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Two million Lithuanians, Latvians and Estonians formed a human chain of 675 kilometres for the independence of their peoples

35
years ago

23 August 1989,

Two million Lithuanians, deadly and stomachs, made a human chain of 675 kilometres for the independence of their peoples. Vilnius, Riga and Tallinn joined their capitals to coordinate the forces of citizens carrying radio equipment. The purpose of the protest was to draw international attention and to work solidarity among them. Seven months after this protest, Lithuania became the first country in the Soviet Union to claim independence.

On this day
1924Born Madeleine Riffaud in Arvillers, France
1927Italian emigrants and anarchist workers Sacco and Vanzetti were executed in the US
193652 Republican prisoners were shot by the Francoists in Navarra, in the Valcaldera de Cadreita
1966200 aboriginal farmers start a strike on Australian farm Wave Hill

This year in history: < >
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1989-01-22
ETA and the Government of Spain set up the negotiating table for Algiers
1989-02-14
Iranian imam Khomeini ordered the writer Salman Rushdie to be murdered for his novel 'Satanic verses'
1989-03-16
A woman from Portugalete marked on her right leg the acronym GAL
1989-03-24
Exxon Valdez oil tanker disaster in Alaska
1989-03-26
A group of climbers implemented the platform against the construction of the Leitzaran highway on the Bi Haizpe rocks of Irurtzun
1989-04-18
A group of conscientious objectors interrupted the passage of a military convoy in Vitoria
1989-05-12
They sent the Attorney General of Spain the "Navajas Report" on the Civil Guard's relationship with EH's heroin.
1989-06-05
A man stood before a bunch of tanks in Beijin, China.
1989-07-05
Oliver North, former US White House counselor, was convicted in the Iran-Contra case
1989-08-23
Two million Lithuanians, Latvians and Estonians formed a human chain of 675 kilometres for the independence of their peoples
1989-09-05
Government banned the issuance of TV3 in Valencian Country
1989-10-18
The Leitzaran Highway Coordinator started an indefinite camp
1989-10-19
Fire at the Vandellòs I nuclear power plant in Tarragona
1989-11-02
Nun Dianna Ortiz, who worked with indigenous people, was kidnapped and tortured by Guatemalan military
1989-11-20
HB Deputy Josu Muguruza was killed in Madrid at the Spanish Congress
1989-12-20
US invades Panama
1989-12-30
In the march of the Herrera de la Mancha, 12,000 people met in Madrid

This month's anniversaries:
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10
years ago
2014-08-09
Police killed 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, and great riots broke out across the United States.
25
years ago
1999-08-26
The second war in Chechnya began when Russia began the invasion of the country
25
years ago
1999-08-20
Action disguised as 'Giraldilla' at the opening of the World Athletics Championship
25
years ago
1999-08-12
Farmers dismantled the McDonald’s building in Millaun, France
30
years ago
1994-08-24
Carlos Bue Judge Imprisoned Journalist Pepe Rei
30
years ago
1994-08-24
The Filter massacre in Uruguay, two people killed by the police in the demonstration against the extradition of Basque refugees
30
years ago
1994-08-05
Two injunctions on arrest warrant planted at the headquarters of the Military Government of Bilbao
35
years ago
1989-08-23
Two million Lithuanians, Latvians and Estonians formed a human chain of 675 kilometres for the independence of their peoples
40
years ago
1984-08-11
CCOO calls on Telefónica workers not to help police paint phones in Gipuzkoa
45
years ago
1979-08-30
American actor Jean Seberg, a follower of the Black Panthers, committed suicide
50
years ago
1974-08-28
Francoist police threw members of ETA Tupa and Tanke in San Sebastian
55
years ago
1969-08-17
The giant Woodstock music festival ends in New York State
55
years ago
1969-08-03
Felix Arnaiz Maeso was shot dead by a Spanish policeman in Rome
60
years ago
1964-08-31
Four people were fined in Sestao for playing txistu as an instrument
60
years ago
1964-08-11
Attempted attack on dictator Franco
60
years ago
1964-08-07
U.S. Congress approved the use of the army against North Vietnam
65
years ago
1959-08-25
Miles Davis is beaten by police in New York
75
years ago
1949-08-25
They finally managed to extinguish the fire in the Landeta forest
75
years ago
1949-08-19
A giant fire took place in Landeta
80
years ago
1944-08-24
Anti-fascist soldiers liberated the city of Paris occupied by the Nazis
80
years ago
1944-08-22
30 Spanish machines, with four members of the French resistance, defeated the column of the Nazi army, composed of 1,300 men
80
years ago
1944-08-22
Revolutionary trade unionist Maria Oneker killed by the Nazis in Warsaw in an uprising against occupation
80
years ago
1944-08-14
Italian fascists killed the Irma Partisan Flag
80
years ago
1944-08-10
Resistance member Daniel Argote was arrested and executed by the Nazis in Orthol
85
years ago
1939-08-18
Hitler's government launched a program to kill newborns with severe disabilities
90
years ago
1934-08-07
Irun postpologists, all women, went on strike and occupied the workshop
100
years ago
1924-08-23
Born Madeleine Riffaud in Arvillers, France
120
years ago
1904-08-18
Born Maria Magunazelaia Loroño, first cyclist in the Basque Country
120
years ago
1904-08-14
Bastilla Square in Paris became a battlefield between Apache groups and police
135
years ago
1889-08-14
The dockers of the London ports started a major strike
150
years ago
1874-08-27
Carlists took positions to siege Pamplona in the Second Carlist War
185
years ago
1839-08-31
Bergara's hug between Carlists and liberals, another betrayal for Basques
220
years ago
1804-08-18
Abando's neighbors joined the Begoña in the riot called Zamakolada
220
years ago
1804-08-16
Popular uprising known as Zamakolada begins in and around Bilbao
230
years ago
1794-08-29
French army burns Eibar and kills twelve citizens
230
years ago
1794-08-14
The General Meetings of Gipuzkoa propose the creation of an independent Republic of Gipuzkoa
230
years ago
1794-08-01
The mayor of San Sebastian, Mitxelena, contacted the French troops surrounding the city to negotiate surrender
235
years ago
1789-08-04
France destroys the outbreaks of the continental Basque Country Louis XVI