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 parliamentary elections in Liechtenstein, the Patriotic Union (VU) emerged as the winner in front of the ruling Progressive Citizens' Party (FBP). The new Prime Minister is Hans Brunhart.
- A spokesman for the Canadian Defense Ministry informs in Edmonton that another fragment of January 24 across Canada downed Soviet observation satellite Kosmos had been found 954th From the wreckage a strong radioactive radiation goes out.
- Adultery by married women and so-called. Wild marriages are no longer followed in Spain in future criminal proceedings. The Chamber of Deputies in Madrid agrees to a corresponding liberalization with 160 to 113 votes. Unfaithful husbands also went so far unpunished.