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.
A solidarity conference of 132 states and organizations of the so-called Third World in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) supports the policy of the Soviet Union and condemns the "imperialism" of the western industrialized countries and the People's Republic of China.
Due to serious technical problems, the flights of the Soviet supersonic passenger aircraft "TU-144" are discontinued.
An earthquake in northeastern Iran kills around 25,000 people. The city of Tabas and 40 villages are destroyed.
