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18 March 1978 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 18 March 1978 was a Saturday.
- Irish Chart Song in 1978
- The Irish chart song for 1978 was “Rivers of Babylon / Brown Girl in the Ring” by Boney M.
- Top Film of 1978
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1978 was Grease.
- 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)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Events of 1978 in Ireland
A selection from Wikipedia's '1978 in Ireland'. Not a complete list.
- 18 January – The European Court of Human Rights found Britain guilty of inhuman and degrading treatment of republican internees in Northern Ireland.
- 19 January – The Fianna Fáil government dismissed the Garda Commissioner Edmund Garvey. No explanation was given.
- 31 March – Six thousand people marched through Dublin to Wood Quay to protest against the building of civic offices above an ancient Viking settlement.
Life in Ireland in 1978
Taoiseach
Jack Lynch
Petrol (per litre)
£0.68/gal
Loaf of Bread
£0.21
Average House
£17,000
Weekly Wage
£37
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Famous Faces Born in the 1970s
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