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1994 Event - Last Russian soldiers leave Estonia and Latvia 1993 Event - Guntis Ulmanis elected president of Latvia 1991 Event - U.N. admits Estonia, Latvia, Lithuiania, North and South Korea, Marshall Islands and Micronesia 1991 Event - U.S. officially recognizes independence of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania 1991 Event - Latvia declares it's independence from U.S.S.R. 1991 Event - Latvia and Estonia vote to become independent of the U.S.S.R. 1990 Event - Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia hold their 1st joint session 1990 Event - Latvia's parliament votes 138-0 (1 abstention) for Independence 1975 Birthday - Inga Drozdova, Latvia, playmate, Nov, 1997 1966 Birthday - Larisa Savchenko, Neiland Latvia, tennis star 1950 Event - U.S. B-29 bomber shot down above Latvia 1948 Birthday - Mikhail Baryshnikov, born in Riga, Latvia, ballet dancer, That's Dancing 1947 Birthday - Gidon Kremer, Riga Latvia, violinist, Tchaikovsky Prize 1970 1944 Event - Riga Latvia freed 1944 Event - 40 Jewish policemen in Riga Latvia ghetto are shot by the gestapo 1943 Event - Jewish ghetto of Riga Latvia is destroyed 1942 Birthday - Rosa Von Praunheim, Holger Mischwitzky, Riga Latvia, dir, Affengeil 1941 Event - Latvia partisans shoot 416 Jews dead 1941 Birthday - Imants Kalnins, born in Riga, Latvia, composer, wrote six symphonies, first composer of intellectual rock music, Latvia's most important composer 1940 Event - Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia incorporated into Soviet Union 1940 Event - Soviet Union annexes Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania 1937 Birthday - Mikhail N Tai, Latvia, World chess champion, 1960-61 1934 Event - Fascist dictator of Latvia Ulmanis begins building concentration camp 1934 Event - Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania signs Baltic Entente, against U.S.S.R. 1934 Event - Karlis Ulmanis names himself fascist dictator of Latvia 1932 Birthday - Gundaris Pone, born in Riga, Latvia, composer, professor, State University College at New Paltz, New York 1929 Event - U.S.S.R., Estonia, Latvia, Poland and Romania sign Litvinov Pact 1926 Event - Russia and Latvia treaty of neutrality signed 1923 Event - Allies accept Latvia's occupation of Memel territory 1922 Death - Eliezer Ben-Jehuda, Perelmann, Latvia/Palestinian writer, dies at 67 1922 Event - Latvia and Vatican sign accord 1920 Event - 1st peace of Riga-Soviet Union recognizes Independence of Latvia 1920 Event - Peace of Riga-Independence of Latvia 1918 Event - Latvia declares independence from Russia 1918 Event - Latvia proclaims independence 1918 Event - Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania adopt Gregorian calendar 1917 Event - German troops over run Riga Latvia 1886 Birthday - Joseph Achron, Latvia/US violinist and composer, Golem suite 1855 Birthday - Eliezer Ben-Jehuda, Perelmann, Latvia, writer, 1st hebrew newspaper 1764 Birthday - Barbara Juliane Krudener, Latvia, mystic visionary renounced nobility 1727 Death - Catharina I, Latvia tsarina of Russia, dies at about 42 1569 Event - Latvia Parliament accept Union of Lublin, incorporate into Poland 1514 Event - Battle at Ozra: Polish/Latvia army beats Russians |
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