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.
- Chinese Foreign Trade Minister Li Chiang signed a trade agreement with the European Community in Brussels to conclude a multi-day visit to Belgium. The Agreement is limited to five years.
- The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awards in Hollywood (California) for the 50th time, the "Oscars". The film "The city euros sufferers" directed by and starring Woody Allen is honored as the best film of the year 1977th
- In Djibouti, the Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl burned in protest of the war between Ethiopia and Somalia his reed boat "Tigris".