back in the days - 10/04/1978

in #history5 years ago

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.

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  • The Federal Cabinet decides in Bonn to waive its debt totaling 4.3 billion DM to the 30 poorest countries in the world.

  • Pope John Paul I, who died on 28 September, is buried in Rome in the Vatican Grottoes with great concern from the world's faithful.

  • The crash of a DC-3 of the Finnish Air Force kills all 15 inmates, including one governor and three parliamentarians.

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