Discover what happened on 11 March 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
- Hendrik van der Vlist (politician)
- Ivan Antsiferov (Soviet military person)
- Q121782214
- Arthur Nilsson
- Hanni Bay ((1885-1978))
- Ricardo Arrue (Spanish painter (1889-1978))
- Göte Pawlak
- Q65168965
- Svend Holbæk (Danish film director)
- Otto Šimáček
- Austin William Drevar Leishman
- Johannes Bongaerts (Righteous Among the Nations)
- Ivan Antsiferov (Soviet military person)
- Q121782214
- Friedrich-Wilhelm Bock (SS officer (1897–1978))
- Claude François (French pop singer, songwriter and dancer (1939–1978))
- Julius Mägiste (Estonian linguist (1900–1978))
- Emil Blum (Swiss theologian (1894-1978))
- Gail Rubin (American photographer (1938–1978))
- Dalal al-Mughrabi (Palestinian female freedom fighter and member of the PLO (1959-1978))
- Sofia Vembo (Greek actor-singer)
- Jean-Jacques Lecot (French actor (1917–1978))
- Giuseppe Mancuso
- Chet Gay (American football player)
- Hélène Bouvier (singer (1905–1978))
- Linton Satterthwaite (Mayan archaeologist and epigrapher)
- Priscilla Buchan, Baroness Tweedsmuir (British politician (1915-1978))
- Ward Van Orman (American balloonist (1894–1978))
- Zhang qing-yuan (Education scholar)
- Jenny Pajunen (Finnish politician and journalist (1909-1978))
- Eşref Şemi-zade (Soviet poet (1908-1978))
- Torsten Andersson (Swedish politician, chief editor and county governor (1909-1978))
- Jānis Asars (Latvian scientist)
- Q16710740
- Laurence Bradshaw (British painter and sculptor)