Quote for today:
"Only those who have a clearly defined goal and an irresistible desire to achieve it wins." / Napoleon Hill
People are born under the sign of Pisces.
World Tennis Day
The Day of Fighting Procrastination
International Game Master's Day
There are 302 days left until the end of the year
We still have to wait 108 days until summer, and only 18 days until spring.
Name day celebrates:
Adrianna, Kazimierz, Lucius and Adrian, Arkadia, Arkadiusz, Arkady, Gerard, Gerarda, Humbert, Jakubina, Leonard, Łucjusz, Nestor, Placyda, Witosław
in Poland:
1386 - Władysław II Jagiełło was crowned king of Poland in the Wawel cathedral.
1430 - Władysław II Jagiełło issued the Jedlno privilege.
1513 - King Zygmunt I the Old confirmed the town rights of Piła, granted to it in the first half of the XNUMXth century.
1768 - The armed union of the Bar Confederation, established on February 29, is established.
1863 - January Uprising: the Battle of Pieskowa Skała was fought.
1904 - The Highlanders' Association was established in Zakopane.
1931 - The name of the town of Lesko was restored. 1934 - The Party of Great Poland was established.
1939 - The main headquarters work on a war plan with Germany (the "West" plan).
1941 - The Volkslist was introduced in the Polish territories annexed by the Third Reich.
1943 - The Kedyw unit of the Home Army (AK) successfully assassinated the commander of the Bahnschutzpolizei post at the Warszawa Zachodnia station, Karl Schmalz (Operation "Miss").
1951: Premiere of the film Warsaw Premiere directed by Jan Rybkowski.
The Fast Urban Railway has been launched in the Tri-City.
1952 - 9 miners died in an explosion and a fire in KWK "Pstrowski" in Zabrze.
1953 - 5 miners died in a methane explosion in KWK "Bolesław Chrobry" in Wałbrzych.
1970 - Zdzisław Marchwicki ("a vampire from Zagłębie") murdered his last victim in Siemianowice Śląskie-Bytkowo.
1979:
Józef Glemp was appointed bishop of the Warmia diocese.
Premiere of the first episode of the TV series The Połaniecki family directed by Jan Rybkowski.
1994 - Polish premiere of "Schindler's List" directed by Steven Spielberg.
2011 - Premiere of the film Suicide Room directed by Jan Komasa.
in culture:
1947 - Jan Garbarek, a Norwegian saxophonist of Polish origin, was born.
1993 - Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown became parents.
2007 - death of Tadeusz Nalepa.
