Timeline July 1978

Events in July 1978 4

• 1978 Wimbledon 1978 Men: Björn Borg · Women: Martina Navratilova Navratilova won her first Wimbledon title.
• 1978 Death of Colin Cave Cave's father dies in a car accident Cave's father Colin, a teacher who had introduced him to serious literature and encouraged his creative ambitions, is killed in a car accident on 5 July 1978. Cave, then twenty years old, later describes learning of his father's death as the defining moment of his young adulthood, one that intensified both his rebelliousness and his lifelong preoccupation with mortality, guilt and religious imagery. The loss becomes a recurring undercurrent in his songwriting for decades afterward.
• 1978 First IVF baby Louise Brown born, UK Louise Brown, born in Oldham, England on July 25, 1978, was the world's first baby conceived through in vitro fertilisation (IVF).
• 1978 Xavier Rudd Born in Torquay Born July 27, 1978, in Torquay, Victoria, Australia Xavier Rudd was born on July 27, 1978, in the coastal surf town of Torquay, Victoria, Australia. Growing up on the Surf Coast exposed him early to a strong local surf culture and a laid-back beach lifestyle that would later infuse his music and public persona. The region's combination of natural beauty and tight-knit community shaped much of his songwriting outlook in later years.