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