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1994 Last Russian soldiers leave Estonia and Latvia

1993 Guntis Ulmanis elected president of Latvia

1991 U.N. admits Estonia, Latvia, Lithuiania, North and South Korea, Marshall Islands and Micronesia

1991 U.S. officially recognizes independence of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania

1991 Latvia declares it's independence from U.S.S.R.

1991 Latvia and Estonia vote to become independent of the U.S.S.R.

1990 Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia hold their 1st joint session

1990 Latvia's parliament votes 138-0 (1 abstention) for Independence

1975 Inga Drozdova, Latvia, playmate, Nov, 1997

1966 Larisa Savchenko, Neiland Latvia, tennis star

1950 U.S. B-29 bomber shot down above Latvia

1948 Mikhail Baryshnikov, born in Riga, Latvia, ballet dancer, That's Dancing

1947 Gidon Kremer, Riga Latvia, violinist, Tchaikovsky Prize 1970

1944 Riga Latvia freed

1944 40 Jewish policemen in Riga Latvia ghetto are shot by the gestapo

1943 Jewish ghetto of Riga Latvia is destroyed

1942 Rosa Von Praunheim, Holger Mischwitzky, Riga Latvia, dir, Affengeil

1941 Latvia partisans shoot 416 Jews dead

1941 Imants Kalnins, born in Riga, Latvia, composer, wrote six symphonies, first composer of intellectual rock music, Latvia's most important composer

1940 Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia incorporated into Soviet Union

1940 Soviet Union annexes Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania

1937 Mikhail N Tai, Latvia, World chess champion, 1960-61

1934 Fascist dictator of Latvia Ulmanis begins building concentration camp

1934 Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania signs Baltic Entente, against U.S.S.R.

1934 Karlis Ulmanis names himself fascist dictator of Latvia

1932 Gundaris Pone, born in Riga, Latvia, composer, professor, State University College at New Paltz, New York

1929 U.S.S.R., Estonia, Latvia, Poland and Romania sign Litvinov Pact

1926 Russia and Latvia treaty of neutrality signed

1923 Allies accept Latvia's occupation of Memel territory

1922 Eliezer Ben-Jehuda, Perelmann, Latvia/Palestinian writer, dies at 67

1922 Latvia and Vatican sign accord

1920 1st peace of Riga-Soviet Union recognizes Independence of Latvia

1920 Peace of Riga-Independence of Latvia

1918 Latvia declares independence from Russia

1918 Latvia proclaims independence

1918 Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania adopt Gregorian calendar

1917 German troops over run Riga Latvia

1886 Joseph Achron, Latvia/US violinist and composer, Golem suite

1855 Eliezer Ben-Jehuda, Perelmann, Latvia, writer, 1st hebrew newspaper

1764 Barbara Juliane Krudener, Latvia, mystic visionary renounced nobility

1727 Catharina I, Latvia tsarina of Russia, dies at about 42

1569 Latvia Parliament accept Union of Lublin, incorporate into Poland

1514 Battle at Ozra: Polish/Latvia army beats Russians


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