1978
- VW Beetle ceases production. After nearly 30 years. 20 million cars
- World-wide. Unemployment rises after several decades of near full employment
- Gold reaches an all time high … $200.00 per ounce
- Japanese Cars account for half the US import market. The energy crisis/rising fuel prices fueling demand for economy cars
- Sweden becomes the first nation to ban Aerosol cans. Ozone layer killers
- Serial killer David Berkowitz.”Son of Sam”. Sentenced .. 25 to life
- Amoco Cadiz. Oil tanker. Runs aground March 16th. Brittany coast .. Ecologically disasterous slick. 18 miles wide. 80 miles long. Covering about 200 miles (320 km) of Brittany coastline
- Cult leader Jim Jones. Guyana. Instructs 400 members of his church, “People’s Temple”, to commit suicide
- Worlds Population. Estimated at 4.4 billion
- First Test Tube Baby. Louise Brown. Born in England
- Illinois Bell Company introduces first ever Cellular Mobile Phone System
- Jimmy Carter, Helmut Schmidt, Valéry Giscard d’Estaing, Pierre Trudeau, Malcolm Fraser… a fine bunch of rogues
- Saturday Night Fever, Grease, JawsII, The Deer Hunter, Close Encounters …
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