Thursday, April 24, 2025

Thursday, April 24, 1975. Wings of Freedom

The last Pan Am flight out of South Vietnam occured.

Episode 4: Evacuation of Saigon, Wings of Freedom Mission

Six terrorists of the Baader-Meinhof Gang (the "Red Army Faction") seized the West German embassy in Sweden.  They took eleven hostages and demanded the release of Andreas Baader and Ulrike Meinhof, which the German government refused. They after killed two of the hostages before a bomb they took in the embassy accidentally exploded, allowing the hostages to escape and fatally injuring two of the terrorists.

The Swedish army took the rest prisoner.

The change in policy on negotiations with terrorists marked the beginning of the decline of domestic terrorism directed at West Germany.

Colorado Attorney General Joyce Murdoch invalidated all six marriage licenses for same-sex marriages that had been issued by Boulder County Clerk Clela Rorex.

Last edition:

Wednesday, April 23, 1975. Ford addresses Vietnam at Tulane.

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