back in the days - 03/22/1978
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.

- Madrid is Jesús Haddad, Director General of the Spanish prisons, shot. The perpetrators are attributed to the leftist underground organization Grapo.