1978 in Austria
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Incumbents
Governors
- Burgenland: Theodor Kery
- Carinthia: Leopold Wagner[3]
- Lower Austria: Andreas Maurer
- Salzburg: Wilfried Haslauer Sr.[4]
- Styria: Friedrich Niederl
- Tyrol: Eduard Wallnöfer[5]
- Upper Austria: Josef Ratzenböck[6]
- Vienna: Leopold Gratz
- Vorarlberg: Herbert Keßler[7]
Events
- 8 May – Peter Habeler of Austria, along with Reinhold Messner (Italy), makes the first ascent of Mount Everest, without supplemental oxygen.[8]
Births
- 28 February – Benjamin Raich, Austrian skier[9]
- 27 June – Petra Frey, singer[10]
Deaths
- 14 January – Kurt Gödel, Austrian-born logician, mathematician, and philosopher (b. 1906)[11]
- 27 January – Oscar Homolka, Austrian actor (b. 1898)[12]
- 30 November – Otto Kallir, Austrian-American art historian, author, publisher, and gallerist (b. 1894)[13]