At A Glance

21 December 1978 at a glance

Day of the week
21 December 1978 was a Thursday.
UK Number One
The UK Number One single was “Mary's Boy Child – Oh My Lord” by Boney M..
Top Film of 1978
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1978 was Grease.
Star sign
The star sign for 21 December is Sagittarius.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 21 December 1978 fell in the Year of the Horse.
Birthstone
The birthstone for December is Turquoise.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 21 December 1978 was Waning Gibbous.

On this day: 21 December

  • 1965 International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination is adopted.
  • 1968 Apollo program: Apollo 8 is launched from the Kennedy Space Center, placing its crew on a lunar trajectory for the first visit to another celestial body by humans.
  • 1973 The Geneva Conference on the Arab–Israeli conflict opens.
  • 1979 Lancaster House Agreement: An independence agreement for Rhodesia is signed in London by Lord Carrington, Sir Ian Gilmour, Robert Mugabe, Joshua Nkomo, Bishop Abel Muzorewa and S.C. Mundawarara.
  • 1991 Dissolution of the Soviet Union: The leaders of 11 now effectively autonomous Soviet republics sign the Alma-Ata Protocol establishing the Commonwealth of Independent States in place of the collapsing Soviet Union.

Famous people born on 21 December

  • Jane Fonda, American actress and activist (born 1937)
  • Madelyn Cline, American actress and model (born 1997)
  • Samuel L. Jackson, American actor and producer (born 1948)
  • Emmanuel Macron, French politician, 25th President of France (born 1977)

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Events of 1978 in the United Kingdom

A selection from Wikipedia's '1978 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.

  • 11 January – A North Sea storm surge ruins four piers in the UK: Herne Bay, Margate, Hunstanton and Skegness.
  • 9 February – Gordon McQueen, 25-year-old Scotland central defender, becomes Britain's first £500,000 footballer in a transfer from Leeds United to Manchester United.
  • 8 March – The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy first broadcast by BBC Radio 4.
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Life in 1978

Prime Minister

James Callaghan

Monarch

Elizabeth II

Pint of Beer

34p

Loaf of Bread

24p

Average House

£15,590

Weekly Wage

£88.00

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