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 Bonn, the new Ambassador of the Soviet Union, Vladimir S. Semyonov, Federal President Walter Scheel presents his credentials.
The 11th Congress of the Democratic Party proclaims the West African state of Guinea as the "Revolutionary People's Republic" and the party to the state party.
The human rights organization Amnesty International appeals to the Romanian government, which is currently undergoing release dissidents without conviction in prisons, labor camps and mental hospitals.
