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| 1978 |
| | | English author Andrew Motion publishes his first collection of poems, The Pleasure Steamers | |
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| 1978 |
| | | Muhammad Ali is the first boxer to become world heavyweight champion three times, defeating Leon Spinks in a return match a year after losing the title | |
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| c. 1978 |
| | | Shining Path and Tupac Amaru emerge as left-wing guerrilla groups in Peru | |
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| 1978 |
| | | Douglas Adams creates Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy as a science fiction comedy series for BBC's Radio 4 | |
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| 1978 |
| | | Czech-born US tennis player Martina Navratilova wins the first of nine singles titles at Wimbledon | |
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| 1978 |
| | | English cricketer Ian Botham sets a new Test record, scoring a century and taking eight wickets against Pakistan at Lord's | |
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| 1978 |
| | | Louise Brown, born in England, is the first test-tube baby, having been conceived by IVF (In vitro fertilization) | |
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Wellcome Library, London
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| 1978 |
| | | Jomo Kenyatta dies in office as Kenya's president and is succeeded by his deputy, Daniel arap Moi | |
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| 1978 |
| | | Italian cardinal Albino Luciani is elected pope and takes the name John Paul I | |
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| 1978 |
| | | Sandinista guerrillas make a surprise attack on the National Palace in Nicaragua, taking more than 1000 people hostage | |
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