back in the days - 10/10/1978

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.

• Johannes B. Vorster, who resigned as South African Prime Minister on September 20, will be reinstated in Pretoria as President.
  
  
• Daniel Arap Moi is sworn in as Nairobi's new president and head of government Kenya.
  
  
• The Literary Prize of the City of Gandersheim is awarded to the Austrian writer Elfriede Jelinek.