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 Czechoslovak Foreign Minister Bohuslav Chňoupek arrives in Vienna for an official visit. During his two-day visit to Austria is among others signed an agreement on border demarcation between the two countries.
- In Montreux (Switzerland) within the framework of the 18th International Competition of the US television company Columbia Broadcasting receives a "Golden Rose" for television entertainment the article "The Shirley MacLaine Special". The "Silver Rose" gets the BBC for the program "Dave Allan at large," the third prize the television of the German-speaking Switzerland for "That's TV." The Federal Republic was represented "If I could wish for anything" in the competition with the "Otto Show" and.
- The Kenyan athlete Henry Rono runs in Seattle / USA with 8: 05.4 min world record in the 3000 m steeplechase.