back in the days - 08/11/1978
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.
- Federal Minister of Economics Otto Graf Lambsdorff (FDP) begins a three-week trip to East Asia. He visits India, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Indonesia and Japan.
- The Iranian authorities have declared a state of emergency after serious clashes between religious demonstrators and military personnel in Isfahan and in three other cities.
- The Federal Environment Agency publishes studies, according to which the quality of the Rhine water has "noticeably improved" in recent years as a result of the expansion of sewage treatment plants.
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