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.
Dieter Haack (SPD), the Federal Minister for Spatial Planning, Construction and Urban Development, meets his East German counterpart Wolfgang Junker in East Berlin for an exchange of views on urban planning issues. It is the first official ministerial-level discussion between the two German states.
Syria's President Hafis Al Asad will arrive in Bonn for a five-day state visit to the Federal Republic of Germany.
Theologians of the ancient Near Eastern Churches and the Roman Catholic Church seek opportunities for reunification at the Fourth Ecumenical Consultation.
