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1978 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1978th ... it paved the way for the modern-day State-sponsored Healthcare System.
These are the Billboard Hot 100 number-one hits of 1978.. That year, 11 acts first hit number one, such as Player, Yvonne Elliman, Deniece Williams, John Travolta, The Commodores, A Taste of Honey, Exile, Nick Gilder, Anne Murray, Donna Summer, and Chic.
These are the Billboard magazine number-one albums of 1978, per the Billboard 200. The Bee Gees' Saturday Night Fever soundtrack was the best-selling album of 1978, and spent 24 consecutive weeks at number one.
The Bee Gees had three songs on the Year-End Hot 100, "Night Fever" at 2, "Stayin' Alive" at 4, and "How Deep is Your Love" at 6. Andy Gibb had three songs on the Year-End Hot 100, including "Shadow Dancing", the number one hit of the year.
A late evening bulletin to follow News at Ten is also planned for the same day, but union problems lead to its launch being postponed until 1980. 10 September – Return of the Saint returns with new actor Ian Ogilvy and introducing the Jaguar XJ-S to take over from the Volvo P1800 in the Saint 1962 TV series.
On 22 December, the ABS union calls its radio members out on strike, which leads to the merging of BBC Radio 1, 2, 3 and 4 into one national radio network, which from 4.00 pm that day provides a management-run schedule of news and music.
The last time the Dow Jones strung together a losing streak that long was February 1978. Specifically, the index fell more than 4% during the nine trading days that ended on Feb. 22, 1978.
Sonora Smart Dodd, founder of Father's Day (born 1882) Karl Wallenda, circus performer (born 1905) John Hall Wheelock, poet (born 1886) March 23 – Bill Kenny, vocalist (born 1914) March 31 – Charles Best, American-Canadian medical scientist (born 1899) April 9 – Michael Wilson, screenwriter (born 1914)