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 Christian Democratic Party of Italy elects the previous faction leader Flaminio Piccoli as the successor to the murdered Aldo Moro party leader.
The German Academy of Language and Literature in Darmstadt awards the Büchner Prize, the most prestigious literary award of the Federal Republic, to the writer Hermann Lenz.
The Austrian sailor Hubert Raudaschl will be European champion in the Starboot class with his prospect Karl Ferste before Medemblink (Netherlands).
