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Pope John Paul I elected.

The white smoke heralded the election on 26th August 1978 of Pope John Paul 1. His death occurred thirty three days later on 28th September, 1978. Meanwhile in Australia industrial action at what was then Telecom (now Telstra) resulted in the phone network becoming less reliable.