back in the days - 07/10/1978

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.

• Mauritanian PM Moktar Ould Daddha is overthrown by the military. A military junta under Chief of Staff M. Ould Salek takes power.
  
  
• Former Iraqi Prime Minister Abdul Razzak an-Naif is succumbing to the consequences of a previous day's revolver attack committed by a 25-year-old Arab in London.
  
  
• A new braking system for cars developed jointly by Daimler-Benz and Bosch, the anti-lock braking system (ABS), goes into production. The technical innovation prevents breaking out of the vehicles at full braking.