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Events on Saturday 9 September 1978 2
1892 – 1978Jack Warner (1892-1978)Died 9 September 1978, aged 86Warner was a co-founder and longtime president of Warner Bros., one of Hollywood's major studios during its golden age. He died in Los Angeles.
1978September Insurrection in NicaraguaSandinista-led uprising spreads against the Somoza dictatorshipFollowing the assassination of opposition journalist Pedro Joaquín Chamorro earlier in the year, Sandinista guerrillas and civilian insurgents launched a wave of uprisings in Nicaraguan cities against the regime of Anastasio Somoza. The National Guard's brutal suppression deepened popular support for the revolution that toppled Somoza the following year.