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 the Central American Republic of Guatemala General Romeo Lucas García emerged as the winner.
- In The Hague, the Dutch defense minister Roelof Kruisinga resigned. Kruisinga are the reason for this step to the cautious attitude of the government on the issue of the so-called. Neutron bomb.
- After extensive restoration work, the Goethe house opens at Frauenplan in Weimar again its doors to visitors.