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2h 59min, aug 14, 1980 y - Lech Walesa and Solidarity

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Walesa, a worker at the Lenin Shipyard in Poland, scaled a security fence around the yard in order to lead a strike against the company, later becoming the leader of the Solidarity trade union.

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2h 59min, aug 14, 1980 y
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~ 45 years ago

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