back in the days - 10/03/1978

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.

• On the occasion of the 109th anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, leader of the independence movement against Great Britain, the Indian government in New Delhi announces a five-year plan designed to teach 100 million illiterate people to read and write.
  
  
• The opera "Christophorus" will be premiered by Franz Schreker at the Städtische Bühnen in Freiburg.
  
  
• Indochina and Thailand are experiencing the worst thunderstorms in 35 years. 2.8 million tons of rice are destroyed, 4.5 million people are threatened by famine.