1978-4-9

Long Live Rock 'n' Roll

Rainbow

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昭和53年

4/2 日

「SF西遊記スタージンガー」放映開始

4/4 火

ピンクレディに並んで大人気だったキャンディーズが解散し、最終公演が後楽園球場で行われる。

4/4 火

キャンディーズが後楽園球場でのコンサート「ファイナルカーニバル」をもって解散。

4/5 水

藤井寺市の仲津媛陵古墳の陪塚で木製のそり「修羅」が発掘される。

4/5 水

大阪府藤井寺市の三ツ塚古墳から古墳時代の修羅が出土する。

4/8 土

実用中型放送衛星「ゆり」が打ち上げられる。

4/16 日

日本最初の女子マラソンが多摩湖畔で行われる。

4/16 日

横浜市長選挙で、共産党を除く6党の推薦を得た細郷道一が当選する。

4/20 木

大韓航空機銃撃事件。

4/21 金

大韓航空機が北極圏でソ連領を侵犯し、ミグ戦闘機の発砲を受け凍結湖に不時着し、日本人を含む2人が死亡する。

1978

4/3 Mon

Larry King moves his radio show from Miami to Washington DC

4/6 Thu

Karnataka beat Uttar Pradesh by inn & 193 to win Ranji Trophy

4/7 Fri

Guttenberg bible sold for $2p~000p~000 in NYC

4/7 Fri

Pres Carter defers production of neutron bomb

4/7 Fri

US Court of Appeals upholds Commissioner Kuhn's voiding of attempted player sales by A's owner Charlie Finley in June 1976

4/9 Sun

42nd Golf Masters Championship: Gary Player winsp~ shooting a 277

4/9 Sun

Brewers sweep Orioles 11-3p~ 16-3p~ & 13-5 (each with a grand slam)

4/9 Sun

David Thompson scores ties 3rd highest total in the NBA -73

4/9 Sun

Denver's David Thompson scores 73 points & San Antonio's George Gervin scores 63 points in separate NBA games (33 in 1 quarter)

4/10 Mon

Formation of Major Indoor Soccer League announced

1978

1/25 Wed

"Bob Dylan makes his directorial debut in the surrealist film Renaldo and Clara, shot during his Rolling Thunder Revue tour."

1/28 Sat

"By request, Ted Nugent autographs his name into a fan's arm with a bowie knife in Philadelphia."

2/4 Sat

Elton John appears as the guest star on The Muppet Show.

2/10 Fri

"Van Halen debuts with self-titled album; Eddie Van Halen introduces a powerful new sound and technique to world, while David Lee Roth is ushered in as the front man."

3/18 Sat

"California Jam II is held at the Ontario Motor Speedway in California. Over 300,000 fans come to see Ted Nugent, Aerosmith, Santana, Dave Mason, Foreigner, Heart and more."

4/22 Sat

"In the Eurovision Song Contest in Paris, France, victory goes to Israel's entry ""A-Ba-Ni-Bi"", performed by Izhar Cohen & The Alphabeta."

4/22 Sat

"The ""One Love Peace Concert"" is held in Kingston, Jamaica, headlined by Bob Marley, making his first concert appearance since December 1976."

4/22 Sat

"Steve Martin performs the original ""King Tut"" on Saturday Night Live; also that night, The Blues Brothers make their first appearance on the show."

5/6 Sat

The Knack is formed (first album released in 1979).

5/13 Sat

Barry Gibb becomes the only songwriter in history to have written 4 consecutive #1 singles on Billboard's Hot 100 Chart.

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