Four decades ago,
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.
- The UN General Assembly in New York elects Norway, Portugal, Bangladesh, Zambia and Jamaica as new members of the Security Council for a two-year term. These countries replace Canada, the Federal Republic of Germany, India, Mauritius and Venezuela on January 1, 1979.