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.
- 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.