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.
In the state election in Hesse asserted the governing coalition of SPD and FDP. The CDU is in the new Hessian state parliament again the strongest group, but misses the goal to reach the absolute majority.
In the state elections in Vienna, the SPÖ won 57.2%, the ÖVP 33.8% and the FPÖ 6.6% of the votes. In the state elections in Styria the ÖVP achieved 51 87%, the SPÖ 40.41% and the FPÖ 6,380io of votes.
The Grand Prix of Canada ends with a victory of the Canadian Gilles Villeneuve on Ferrari. Even before this last race of Formula 1, the automobile world champion was determined in 1978: Mario Andretti (USA) on Lotus succeeds the Austrian Niki Lauda.
