Romas Kalanta, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Romas Kalanta

Soviet dissident

Date of Birth: 22-Feb-1953

Place of Birth: Alytus, Alytus County, Lithuania

Date of Death: 15-May-1972

Profession: dissident

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Romas Kalanta (22 February 1953 – 14 May 1972) was a 19-year-old Lithuanian high school student known for his public self-immolation protesting Soviet regime in Lithuania.
Kalanta's death provoked the largest post-war riots in Lithuania and inspired similar self-immolations.
In 1972 alone, 13 more people committed suicide by self-immolation.Kalanta became a symbol of the Lithuanian resistance throughout the 1970s and 1980s.
In 2000, he was posthumously awarded the Order of the Cross of Vytis.