the original Star Wars movie was released in theaters, Ronald Reagan was sworn in as the 40th president of the United States, the Trans-Alaska pipeline pumped its first barrels of oil, the cold war was was still going on and much more...
Take a brief look 40 years ago.
In the parliamentary elections in Liechtenstein, the Patriotic Union (VU) emerged as the winner in front of the ruling Progressive Citizens' Party (FBP). The new Prime Minister is Hans Brunhart.
A spokesman for the Canadian Defense Ministry informs in Edmonton that another fragment of January 24 across Canada downed Soviet observation satellite Kosmos had been found 954th From the wreckage a strong radioactive radiation goes out.
Adultery by married women and so-called. Wild marriages are no longer followed in Spain in future criminal proceedings. The Chamber of Deputies in Madrid agrees to a corresponding liberalization with 160 to 113 votes. Unfaithful husbands also went so far unpunished.