What happened June 1978 AD

In June 1978, five months before the release of the first Superman movie, Kahn expanded the line further, increasing the number of titles and story pages, and raising the price from 35 cents to 50 cents. Most series received eight-page back-up features while some had full-length twenty-five-page stories.

Williams married his first wife, Valerie Velardi, in June 1978, following a live-in relationship with comedian Elayne Boosler. Velardi and Williams met in 1976 while he was working as a bartender at a tavern in San Francisco.

Iran and Saudi Arabia block efforts of OPEC price hawks to fix the price of OPEC oil in a currency more stable than the U.S. dollar. Say the world economy cannot support associated price increases. Are accused by hawks of being U.S. agents.

Jacques was the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) from 17 June 1978 to 15 January 1987.

The 1978 Milwaukee celebration was described as drawing over 100,000 attendees.