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 SPD / FDP coalition in North Rhine-Westphalia draws its amendment to the university administration law back to the introduction of the "cooperative school." In a supported by the CDU petition around 30% of eligible voters had expressed their signatures against the new type of school.
The Somali President Mohammed Siad Barre invites the Arab states officially for help against war opponents Ethiopia.
The average exchange rate of the US dollar is traded on the Foreign Exchange Market in Frankfurt with 1.9920 DM first time under the two-DM border.