1978 in Austria

Decades:	1950s; 1960s; 1970s; 1980s; 1990s;
See also:	Other events of 1978; List of years in Austria

Events from 1978 in Austria.

Incumbents

8 May – Peter Habeler of Austria, along with Reinhold Messner (Italy), makes the first ascent of Mount Everest, without supplemental oxygen.

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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