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10 November 1978 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 10 November 1978 was a Friday.
- Kent Music Report No. 1
- The Kent Music Report No. 1 was “Three Times a Lady” by Commodores.
- Top Film of 1978
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1978 was Grease.
- Best-Selling Vehicle of 1978
- Australia's top-selling new vehicle in 1978 was the Holden Kingswood.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 10 November is Scorpio.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 10 November 1978 fell in the Year of the Horse.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for November is Topaz.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 10 November 1978 was Waxing Gibbous.
On this day: 10 November
- 1969 National Educational Television (the predecessor to the Public Broadcasting Service) in the United States debuts Sesame Street.
- 1970 Luna 17: uncrewed space mission launched by the Soviet Union.
- 1975 Treaty of Osimo between Yugoslavia and Italy
- 1975 Israeli-Palestinian conflict: the United Nations General Assembly passes Resolution 3379, determining that Zionism is a form of racism.
- 1983 Bill Gates introduces Windows 1.0.
Famous people born on 10 November
- Zoey Deutch, American actress (born 1994)
- Drew Lock, American football player (born 1996)
- Brittany Murphy, American actress and singer (1977–2009)
- Walton Goggins, American actor and producer (born 1971)
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Events of 1978 in Australia
A selection from Wikipedia's '1978 in Australia'. Not a complete list.
- 1 January – Another Vietnamese refugee boat arrives at night, from a camp off the Malaysian coast.
- 3 January – Bela Csidei, a prominent Sydney businessman, is alleged in the Darwin Magistrates' Court to have been involved in growing marijuana in the Northern Territory.
- 14 March – Stephen Matthews, aged 20, swept from the Natural Bridge off Albany, by a King Wave. Rescued by whale ship, the Cheynes II. First recorded survival of someone swept into the sea at The Gap and Natural Bridge.
Life in Australia in 1978
Prime Minister
Malcolm Fraser
Monarch
Queen Elizabeth II
Petrol (per litre)
$0.12
Loaf of Bread
$0.50
Average House
$36,000
Weekly Wage
$185.00
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Famous Faces Born in the 1970s
Well-known people born in the same decade as you, not on your birthday.
Heath Ledger4 April 1979ActorView their day →Patrick Brammall30 March 1976ActorView their day →Rose Byrne24 July 1979ActressView their day →Isla Fisher3 February 1976Actress & authorView their day →Sam Worthington2 August 1976ActorView their day →Toni Collette1 November 1972Actress & musicianView their day →Joel Edgerton23 June 1974ActorView their day →Natalie Imbruglia4 February 1975Singer & actressView their day →Sources: Wikidata and Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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