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18 March 1978 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 18 March 1978 was a Saturday.
- Kent Music Report No. 1
- The Kent Music Report No. 1 was “It's a Heartache” by Bonnie Tyler.
- 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 18 March is Pisces.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 18 March 1978 fell in the Year of the Horse.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for March is Aquamarine.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 18 March 1978 was Waxing Gibbous.
On this day: 18 March
- 1967 The supertanker Torrey Canyon runs aground off the Cornish coast.
- 1968 Gold standard: The U.S. Congress repeals the requirement for a gold reserve to back US currency.
- 1970 Lon Nol ousts Prince Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia.
- 1974 Güzel İstanbul, a nude sculpture by Gürdal Duyar in Istanbul, is torn down in the middle of the night.
- 1990 Germans in the German Democratic Republic vote in the first democratic elections in the former communist dictatorship.
Famous people born on 18 March
- Queen Latifah, American rapper, producer, and actress (born 1970)
- Lily Collins, English-American actress (born 1989)
- Sutton Foster, American actress, singer, and dancer (born 1975)
- Adam Levine, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and television personality (born 1979)
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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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