21. децембар 1978. је био четвртак под знаком звездице ♐. Био је 354 дан у години. Председник Сједињених Држава је био Jimmy Carter.
Ако сте рођени на данашњи дан, имате 47 година. Ваш последњи рођендан је био недеља, 21. децембар 2025., пре 203 дана. Ваш следећи рођендан је понедељак, 21. децембар 2026., за 161 дана. Живели сте 17.370 дана, или око 416.896 сати, или око 25.013.782 минута, или око 1.500.826.920 секунди.
Date: 22 December 1978
Ed on UN resolutions endorsing state censorship; says they are crucial because they expose central and mistaken conceit of UN; holds UN is disqualified from defending rights of people because it has become ultimate champion of nation-state against which those rights need most to be defended
Date: 21 December 1978
correction on Dec 20 story (S)
Date: 22 December 1978
By NICHOLAS GAGE Special to The New York Times
Nicholas Special
analysis of conflict between secularized Iranians and Moslems; por of religious leader Ayatollah Kazem Shareatmadary (M)
Date: 22 December 1978
chmn G Allan Burton and dirs refuse to sell shares in retail store chain to rival Hudson's Bay Co, which appears to have won control of Simpsons (S)
Date: 22 December 1978
Terrorists bomb bldgs in 4 Ital cities on 6th day of violence; police arrest 4 suspected members of Red Brigades in Florence, bringing to 17 number of terrorist suspects rounded up in 1 wk (S)
Date: 22 December 1978
Gene Woodling named scout (S)
Date: 21 December 1978
Constituent Assembly opens with question of new, internationally recognized elections high on agenda (S)
Date: 21 December 1978
results; Japan wins team medal champ (S)