Discover what happened on 31 January 1978 in history! This day marks a series of notable events, famous births, and significant deaths. Explore the details below to learn more about the historical happenings of this day. On this day, history comes alive!
Deaths
- Pearl Anna Neal (American music educator)
- Wu Bangwei
- Ali Mohamed Riad (association football player)
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- Wilhelm Gröne (German pastor and merchant (1905–1978))
- George Eric St. Johnston (father of Sir Kerry St. Johnston)
- Margit Angerer (Hungarian singer and opera singer (1895–1978))
- Gregory Herbert (American musician (1947–1978))
- Georg Weise (German art historian (1888–1978))
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- Otto Wendt
- Charles Clay (English antiquarian and librarian (1885-1978))
- Harrison Forman (American photojournalist)
- Ángel Hidalgo Ibáñez (Spanish priest)
- Bernardo Elosúa Farías
- Gen’ichi Koiwai (Japanese poet)
- Gerda Lillienau
- Sir Christopher John Louis Joseph Nixon, 3rd Bt. ((1918-1978))
- Đorđe Stojiljković (Yugoslav footballer)
- Augustine Ernestine Frederika Gratama Schreuder (editor)
- Bohuslav Brejník
- Péter Piti (Hungarian amateur wrestler)
- Rusia Lampel (Israeli Austrian-born German-language author of youth titles)
- Eira Thelander
- Barclay Barrowman (Scottish physician)
- Euphemia Wyatt ((1 Apr 1884 – certain 31 Jan 1978))
- Rudolf Fiket (Yugoslav cyclist)
- Roza Kuleshova
- Otto Brakat (German soldier and Knight’s Cross recipient (1916–1978))
- Reginald Robotham (English cricketer (1911-1978))
- Yukinojō Asahikawa (Japanese rikishi (1905-1978))
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- Gyula Erdélyi (Hungarian pedagogue, pedagogical writer from Transylvania (1909–1978))
- Madeleine Foing-Haudebine (French Esperantist)
- Augustin Charvát
- Josef Hanák
- Erik Klíma