Launch of fully automatic telephone connections from West Berlin to East Berlin via 240 newly opened telephone lines.
24 April
1975
In Stockholm, the West German embassy is stormed by terrorists from a group calling itself "Kommando Holger Meins". They want the release of 26 prisoners from the "Red Army Faction".
When the West German government rejects their demands, two hostages are shot dead before the police can free the remaining hostages and arrest the terrorists.less
