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 Japanese and Chinese Foreign Ministers, in the presence of Chinese leader Hua Guofeng in Beijing, sign a peace and friendship treaty that has been negotiated for six years.
The United African National Council, led by Bishop Abel Muzorewa, decides not to withdraw from the interim Triassic Transitional Government (Zimbabwe). A joint meeting with the Patriotic Guerrilla Front in Rhodesia, proposed by the United States and Britain, is rejected.
According to a report by the International Labor Organization, at least 52 million children worldwide have to work for the poverty of their families.
