Timeline April 1978

Events in April 1978 10

• 1978 US Senate ratifies Panama Canal Treaties Treaties set course for handover of canal to Panama The US Senate narrowly ratified the Torrijos-Carter Treaties, which set a schedule for transferring control of the Panama Canal from the United States to Panama by the end of 1999. The votes ended decades of dispute over the canal's sovereignty.
• 1978 Willie Nelson releases Stardust Pop standards An album of pre-war standards that stays in the charts for nearly a decade.
• 1978 The Baseball Epiphany Watching a baseball game at Jingu Stadium, he heard Dave Hilton hit a double with a clean crack of the bat, and out of the blue thought: I think I can write a novel. He later called it an epiphany — something that fell slowly from the sky and he caught it. That evening, he bought a fountain pen and writing paper, and began writing at the kitchen table of his apartment after closing the bar each night.
• 1978 Prince releases For You Debut album He plays all 27 instruments himself.
• 1978 The Police release Roxanne First single on A&M Banned by the BBC, it becomes a hit a year later.
• 1978 1978 World Snooker Championship Reardon Title 6 Winner: Ray Reardon; Runner-up: Perrie Mans. Score: 25–18.
• 1978 Bob Marley's One Love Peace Concert Kingston Joins the hands of rival leaders Michael Manley and Edward Seaga on stage.
• 1978 Serie A debut -- 23 April 1978, aged 17 Baresi makes his Serie A debut on 23 April 1978, aged 17, in a 2-1 Milan victory away at Verona. Coach Nils Liedholm promotes him to the starting eleven for the 1978-79 season -- an unusually rapid progression reflecting Liedholms conviction that Baresis football intelligence already surpasses that of players a decade his senior.
• 1978 The Band's The Last Waltz film released Directed by Martin Scorsese Often called the greatest concert film ever made.
• 1978 The Clash play Rock Against Racism Victoria Park A huge anti-racist concert in east London.