Replaying Wednesday, January 4, 1978

The January 4, 1978 was a Wednesday under the star sign of . It was the 3 day of the year. President of the United States was Jimmy Carter.

If you were born on this day, you are 48 years old. Your last birthday was on the Sunday, January 4, 2026, 184 days ago. Your next birthday is on Monday, January 4, 2027, in 180 days. You have lived for 17,716 days, or about 425,191 hours, or about 25,511,504 minutes, or about 1,530,690,240 seconds.

Some people who share this birthday:

  • Isaac Newton (mathematician, philosopher, born January 4, 1643)
  • Toni Kroos (association football player, born January 4, 1990)
  • Till Lindemann (actor, carpenter, film actor, poet, singer, songwriter, swimmer, writer, born January 4, 1963)
  • James Milner (association football player, born January 4, 1986)
  • Derrick Henry (American football player, born January 4, 1994)
  • Julia Ormond (film actor, stage actor, born January 4, 1965)
  • Graham McTavish (actor, film actor, stage actor, television actor, voice actor, born January 4, 1961)
  • Viktor Axelsen (badminton player, born January 4, 1994)
  • Harlan Coben (novelist, screenwriter, writer, born January 4, 1962)
  • Michael Stipe (singer-songwriter, born January 4, 1960)
  • June Diane Raphael (comedian, film actor, podcaster, screenwriter, stage actor, television actor, born January 4, 1980)
  • Peter Steele (musician, singer, singer-songwriter, born January 4, 1962)
  • Hsieh Su-wei (tennis player, born January 4, 1986)
  • Charlyne Yi (comedian, film actor, film producer, film score composer, screenwriter, voice actor, born January 4, 1986)
  • Jaeden Martell (actor, born January 4, 2003)
  • Harmony Korine (actor, camera operator, conceptual artist, film director, screenwriter, writer, born January 4, 1973)
  • Jeannie Mai Jenkins (make-up artist, personal stylist, television presenter, born January 4, 1979)
  • Dyan Cannon (film actor, film director, film editor, film producer, model, screenwriter, television actor, voice actor, born January 4, 1937)
  • Quincy Promes (association football player, born January 4, 1992)
  • Derek Brunson (mixed martial arts fighter, born January 4, 1984)
  • Jiiva (actor, born January 4, 1984)
  • Hōjō Tokiyuki (samurai, born December 27, 1325)
  • Tina Knowles (businessperson, costume designer, entrepreneur, fashion designer, born January 4, 1954)
  • Lena Nilsson (actor, born January 4, 1962)
  • Louis Braille (inventor, organist, teacher, born January 4, 1809)
  • Vanity (actor, film actor, model, recording artist, singer, born January 4, 1959)
  • Rick Stein (chef, cook, born January 4, 1947)
  • Yvan Attal (actor, dub actor, film actor, film director, screenwriter, born January 4, 1965)
  • Matt Frewer (film actor, stage actor, television actor, voice actor, born January 4, 1958)
  • Kris Bryant (baseball player, born January 4, 1992)
  • Mark Hollis (composer, instrumentalist, musician, singer, singer-songwriter, soloist, songwriter, born January 4, 1955)
  • Liza Soberano (actor, model, singer, born January 4, 1998)
  • Mel Tucker (American football coach, American football player, born January 4, 1972)
  • Floyd Patterson (boxer, born January 4, 1935)
  • Julian Sands (actor, film actor, film director, screenwriter, stage actor, television actor, theatrical director, born January 4, 1958)
  • Dave Foley (actor, film actor, film director, screenwriter, television actor, born January 4, 1963)
  • Sorrell Booke (actor, film actor, stage actor, television actor, voice actor, born January 4, 1930)
  • Emilie Livingston (dancer, rhythmic gymnast, born January 4, 1983)
  • D'Arcy Carden (actor, born January 4, 1980)
  • Chris Kanyon (amateur wrestler, professional wrestler, stunt performer, born January 4, 1970)
  • Yoo Hai-Jin (actor, film actor, television actor, born January 4, 1970)
  • Johann Georg Elser (carpenter, joiner, resistance fighter, born January 4, 1903)
  • Kerry Condon (actor, film actor, stage actor, born January 4, 1983)
  • Aditya Pancholi (actor, born January 4, 1965)
  • August Diehl (actor, film actor, stage actor, born January 4, 1976)
  • Scott Frost (head coach, born January 4, 1975)
  • John Bennett Perry (actor, film actor, model, television actor, born January 4, 1941)
  • Laila Eloui (actor, born January 4, 1962)
  • Bülent Ceylan (actor, comedian, born January 4, 1976)
  • Bernard Sumner (guitarist, lyricist, musician, singer, singer-songwriter, born January 4, 1956)

