On This Day - March 25, A Shot Of History

1975 - Saudi's King Faisal assassinated. King Faisal of Saudi Arabia has died after a gun attack despite the efforts of doctors to keep him alive.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faisal_of_Saudi_Arabia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnR6Rfh8g0w

1949 – The extensive deportation campaign known as March deportation is conducted in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania to force collectivisation by way of terror. The Soviet authorities deport more than 92,000 people from the Baltics to remote areas of the Soviet Union.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Priboi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyunVWgbCz8

421 – Venice is founded at twelve o'clock noon, according to legend.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venice
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbNsxb72xHs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_h_gduacWCQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUQUw9a-nA4

1947 – Elton John, English singer-songwriter, pianist, producer, and actor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elton_John out around 4:55
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bF14ECixT9I

Produced by Meiqi AN