births
October 20, 1917
Ants Kaljurand, Estonian anti-communist, freedom fighter and forest brother (died 1951)
Ants Kaljurand
Ants Kaljurand popularly known as Terrifying Ants,, was an Estonian Nazi collaborator, anti-communist, and forest brother during and after World War II.
Guerrilla war in the Baltic states
The guerrilla war in the Baltic states was an insurgency waged by Baltic partisans against the Soviet Union from 1944 to 1956. Known alternatively as the "Forest Brothers", the "Brothers of the Wood" and the "Forest Friars", these partisans fought against invading Soviet forces during their occupation of the Baltic states during and after World War II. Similar insurgent groups resisted Soviet occupations in Bulgaria, Poland, Romania and Ukraine.
October 20
October 20 is the 293rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 72 days remain until the end of the year.