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.
- At a meeting in Bonn, the foreign ministers of the nine EC countries agree on a common position on the Namibian issue. Ministers decide to exert political pressure on the South African government, but can not agree on the imposition of economic sanctions.
- Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) Prime Minister Ian Smith explains in Salisbury that the transfer of power to the black majority is delayed by several months for technical reasons.
- The Free State of Bavaria acquires several manuscripts of the composer Richard Wagner at auction in New York.
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