back in the days - 10/12/1978

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.

• Negotiations for an Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty are opened in Washington under US patronage. The conference will complete the framework of a peace treaty agreed at Camp David.
  
  
• The Vatican officially voices rumors that Pope John Paul I, who died on September 28, may have been the victim of a plot, possibly even an assassination attempt. After finding the doctors John Paul I succumbed to a heart attack.
  
  
• Typhoon Nina is claiming 68 deaths in the Philippines and causing serious damage.