Flamengo and Remo meet again, what the world looked like in 1978 | OneFootball

Flamengo and Remo meet again in the Campeonato Brasileiro at the Maracanã on Thursday, 20:00 Brasília time. Their last top flight meeting was on 2 April 1978, a 1-0 Flamengo win at the Mangueirão, Valdo scoring.

According to Globo.com, that year Argentina, led by Mário Kempes, claimed a first World Cup on home soil by beating the Netherlands 3-1. Brazil were unbeaten and finished third after a 0-0 draw with Argentina earlier.

Guarani became the first inland champions by defeating Palmeiras, while Boca Juniors retained the Libertadores. Flamengo won the Carioca and finished 16th in the Brasileiro, as Zico played his first World Cup.

Brazil, still under military rule led by Ernesto Geisel, began a slow, gradual and safe opening. The regime revoked AI-5 and October’s last indirect presidential election was won by João Figueiredo over Euler Bentes Monteiro, as the Amnesty Committee formed and metalworkers’ strikes, first led by Lula, spread.

The world’s first IVF baby, Louise Brown, was born in England on 25 July. The Catholic Church saw Pope Paul VI die, John Paul I serve 33 days, then the election of John Paul II, the first non-Italian in more than 450 years.

On 18 November, 909 members of the Templo do Povo died in Jonestown, Guyana, after ingesting cyanide. Anwar Sadat and Menachem Begin shared the Nobel Peace Prize for the Camp David Accords.

Grease led the box office and Garfield debuted, while in Brazil Os Trapalhões packed cinemas and Dancin’ Days set TV fashion.

Source: Globo.com