Born in 1978

£1 in 1978 would be worth approximately £8.10 in today's money.

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.
• 3 April – Permanent radio broadcasts of proceedings in the House of Commons begin.
• 1 May – Early May Bank Holiday observed for the first time.
• 21 June – The Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Evita opens at the Prince Edward Theatre in London.
• 7 July – Solomon Islands are annexed to the Crown and become independent from the United Kingdom.
• 3 November – Dominica gains its independence from the United Kingdom.

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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