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Pan-European Picnic

Took place on August 19, 1989

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The 38th anniversary falls on August 19, 2027, in 296 days.

The Pan-European Picnic (German: Paneuropäisches Picknick; Hungarian: Páneurópai piknik; Slovak: Paneurópsky piknik; Czech: Panevropský piknik) was a peace demonstration held on the Austro-Hungarian border near Sopron, Hungary, on 19 August 1989.

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