1979 Event West-Germany elects Karl Carstens president 1978 Event Russian president Brezhnev visits West-Germany 1975 Event Israeli premier Yitzhak Rabin visits West-Germany 1970 Event West-Germany and U.S.S.R. sign gas contract 1969 Event Gustav Heinemann elected president of West-Germany 1959 Event Heinrich Lubke elected President of West-Germany 1959 Event Israeli Knesset agrees to weapon sales to West-Germany 1957 Event Conrad Adenauer re-elected chancellor of West-Germany 1949 Event Airlift in West-Germany to West-Berlin ends 1948 Event Deutsche Mark introduced in West-Germany