THE DAY IN HISTORY · JANUARY 13
January 13 in history
What happened on January 13: 2 moments from the Maps of History atlases, in 1935 and 1991, each linked to the map that shows it.
— Saar plebiscite
13 Jan 1935 — Under a League plebiscite, 90.8% of the Saar votes to rejoin Germany. Hitler’s first territorial gain costs nothing and is entirely legal — the pattern is set.
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— January Events in Vilnius
13 Jan 1991 — Ten months after Lithuania declared independence, Soviet troops and tanks seize the television tower in Vilnius, and 14 unarmed civilians are killed. Thousands of Lithuanians surrounded their parliament to protect it, and the crackdown went no further.
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