On 26 March 1989, the political pro-independence organisation Sajudis (Lithuanian for the Movement) wins the elections to the Supreme Council, the parliament of Lithuania, by a landslide.

Logo of Lithuanian national mowement Sajudis, designer Giedrius Reimeris. Photo: Lietuvos Persitvarkymo Sąjūdis / Wikimedia / Public domain
Sajudis win in Supreme Council elections of '89

Logo of Lithuanian national mowement Sajudis, designer Giedrius Reimeris. Photo: Lietuvos Persitvarkymo Sąjūdis / Wikimedia / Public domain