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.
At the 14th Congress of the Socialist International (SI) in Vancouver, Canada, Swedish opposition leader and former Prime Minister Olof Palme calls on the Social Democratic and Socialist parties to fight the apartheid policy of the South African government. A nine-point program presented by Palm provides for the cessation of all arms and capital exports to South Africa, as well as the support of black relief organizations. The SPD chairman Willy Brandt is re-elected by the members to the SI chairman.
