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.
- In the Bavarian village of Ismaning is started with the distribution of drugs against the Ruhr. In recent days, several hundred people suffering from the disease.