Baltic Freedom Day – 14 June, a name given to the day when Soviet deportations from the

Baltic states The Baltic states or the Baltic countries is a geopolitical term encompassing Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. All three countries are members of NATO, the European Union, the Eurozone, and the OECD. The three sovereign states on the eastern co ...

started. The term ''Baltic Freedom Day'' for the first time was mentioned in

Ronald Reagan Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was an American politician and actor who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. He was a member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party a ...

's proclamation number 4948 on June 14, 1982. Baltic Freedom Day references the Soviet-Nazi Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact which led to the mass deportations of peoples from Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.

References

History of the Baltic states Soviet Union–United States relations Observances in the United States June observances {{Lithuania-stub