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  • Saint Petersburg, Russia
    1870s
    Dmitri Mendeleev

    Proven Right

    Saint Petersburg, Russia
    1870s

    Years after Mendeleev predicted the existence of some elements and being criticized, Mendeleev was proven right by the discovery of elements like gallium in 1875, scandium in 1879. And later, germanium also was discovered in 1886.




  • Vilnius, Lithuania
    Thursday Oct 7, 1920
    League of Nations

    Resolving the border demarcation crisis between Poland and Lithuania

    Vilnius, Lithuania
    Thursday Oct 7, 1920

    Poland and Lithuania both regained their independence but soon became immersed in territorial disputes. During the Polish–Soviet War, Lithuania signed the Moscow Peace Treaty with the Soviet Union that laid out Lithuania's frontiers. On 7 October 1920, the League negotiated the Suwałki Agreement establishing a cease-fire and a demarcation line between the two nations.




  • Klaipėda, Lithuania
    Jan, 1923
    League of Nations

    Klaipėda Revolt

    Klaipėda, Lithuania
    Jan, 1923

    The Klaipėda Revolt took place in January 1923 in the Klaipėda Region . The region, located north of the Neman River, was detached from East Prussia, German Empire by the Treaty of Versailles and became a mandate of the League of Nations.




  • Lithuania
    Monday Mar 20, 1939
    World War II

    1939 German ultimatum to Lithuania

    Lithuania
    Monday Mar 20, 1939

    Hitler also delivered 20 March 1939 ultimatum to Lithuania, forcing the concession of the Klaipėda Region, formerly the German Memelland.




  • Vilnius, Lithuania
    Jul, 1941
    The Holocaust

    Ponary massacre

    Vilnius, Lithuania
    Jul, 1941

    Notable massacres include the July 1941 Ponary massacre near Vilnius (Soviet Lithuania), in which Einsatgruppe B and Lithuanian collaborators shot 72,000 Jews and 8,000 non-Jewish Lithuanians and Poles.




  • Lithuania
    Tuesday Sep 13, 1983
    Nuclear Power

    Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant

    Lithuania
    Tuesday Sep 13, 1983

    The Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant is a decommissioned two-unit RBMK-1500 nuclear power station in Visaginas Municipality, Lithuania. It was named after the nearby city of Ignalina. Due to the plant's similarities to the infamous Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in both reactors.




  • Vilnius, Lithuania
    1984
    Garry Kasparov

    He won the Candidates' final

    Vilnius, Lithuania
    1984

    Later in 1984, he won the Candidates' final 8½–4½ (four wins, no losses) against the resurgent former world champion Vasily Smyslov, at Vilnius, thus qualifying to play Anatoly Karpov for the World Championship.


  • Lithuania
    Sunday Aug 23, 1987
    Dissolution of the Soviet Union

    Lithuania's protests

    Lithuania
    Sunday Aug 23, 1987

    First anti-Soviet protests in Lithuania took place on August 23, 1987.


  • Lithuania
    May, 1988
    Dissolution of the Soviet Union

    Popular Front of Lithuania

    Lithuania
    May, 1988

    The Popular Front of Lithuania, called Sąjūdis ("Movement"), was founded in May 1988.


  • Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania
    Wednesday Aug 23, 1989
    Dissolution of the Soviet Union

    Baltic Chain

    Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania
    Wednesday Aug 23, 1989

    The Baltic Way or Baltic Chain was a peaceful political demonstration on August 23, 1989. An estimated 2 million people joined hands to form a human chain extending 600 kilometres (370 mi) across Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.


  • Lithuania
    Thursday Dec 7, 1989
    Dissolution of the Soviet Union

    Communist Party of Lithuania splits

    Lithuania
    Thursday Dec 7, 1989

    On December 7, 1989, the Communist Party of Lithuania under the leadership of Algirdas Brazauskas, split from the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and abandoned its claim to have a constitutional "leading role" in politics.


  • Lithuania
    Sunday Jan 13, 1991
    Dissolution of the Soviet Union

    Vilnius TV Tower stormed

    Lithuania
    Sunday Jan 13, 1991

    On January 13, 1991, Soviet troops, along with the KGB Spetsnaz Alpha Group, stormed the Vilnius TV Tower in Lithuania to suppress the independence movement.


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