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| 1978 |
| | | A Catholic-Orthodox joint commission acknowledges the long-term aim of re-establishing full communion between the two churches | |
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| 1978 |
| | | David Attenborough writes and presents Life on Earth, a television series on evolution – the first of his many surveys of natural history | |
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| 1978 |
| | | Polish cardinal Karol Wojtyla is elected pope and takes the name John Paul II | |
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| 1978 |
| | | Belgian cyclist Eddie Merckz retires after a 14-year career with a record 445 victories | |
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| 1978 |
| | | Demonstrations take place throughout Iran, demanding Islamic rule under the leadership of Ayatollah Khomeini | |
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| 1978 |
| | | Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian president Anwar el-Sadat share the Nobel Peace Prize | |
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| 1978 |
| | | Vietnamese forces invade Cambodia, driving out Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge | |
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| 1978 |
| | | There are so many strikes in Britain this winter that it becomes known as the 'winter of discontent' | |
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| 1979 |
| | | An Islamic revolution forces the Shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, to flee from Iran | |
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| 1979 |
| | | Morocco annexes the Mauritanian part of the Western Sahara, thus taking control of the entire region | |
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