Timeline Monday 1 May 1978

Events on Monday 1 May 1978 2

• 1903 – 1978 Aram Khachaturian (1903-1978) Died 1 May 1978, aged 74 Khachaturian was a Soviet Armenian composer best known for the "Sabre Dance" from his ballet "Gayane" and his Spartacus ballet score. He died in Moscow.
• 1978 Naomi Uemura reaches the North Pole solo First person to reach the North Pole alone Japanese explorer Naomi Uemura departed Ellesmere Island by dog sled and became the first person to reach the North Pole solo and unsupported. The 700-kilometre trek took nearly two months across shifting sea ice.