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1978
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Clockwise from top-left: the Jonestown massacre occurs, leaving 909 people dead; Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 182 collides with a private Cessna 172 light aircraft, killing 146 people; an earthquake in Tabas kills around 25,000 people; the 1978 FIFA World Cup is held in Argentina; the Saur Revolution marks the end of power of the Barakzai dynasty after 152 years; Air India Flight 855 crashes around 3 km (1.9 mi) off the coast of Bandra, killing all passengers and crew aboard; Aldo Moro is kidnapped and murdered by the Red Brigades; the Camp David Accords are signed.
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1978 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar
1978 MCMLXXVIII
Ab urbe condita
2731
Armenian calendar
1427 ԹՎ ՌՆԻԷ
Assyrian calendar
6728
Baháʼí calendar
134–135
Balinese saka calendar
1899–1900
Bengali calendar
1385
Berber calendar
2928
British Regnal year
26 Eliz. 2 – 27 Eliz. 2
Buddhist calendar
2522
Burmese calendar
1340
Byzantine calendar
7486–7487
Chinese calendar
丁巳年 (Fire Snake) 4675 or 4468 — to — 戊午年 (Earth Horse) 4676 or 4469
Coptic calendar
1694–1695
Discordian calendar
3144
Ethiopian calendar
1970–1971
Hebrew calendar
5738–5739
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat
2034–2035
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1899–1900
- Kali Yuga
5078–5079
Holocene calendar
11978
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978–979
Iranian calendar
1356–1357
Islamic calendar
1398–1399
Japanese calendar
Shōwa 53 (昭和５３年)
Javanese calendar
1909–1910
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67
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Gregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar
4311
Minguo calendar
ROC 67 民國67年
Nanakshahi calendar
510
Thai solar calendar
2521
Tibetan calendar
阴火蛇年 (female Fire-Snake) 2104 or 1723 or 951 — to — 阳土马年 (male Earth-Horse) 2105 or 1724 or 952
Unix time
252460800 – 283996799
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