back in the days - 09/25/1978

Four decades ago,

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 Executive Committee of the World Council of Churches is distributing $ 434,000 from the Special Fund to Combat Racism. The largest amount goes to the black liberation movement SWAPO in Namibia.