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.
After six years of work, the Joint Boundary Commission of the Federal Republic and the GDR prepares a protocol on the course of the 1400 km long common border. Still controversial is the border on the Elbe.
Following an attack by Rhodesian (now Zimbabwe) soldiers on guerrilla bases in Zambia, the British government announces arms deliveries to the Zambian army.
In an unusually sharply worded official statement, the Soviet Union warns the Western European states against arms sales to the People's Republic of China, which is hostile to the USSR.
