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.
- The Palestinian Liberation Organization opened an information office in the US capital Washington. The US State Department said that it had no legal recourse, the office to close the organization.