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 Federal Cabinet decides in Bonn to waive its debt totaling 4.3 billion DM to the 30 poorest countries in the world.
Pope John Paul I, who died on 28 September, is buried in Rome in the Vatican Grottoes with great concern from the world's faithful.
The crash of a DC-3 of the Finnish Air Force kills all 15 inmates, including one governor and three parliamentarians.
