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Riga


1988 Latvian flag raised in Riga for 1st time since annexation by U.S.S.R.

1972 Sandis Ozolinsh, Riga Lat, NHL defenseman for the Colorado Avalanche

1968 Nadine Riga, dies of cerebral hemorrhage at 59

1963 Dmitri Shostakovich' Katharina Ismailova, premieres in Riga

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

1948 Anatoli Yakovlevich Solovyov, Riga, cosmonaut, TM-5,9,15,26, STS-71

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 1st mass deportation of Kowno, Lodz, Minsk and Riga

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

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

1921 2nd Peace of Riga, Poland enlarged

1917 German troops over run Riga Latvia

1621 Swedish troops occupy Riga

1229 Albert, bishop of Riga/founder (Sword Knights), dies at about 68


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