back in the days - 09/28/1978

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 ruling White National Party elects former Secretary of Defense Pieter Willem Botha as the new Prime Minister of South Africa in Pretoria. Botha succeeds the resigned Balthazar J. Vorster.