back in the days - 04/01/1978
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.

- At the start of a trip to Africa, the US President Jimmy Carter arrived in Lagos (Nigeria).
- With the start of the summer timetable, the Iata price cartel was first broken on the North Atlantic route.
- Against the will of the federal government, the US government is a cheap fare for scheduled flights between Berlin (West) and the US into force.