Timeline November 1978

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• 1888 – 1978 Giorgio de Chirico Metaphysical Art · Italy Giorgio de Chirico (July 10, 1888 – November 20, 1978) was an Italian painter who founded the Metaphysical Art movement. His eerily empty piazzas and mysterious shadows profoundly influenced the Surrealists.
• 1894 – 1978 Norman Rockwell (1894-1978) Died 8 November 1978, aged 84 Rockwell was an American painter and illustrator best known for his decades of cover art for The Saturday Evening Post depicting idealized scenes of everyday American life. He died at his home in Stockbridge, Massachusetts.
• 1897 – 1978 Gene Tunney (1897-1978) Died 7 November 1978, aged 81 Tunney was a world heavyweight boxing champion best remembered for twice defeating Jack Dempsey, including the famous "Long Count" bout of 1927. He died in Greenwich, Connecticut.
• 1978 The Police release Outlandos d'Amour Debut album With Roxanne, Can't Stand Losing You and So Lonely.
• 1978 The Clash release Give 'Em Enough Rope Second album Produced by Sandy Pearlman to break America.
• 1978 Jonestown massacre Over 900 members of the Peoples Temple die in mass murder-suicide Cult leader Jim Jones ordered followers at his Jonestown settlement in Guyana to drink cyanide-laced punch after members of his group murdered US Congressman Leo Ryan and others at a nearby airstrip. It remains the largest single loss of American civilian life in a deliberate act prior to 9/11.
• 1978 Assassinations of Harvey Milk and George Moscone San Francisco supervisor and mayor shot by former colleague Former city supervisor Dan White shot and killed Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk at San Francisco City Hall. Milk, one of the first openly gay elected officials in the United States, became a lasting symbol of the gay rights movement after his death.