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Thousands of people join the first peaceful demonstrations against the communist regime in Czechoslovakia
The Candle Demonstration was brutally dispersed by the Police but was the first step towards the Velvet Revolution that resulted in the establishment of democracy in the country.
King Faisal of Saudi Arabia is assassinated by his nephew
Despite the king’s dying wish that the life of the assassin be spared, Faisal bin Musaid was publicly executed on June 18, 1975.
6 countries found the European Economic Community
The EEC’s establishment was an important step towards European integration and the creation of the European Union (EU).
- 1976 Wladimir Klitschko
Ukrainian boxer - 1947 Elton John
English singer-songwriter, pianist, producer, actor - 1942 Aretha Franklin
American singer-songwriter, pianist - 1914 Norman Borlaug
American agronomist, humanitarian, Nobel Prize laureate - 1867 Arturo Toscanini
Italian conductor
- 2006 Buck Owens
American singer-songwriter, guitarist - 1980 Milton H. Erickson
American psychiatrist - 1931 Ida B. Wells
American civil rights activist - 1918 Claude Debussy
French composer - 1860 James Braid
Scottish surgeon
