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.
- From the presidential elections in Senegal's Leopold Senghor incumbent with 82% out of the votes cast as the winner.
- In the Nicaraguan capital Managua a demonstration against President Anastasio Somoza Debayle takes place. In clashes between the demonstrators and the National Guard three people are killed.
- After the failure of negotiations between employers and trade unions printers lay down their work in 21 publishing houses.