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 Libyan prime minister Abd As Salam Ahmad Dschallud meets in Moscow with the Soviet state and party leader Leonid Brezhnev. The focus of the discussions will run by the Egyptian President Muhammad Anwar Sadat approach to the former wartime enemies of Israel. Both Libya and the Soviet Union condemn the policy of President Sadat.
- Israel closes its embassies in the South Korean capital Seoul. The government in Tel Aviv accuses a one-sided pro-Arab policy South Korea.
- In Northern Ireland, twelve people come by a bombing of the underground organization Irish Republican Army (IRA) killed.