Timeline June 1978

Events in June 1978 11

• 1928 – 1978 Bob Crane (1928-1978) Died 29 June 1978, aged 49 Crane was an American actor best known for starring in the television sitcom "Hogan's Heroes". He was found bludgeoned to death in his apartment in Scottsdale, Arizona, in a murder that remains officially unsolved.
• 1978 French Open 1978 Men: Björn Borg · Women: Virginia Ruzici
• 1978 1978 FIFA World Cup Confetti over Argentina Argentina won their first title on home soil amidst a flurry of ticker tape. Winner: Argentina.
• 1978 Bruce Springsteen releases Darkness on the Edge of Town After the lawsuit Released after a long legal fight with his former manager.
• 1978 Intel 8086 — the x86 architecture born Intel introduces the 8086 on 8 June 1978 — a 16-bit microprocessor that introduces the x86 instruction set architecture. The x86 architecture — with its registers, addressing modes and instruction encoding — becomes the most enduring computer architecture in history. Every Intel Core processor sold today, every AMD Ryzen, every server in the world's data centres runs x86 code. The 8086 contains 29,000 transistors and runs at 5–10MHz. Its cheaper sibling, the 8088 (1979), is chosen by IBM for the IBM PC — cementing x86's dominance.
• 1978 Dire Straits Debut album — June 9, 1978 The Dire Straits debut album was released on June 9, 1978, recorded at Basing Street Studios in London for just £12,500. It featured "Sultans of Swing" and reached number 5 in the UK and number 2 in the US, becoming double platinum in both countries.
• 1978 Some Girls Fourteenth album — June 9, 1978 Some Girls was released on June 9, 1978, the Stones' response to punk and disco. Their biggest commercial success, it reached number 1 in the US and number 2 in the UK. It included "Miss You" and "Beast of Burden".
• 1978 Grease released Musical film starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John opens Paramount Pictures released the film adaptation of the stage musical "Grease", starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John. It became the highest-grossing film of 1978 and one of the best-selling movie musicals ever made.
• 1978 – present Dirk Nowitzki The Tall Guy The greatest European player of his era; led Dallas to the 2011 title.
• 1978 Garfield comic strip debuts Jim Davis introduces the lasagna-loving cat Cartoonist Jim Davis launched "Garfield" in 41 US newspapers, centered on a cynical, food-obsessed cat and his owner Jon Arbuckle. It went on to become one of the most widely syndicated comic strips in the world.
• 1978 – present Frank Lampard Super Frank Chelsea's all-time leading scorer and one of the most prolific goalscoring midfielders in history.