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.
South African Prime Minister Johannes B. Vorster resigns after twelve years.
The North Rhine-Westphalia Landtag elects the SPD state chairman Johannes Rau with 104 against 95 votes to the new Prime Minister. Rau succeeds Heinz Kühn, who resigned after a 12-year tenure.
The "Golden Shell" of the International Film Festival in San Sebastian (Spain) is awarded the strip "Alambrista", a film by Robert Young about illegal guest workers in the United States.
