2011 Event Latvian voters head to the polls for a parliamentary election 1995 Death Joe Slovo, Latvian/South African attorney/secretary-general (SACR), dies at 68 1988 Event Latvian flag raised in Riga for 1st time since annexation by U.S.S.R. 1943 Death Joseph Achron, Latvian violinist and composer (Golem suite), dies at 56 1935 Death Aaron Nimzovich, Latvian Celebrity 1899 Birthday Arvid Pelshe, Latvian Communist leader, CPSU Politburo member 1886 Birthday Aaron Nimzowitsch, Latvian chess player, openings theorist 1886 Birthday Aaron Nimzovich, Latvian Celebrity 1797 Death Elia van Vilnius, Latvian rabbi, dies at 77 1720 Birthday Elia van Vilnius, Elijahu ben Salomo Zalman, Latvian rabbi 1481 Event 2 Latvian monarchs executed for conspiracy to Polish king Kazimierz IV
