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The Baltic chain protest
On 23 August 1989, approximately two million people joined hands to form a human chain
Lithuania's 'wolf children'
In the aftermath of World War Two, children fled East Prussia in order to survive
1968 New York City teachers' strike
In 1968, more than 50,000 teachers went on strike in New York City, in the USA
English TV lessons in China go primetime
An estimated 500 million people in China watched English lessons on television in 1981
Jacques Derrida: 鈥楻ock star鈥 philosopher
In 1966, the Frenchman upended philosophy with his theory of "deconstruction"