back in the days - 10/22/1978

in fun •  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 Chilean government in Santiago bans seven trade union organizations, to which they have inter alia. reproaches the dissemination of Marxist teachings.

  • The pontificate of Pope John Paul II begins with a service in front of St. Peter's Basilica.

  • The Swedish writer Astrid Lindgren is awarded the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade in the Paulskirche in Frankfurt.
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