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.
- The Rhodesian (now Zimbabwe) Prime Minister Ian Smith agrees with the leaders of the moderate black organization over the composition of the future Parliament. The white minority to a certain number of guaranteed seats.
- A bomb attack on a crowded bus in Jerusalem two people are killed and 48 injured. To the attack, a Palestinian terrorist commando committed.
- By a points victory over his compatriot Muhammad Ali in Las Vegas, the American boxer Leon Spinks world champion of all classes.