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 eighth ballot, the 58-year-old archbishop of Krakow, Cardinal Karol Wojtyla, will be elected as the new pope in Rome.
After talking to US President Jimmy Carter in Washington, the Rhodesian (now: Zimbabwe) PM Ian Smith declares his government's willingness to hold an all-party conference with the country's black majority leaders Joshua Nkomo and Robert Mugabe.
The authoritarian Pakistani government under Lieutenant-General Ziaul Haq issues a ban in Islamabad against all parties in the country whose program is not based on Islam. The following day, a general press censorship is issued.
back in the days - 10/16/1978 | Ecency
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