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22 August 1978 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 22 August 1978 was a Tuesday.
- Kent Music Report No. 1
- The Kent Music Report No. 1 was “You're the One That I Want” by John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John.
- 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 22 August is Leo.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 22 August 1978 fell in the Year of the Horse.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for August is Peridot.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 22 August 1978 was Waning Gibbous.
On this day: 22 August
- 1968 Pope Paul VI arrives in Bogotá, Colombia. It is the first visit of a pope to Latin America.
- 1971 J. Edgar Hoover and John Mitchell announce the arrest of 20 of the Camden 28.
- 1972 Rhodesia is expelled by the IOC for its racist policies.
- 1973 The Congress of Chile votes in favour of a resolution condemning President Salvador Allende's government and demands that he resign or else be unseated through force and new elections.
- 1978 The District of Columbia Voting Rights Amendment is passed by the U.S. Congress, although it is never ratified by a sufficient number of states.
Famous people born on 22 August
- Dua Lipa, English singer-songwriter (born 1995)
- Richard Armitage, English actor (born 1971)
- Layne Staley, American singer-songwriter (1967–2002)
- Giada De Laurentiis, Italian-American chef and author (born 1970)
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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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