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
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
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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