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45 Interesting Images of What the World Looked Like In 1978

The best year in modern history, like you've never seen it before.

By Carly Tennes

Published 6 months ago in Wow

Often dubbed the best year in music — and the best year in modern history — 1978 was a cultural moment in and of itself. Partygoers boogie-ing down on Studio 54's sweat-soaked dance floor. Skateboarders honing their vert skills at California's skate parks. Film fans lining up to catch a glimpse at the soon-to-be sci-fi classic, Star Wars. 1978 was truly a year to behold, and fortunately for us, it was all captured on film. 


From Queen hitting the stage to a pre-Alien Sigourney Weaver enjoying a hot dog, here are 45 photos of what the world looked like in 1978. 

  • 1

    Harvey Milk rides on the back of a convertible while partaking in San Francisco’s Gay Freedom Parade

    45 Interesting Images of What the World Looked Like In 1978

  • 2

    “Michael Jackson in 1978.”

    45 Interesting Images of What the World Looked Like In 1978

  • 3

    “Then-Mayor Dianne Feinstein at the opening of Pier 39 in San Francisco (1978).”

    45 Interesting Images of What the World Looked Like In 1978

  • 4

    New Englanders survey the damage after a Nor’easter dubbed the “Blizzard of ’78.”

    45 Interesting Images of What the World Looked Like In 1978

  • 5

    “Home sweet home (1978).”

    45 Interesting Images of What the World Looked Like In 1978

  • 6

    “A beach in Iran, 1978.”

    45 Interesting Images of What the World Looked Like In 1978

  • 7

    “Nothing more cool for 8-year-old me in 1978.”

    45 Interesting Images of What the World Looked Like In 1978

  • 8

    “My dad at 22 in 1978.”

    45 Interesting Images of What the World Looked Like In 1978

  • 9

    “My mother in Monrovia, Liberia 1978 !”

    45 Interesting Images of What the World Looked Like In 1978

  • 10

    “This amazing photo was from a 16 y/o girl who snuck her camera into a Queen concert in 1978.”

    45 Interesting Images of What the World Looked Like In 1978

  • 11

    “Hermosa Beach .... summer of 1978.”

    45 Interesting Images of What the World Looked Like In 1978

  • 12

    “My parents wedding in 1978.”

    45 Interesting Images of What the World Looked Like In 1978

  • 13

    “My parents wedding in 1978.”

    45 Interesting Images of What the World Looked Like In 1978

  • 14

    “Debbie Harry, 1978.”

    45 Interesting Images of What the World Looked Like In 1978

  • 15

    “Dance teacher Patsy Swayze, center, with her daughter-in-law Lisa Niemi and son Patrick Swayze, 1978.”

    45 Interesting Images of What the World Looked Like In 1978

  • 16

    “My father training as a priest in his mid twenties - around 1978.”

    45 Interesting Images of What the World Looked Like In 1978

  • 17

    “Kate Bush, 1978.”

    45 Interesting Images of What the World Looked Like In 1978

  • 18

    “Woman in her New York apartment, 1978.”

    45 Interesting Images of What the World Looked Like In 1978

  • 19

    “1978 heading to the concert.”

    45 Interesting Images of What the World Looked Like In 1978

  • 20

    “Vincent Price, Carrie Fisher, Ringo Starr and John Ritter, 1978.”

    45 Interesting Images of What the World Looked Like In 1978

  • 21

    “One of my favorite photos of my mom, circa approximately 1978.”

    45 Interesting Images of What the World Looked Like In 1978

  • 22

    “My grandfather (sometime around 1978).”

    45 Interesting Images of What the World Looked Like In 1978

  • 23

    “American WWI veterans at a reunion, 1978.”

    45 Interesting Images of What the World Looked Like In 1978

  • 24

    “A female Afghan communist revolutionary during the Saur Revolution, 1978.”

    45 Interesting Images of What the World Looked Like In 1978

  • 25

    “Sigourney Weaver, 1978.”

    45 Interesting Images of What the World Looked Like In 1978

  • 26

    “During ‘The Troubles’ in Belfast, Northern Ireland, 1978.”

    45 Interesting Images of What the World Looked Like In 1978

  • 27

    “Microsoft staff photo from December 7, 1978.”

    45 Interesting Images of What the World Looked Like In 1978

  • 28

    “Big screen TV and VCR, 1978(GE Widescreen 1000 - General Electric Performance Television).”

    45 Interesting Images of What the World Looked Like In 1978

  • 29

    “Brattleboro, Vermont 1978.”

    45 Interesting Images of What the World Looked Like In 1978

  • 30

    “Apollo Astronaut Reunion. August 22, 1978.”

    45 Interesting Images of What the World Looked Like In 1978

  • 31

    “‘Human rights must triumph’, Liberia 1978.”

    45 Interesting Images of What the World Looked Like In 1978

  • 32

    “Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen photographed by Steve Emberton, 1978.”

    45 Interesting Images of What the World Looked Like In 1978

  • 33

    “The corner of Fremont & Main--Las Vegas, Nevada, 1978.”

    45 Interesting Images of What the World Looked Like In 1978

  • 34

    “Iranian student on the streets of Tehran – during the Iranian Revolution, which overthrew the Pahlavi dynasty, bringing in the Islamic Republic, c. January 1978 - February 1979.”

    45 Interesting Images of What the World Looked Like In 1978

  • 35

    “Jimmy Carter stands between Anwar Sadat and Menachem Begin during the 1978 Camp David Conference, at which Egypt and Israel agreed to end thirty years of hot and cold war between the two nations.”

    45 Interesting Images of What the World Looked Like In 1978

  • 36

    “People lining up to see Star Wars at a theatre in Japan during its release. 1978.”

    45 Interesting Images of What the World Looked Like In 1978

  • 37

    “Skateboarding park/bowl in Carson, California. 23 March 1978.”

    45 Interesting Images of What the World Looked Like In 1978

  • 38

    “People wait in line outside of Studio 54, Manhattan, NYC, 1978.”

    45 Interesting Images of What the World Looked Like In 1978

  • 39

    “Vietnamese refugees land at Montreal's Dorval International Airport. Nov 26, 1978.”

    45 Interesting Images of What the World Looked Like In 1978

  • 40

    “1978 World Cup: cartoon mascots Lilly and Billy before the final between Argentina and the Netherlands.”

    45 Interesting Images of What the World Looked Like In 1978

  • 41

    “Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, dances with a Samba dancer at a party at the Town Hall in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil 1978).”

    45 Interesting Images of What the World Looked Like In 1978

  • 42

    “Mark Hamill and Harrison Ford visiting Eric Idle in his home in 1978.”

    45 Interesting Images of What the World Looked Like In 1978

  • 43

    “Pope John Paul I being carried in the Papal Chair. He was elected on 26 August 1978, and died 33 days later. His reign is among the shortest in papal history, resulting in the most recent year with three popes and the first to occur since 1605 (Vatican City 1978).”

    45 Interesting Images of What the World Looked Like In 1978

  • 44

    “Olivia Newton John and John Travolta at the Grease premiere party, 1978.”

    45 Interesting Images of What the World Looked Like In 1978

  • 45

    “PSA Flight 182 goes down in flames over San Diego, September 25th 1978.”

    45 Interesting Images of What the World Looked Like In 1978

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