1978
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1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday.
Events
- January 1 - the Armenian Folk Arts Museum opens
- April 14 - the Armenian constitution is confirmed by The Armenian SSR's Supreme Soviet.
- April 24 the Armenian Genocide monument in Lyon gets unveiled
- May 31 - The Azat Reservoir gets operational
- July 28 - installation of the monument in Spitak, dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the unification of Eastern Armenia and the Russian Empire.
- October 14 - On the 150th Anniversary of the integration of Eastern Armenia in the Russian Empire, Soviet Armenia gets awarded with its third Order of Lenin, and a ceremony is held in Yerevan.
Births
Deaths
- May 1 - Aram Khachaturian, composer (b. 1903)
- May 17 - Armin Wegener, German soldier and humanitarian (b.1886)
- October 21 - Anastas Mikoyan, politician (b.1895)