back in the days - 08/06/1978
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.
- US Secretary of State Cyrus Vance is holding talks with Prime Minister Menachem Begin as part of his new Middle East mission in Jerusalem.
- US President Jimmy Carter said in a speech in Norfolk, Virginia on the occasion of the commissioning of a new cruiser, the United States would continue to maintain the largest arsenal in the world.
- Pope Paul VI. dies at the age of 80 in his summer residence in Castel Gandolfo from the consequences of a heart attack.
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