In the year 1978
539 Notable deaths
Alidius Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer
Dutch diplomat (1888-1978).
Born March 7th, 1888 in Groningen.
Died August 16th, 1978 at 90 years old in Wassenaar.
Ahmed Hussein al-Ghashmi
President of north yemen (1941-1978).
Born August 21st, 1941 in Yemen.
Died June 24th, 1978 at 36 years old in Sanaa (explosive device).
Lee Metcalf
American politician (1911-1978).
Born January 28th, 1911 in Stevensville.
Died January 12th, 1978 at 66 years old in Helena.
Kiyoshi Oka
Japanese mathematician who worked in the theory of several complex variables (1901-1978).
Born April 19th, 1901 in Osaka. [ref]
Died March 1st, 1978 at 76 years old in Nara. [ref]
Roy Harrod
English economist (1900–1978).
Born February 13th, 1900 in London.
Died March 8th, 1978 at 78 years old in Holt.
Cyrille Adoula
Congolese prime minister, ambassador (1921-1978).
Born September 13th, 1921 in Kinshasa.
Died May 24th, 1978 at 56 years old in Lausanne.
Ann Shoemaker
American actress (1891-1978).
Born January 10th, 1891 in Brooklyn.
Died September 18th, 1978 at 87 years old in Los Angeles (cancer).
Joseph Montoya
American politician (1915-1978).
Born September 24th, 1915 in Peña Blanca.
Died June 5th, 1978 at 62 years old in Washington, D.C.. [ref]
George Scratchley Brown
Us air force general (1918-1978).
Born August 17th, 1918 in Montclair.
Died December 5th, 1978 at 60 years old in Washington, D.C. (prostate cancer).
Jacques Bergier
French writer and scientist.
Born August 8th, 1912 in Odesa. [ref]
Died November 23rd, 1978 at 66 years old in 20th arrondissement of Paris (cerebral hemorrhage). [ref]
Deaths 211 to 220 of 539
Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde