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 Bolivian electoral court annulled the elections on 9 July for systematic electoral fraud. General Juan Pereda Asbun, who received the most votes, takes power through a coup, the 189th in the country's 153-year history. Numerous opposition leaders are arrested.
