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 Great Hall of the People in Beijing the 5th National People's Congress meets the People's Republic of China. The focus of the parliamentary session, the adoption of a new five-year plan is.
- German Economics Minister Otto Graf Lambsdorff (FDP) opened the 60th International Frankfurt Fair. permanent at the until March 2, the world's largest trade fair for consumer and industrial products contribute around 3,400 exhibitors, including 100 from abroad.
- In Dusseldorf, the 9th German art fair opens its doors. 167 exhibitors offer works of art from antiquity to to modern times.