The 2 June Movement kidnaps West German politician Peter Lorenz. He is released on March 4 after most of the kidnappers' demands are met. February 28 A major tube train crash at Moorgate station, London kills 43 people. In Lomé, Togo, the European Economic Community and 46 African, Caribbean and Pacific countries sign a financial and economic treaty, known as the first Lomé Convention. The National Liberation Front of Angola (FNLA) approaches the South African Embassy in London and requests 40 to 50 artillery pieces to assist their cause in the Angolan Civil War. March March 1 Aston Villa win the Football League Cup at Wembley, beating Norwich City 1–0 in the final. Australian television switches to full-time colour. March 4 – A Canadian parliamentary committee is televised for the first time. March 6 Algiers Accord: Iran and Iraq announce a settlement in their border dispute. A bomb explodes in the Paris offices of the Springer Press. The March 6 Group (connected to the Red Army Faction) demands amnesty for the Baader-Meinhof Group. March 8 – The United Nations proclaims International Women's Day. March 9 – Construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System begins. March 10 Vietnam War: North Vietnamese troops attack Ban Mê Thuột, South Vietnam, on their way to capturing Saigon. An extended portion of Sanyō Shinkansen between Okayama Station and Hakata Station opens, thus making Shinkansen reach the second island, Kyushu, Japan. March 11 – The leftist military government in Portugal defeats a rightist coup attempt in head of the former president António de Spínola. March 13 – Vietnam War: South Vietnam President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu orders the Central Highlands evacuated. This turns into a mass exodus involving troops and civilians (the Convoy of Tears). March 15 – In Brazil, Guanabara State merges into the state of Rio de Janeiro. The state's capital moves from the city of Niterói to the city of Rio de Janeiro. March 22 – Ding-a-dong by Teach-In (music by Dick Bakker, text by Will Luikinga and Eddy Ouwens) wins the 20th Eurovision Song Contest 1975 for the Netherlands. March 25 – King Faisal of Saudi Arabia is shot and killed by his nephew. March 27 – The South African government announces that it will consolidate the 113 separate homeland areas into 36. March 28 – A fire in the maternity wing at Kučić Hospital in Rijeka, Yugoslavia (now Croatia), kills 25 people. March