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.
The Rhodesian (now Zimbabwe) Prime Minister Ian Smith agrees with the leaders of the moderate black organization over the composition of the future Parliament. The white minority to a certain number of guaranteed seats.
A bomb attack on a crowded bus in Jerusalem two people are killed and 48 injured. To the attack, a Palestinian terrorist commando committed.
By a points victory over his compatriot Muhammad Ali in Las Vegas, the American boxer Leon Spinks world champion of all classes.