4th of January 1978 News

News as it appeared on the front page of the New York Times on January 4, 1978

I've Got a Secret

Date: 05 January 1978

By Daniel Schorr

Daniel Schorr

Daniel Schorr comment on his journalistic experiences as CIA 'asset'

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NEW YORK POST MOVES UP TIME FOR FIRST EDITION

Date: 05 January 1978

NY Post moves up time of its 1st edition, which is available on some midtown newsstands by 9:30 AM; afternoon daily has also cut out its final edition and will no longer publish daily closing prices for NYSE; circulation dir Lester Feldman comments (S)

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The Hartford Tribune Closes; Tabloid Had Put Out 27 Issues

Date: 04 January 1978

Hartford Tribune closes after publishing 27 issues; publisher Morton Sharnik comments (S)

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Fashion: Top Secrecy to Hard Sell

Date: 04 January 1978

By BERNADINE MORRIS

Bernadine MORRIS

Comment on dissemination of fashion news notes many designers covet press coverage and submit illustrations of new styles to press in early Jan; illus (M)

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Topics; Message Bearers Escape From South Africa The Counterfeit Mailman

Date: 05 January 1978

Ed urges West to assist Woods to carry on campaign against country's racial policies

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AN EDITOR BIDS C.I.A. GIVE DATA ON PRESS; Wants Account of Ties, Including Disclosure of Names and Dates Activities 'Blow Back'

Date: 05 January 1978

Stuart Loory, managing editor of Chicago Sun Times, testifying before HR intelligence subcom, calls on CIA to give full account of all its past dealings with news media, including reporters' names; subcom head Repr Les Aspin says he thinks release of reporters' names would be unfair in sense that what was going on in '50 was different from today; Morton Halperin, former member of Henry A Kissinger's Natl Security Council staff, also questions CIA's practice of planting news repts and other propaganda abroad (S)

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Court Rules Against Bar on Public At Meetings of Legislative Bodies

Date: 04 January 1978

By MAX H. SEIGEL

Max SEIGEL

Appellate Div of NYS's 2d Judicial Dept rules that legis body meeting to discuss public business may not bar public or press (S)

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World News Briefs; Eritreans Report Capture Of Airport at Asmara Kenya Arrests Novelist But Files No Charges Justice White Rebuffs Dole on Crown's Return South African Editor Flies to Botswana

Date: 04 January 1978

Special to The New York Times

Woods and family reach Botswana (S)

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Around the Nation; 6,000 More Women Urged For Army Support Units City in Texas Encircled In a Parade of Tractors Closing Arguments Heard In Mashpee Indian Case Denver Editor Convicted On 2 Misdemeanor Counts Pittsburgh Mayor Sworn In As Hecklers Demand Jobs

Date: 04 January 1978

Mashpee Indians, ending argument in Mass land claims case, plead for formal recognition as tribe; summation by Indian lawyer Lawrence Shubow and Mashpee town lawyer James D St Clair noted (S)

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News Summary; International National Metropolitan Business/Finance

Date: 04 January 1978

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