979 - Last total eclipse of Sun in 20th century for continental
US
- 02/28/1979 - Ernest Thompson's "On Golden Pond," premieres in
NYC
| Famous birthdays for February 1979 .. |
- 02/02/1979 - Brandee Dawn McCoskey, Miss Alaska Teen USA (1996)
- 02/02/1979 - Lindsay Langston, Modesto Calif, archer (Olympics-1996)
- 02/02/1979 - Petra Cada, Prague Czech, Canadian table tennis player
(Olympics-96)
- 02/07/1979 - Cerina Vincent, Miss Nevada Teen USA (1996)
- 02/08/1979 - Tara Tucker, Miss Alabama Teen USA (1997)
- 02/11/1979 - Brandy [Norwood], singer (Les Miserables, Moisha)
- 02/13/1979 - Julie Nagle, Miss North Dakota Teen USA (1997)
- 02/15/1979 - Kaj-Erik Eriksen, actor (Quarantine)
- 02/16/1979 - Emma Louise DeSilets, Miss Washington Teen USA (1997)
- 02/18/1979 - Julia Greville, Perth Australia, swimmer (Olympics-96)
- 02/20/1979 - Jennifer Love Hewitt, actress (Sarah Reeves-Party of Five)
- 02/22/1979 - David Lopez, Queens NY, actor (and God Created Women,
Ghostwriter)
- 02/28/1979 - Virginia Ledgerwood, Chester Va, rhythmic gymnast
(Olympics-96)
| Famous deaths for February 1979 .. |
- 02/01/1979 - Mort Marshall, actor (Cully-Dumplings), dies at 60
- 02/02/1979 - Jim Burke, cricketer (Australian opener), commits suicide
- 02/02/1979 - Sid Vicious, [John Simon Ritchie], bassist (Sex Pistols),
OD's at 31
- 02/03/1979 - Jody Gilbert, actress (Willard, Shaggy, Blonde Dynamite),
dies
- 02/05/1979 - Eddie Paynter, cricketer (20 Tests for England, avg
59.23), dies
- 02/06/1979 - Alain Teister, Dutch sculptor/writer, dies at 47
- 02/06/1979 - Arthur van Schendel, Dutch art historian, dies at 68
- 02/07/1979 - Josef Mengele, concentration camp doctor, drowns
- 02/08/1979 - Nikolay Semyonovich Tikhonov, Russian poet, dies at 82
- 02/09/1979 - C I J Smith, cricket all-rounder (5 Tests for England
1935-37), dies
- 02/12/1979 - Jean Renoir, French writer/director (Human Beast), dies at
84
- 02/13/1979 - Jean Renoir, actor/director (Rules of the Game), dies at
84
- 02/14/1979 - Adolph Dubs, US ambassador to Afghanistan, murdered
- 02/15/1979 - Alex Bradford, actor/composer (Your Arms too Short...),
dies at 51
- 02/15/1979 - Mehdi Rahimi, Iran general/milt governor of Teheran,
executed
- 02/16/1979 - Louise Allbritton, actress (Celia-Stage Door), dies at 58
- 02/16/1979 - Nematullah Nassiri, Iran general/head of Savak, executed
- 02/16/1979 - William Gargan, actor (New Adventures of Martin Kane),
dies at 73
- 02/17/1979 - William Gargan, actor (Rain, Bells of St Mary), dies at 73
- 02/21/1979 - Glendon Gibbs, cricketer (Test Cricket WI v Australia
1955), dies
- 02/21/1979 - Ray Whitley, composer, dies
- 02/28/1979 - Jane Hylton, English actress (Adv of Sir Lancelot), dies
at 52
- 02/28/1979 - Mr Ed, talking horse, dies
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