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.
During an Israel trip, the SPD politician Herbert Wehner advocates the repeal of the limitation period for murder. This is to prevent Nazi murders from becoming statute-barred.
On the border between Uganda and Tanzania there are battles.
The decision of the Israeli government to expand the settlements in the occupied territories provokes an upheaval between Israeli Prime Minister Menachim Begin and Egypt's head of state Muhammad Anwar As Sadat.
