back in the days - 09/24/1978

in backinthedays •  6 years ago 

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.

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  • The Swiss voters decide to create the new canton of Jura.

  • The Summit Conference of Arab States, which rejected the Camp David peace agreement between Egypt and Israel on 21 September, has adopted a closer approach to the Soviet Union in the Syrian capital Damascus.

  • After a shootout in a forest near Dortmund, alleged terrorist Angelika S. is arrested.
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