back in the days - 05/16/1978

in #fun • 4 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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  • In the Hungarian capital Budapest, the representatives of the seven members of the Warsaw Pact on the annual meeting of the Eastern military alliance meet. Main topic is the special position of Romania.

  • The Italian Parliament adopted in Rome laws to combat terrorism, which, inter alia, the police greater powers grant and should facilitate the search for suspected terrorists.

  • From the presidential elections in the Dominican Republic Antonio Guzmán Fernández emerges as the winner. The leftist Guzmán Fernández replaces the previous incumbent Joaquím Videla Balaguer.
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