23 Aug 2010
August 23, 1989
Baltic States, Estonia, Germany, History, Human Chain, Latvia, Lithuania, Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact, Soviet Union
On today’s date in 1989, the 50th Anniversary of the Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact, a human chain of protestors 400-miles-long stretched across the Baltic States demanding freedom and independence from the Soviet Union.
Hat tip to Publius via Karen L. Myers.
