A daily pick of news events that happened on this day in history from the pages of Gulf News dated October 28, 1978.
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Peace prize for Sadat and Begin
The 1978 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded jointly to Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin.
The Norwegian Nobel committee said it had a dual purpose in presenting the prestigious prize to the two Mideast leaders, who for 11 months have been engaged in an often-difficult drive to end 30 years of Arab-Israeli hostility.
Ironically, the award comes at a time when Israel and Egypt have once again hit a snag in their negotiations and prospects are uncertain for peace by mid-December, the deadline Sadat and Begin promised to meet after their historic Camp David summit with Carter in September.
Rabies kills woman after transplant
The rabies death of an American woman appears to be the second case in medical history in which a deadly virus has been transmitted through the most common of transplants - a new cornea.
Constance Wesselman, 37, died six weeks after receiving a cornea from Frederick Stone, 39, a forester.
Doctors say Stone probably had rabies. Health officials have questioned 200 people who had come in contact with either Stone or Mrs Wesselman - 61 people in Idaho and 10 in Oregon are receiving rabies vaccinations.
13 die as Rita pounds Manila
Relief officials said at least 13 people died in the onslaught of Typhoon Rita, which roared into the South China Sea toward mainland Asia after pounding Manila with winds up to 150 kilometres an hour.
Spokeswomen at the Philippine National Red Cross and the government's National Disaster Co-ordinating Centre said many areas of eastern central Luzon, the nation's main island, had not reported any the death toll was almost certain to rise.
Andrianov takes world crown
Nikolai Andrianov of the Soviet Union added the World gymnastics crown to the Olympic title which he won in Montreal in 1976.
The victory, was particularly sweet for the Soviet Union after their team defeat by Japan for the fifth time-in succession in the world championships.
