back in the days - 10/13/1978

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 people's chamber of the GDR decides a new law over the national defense. It extends the rights and responsibilities of the National Defense Council.
  
  
• Ola Ullsten is elected prime minister of a liberal minority government in Sweden. He succeeds Thorbjörn Fälldin, who resigned on 5 October for differences over the civilian use of nuclear energy.
  
  
• The alleged German terrorists Gert R. S. and Christoph W. arrested in the Netherlands in November 1977 following a firefight are extradited by the Dutch authorities to the Federal Republic of Germany.