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2009 Wujek-Śląsk Mine Blast
The 2009 Wujek-Śląsk mine blast occurred at the Wujek-Śląsk bituminous coal mine in Ruda Śląska, Poland on 18 September 2009. At least 20 miners were killed (12 died in coal mine, 8 in hospitals) and at least 37 more were hospitalised. It is the country's deadliest mining accident since the deaths of 23 miners from methane at the Silesia's Halemba mine in November 2006. The death toll is expected to increase. Incident The incident happened approximately 1 kilometer below surface level. Around 40 people were underground at the time of the blast. Twenty-nine made it out themselves but the rest had to be assisted. Emergency services ferried the casualties to the nearest hospitals. Eighteen were hospitalised at a burns specialist unit in Siemianowice Śląskie; six were hospitalised at Sosnowiec where family members collected outside in an upset manner. Some of the deaths came quickly, whilst more did not die until some time later. Deaths were caused by burns, some of 90 deg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruda Śląska
Ruda Śląska (formerly ) is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice. It is a district in the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union, a metropolis with a population of two million. It is in the Silesian Highlands, on the Kłodnica River (tributary of the Oder). It has been part of the Silesian Voivodeship since its formation in 1999. Previously, it was in Katowice Voivodeship, and before then, part of the Autonomous Silesian Voivodeship. Ruda Śląska is one of the cities in the Katowice urban area (population 2.7 million) and within the greater Silesian metropolitan area (population 5,294,000). The population of the city is 135,008 (December 2021). History A large village is known to have existed at the location of the present day city center in 1243. The city name appears to indicate the awareness and perhaps exploitation of ores from early times. The area underwent rapid industrialization (coal, steel, zinc) in the 19th and the beginning of 20th century. However ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lech Kaczyński
Lech Aleksander Kaczyński (; 18 June 194910 April 2010) was a Polish politician who served as the city mayor of Warsaw from 2002 until 2005, and as President of Poland from 2005 until his death in 2010. Before his tenure as president, he previously served as President of the Supreme Audit Office from 1992 to 1995 and later Minister of Justice and Public Prosecutor General in Jerzy Buzek's cabinet from 2000 until his dismissal in July 2001. Born in Warsaw, he starred in a 1962 Polish film, '' The Two Who Stole the Moon'', with his identical twin brother Jarosław. Kaczyński was a graduate of law and administration of Warsaw University. In 1980, he was awarded his Ph.D. by Gdańsk University. In 1990, he completed his habilitation in labour and employment law. He later assumed professorial positions at Gdańsk University and Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw. During the communist period, Kaczyński was an activist in the pro-democratic anti-communist moveme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mining Disasters In Poland
The following mining disasters have occurred in Poland: *1565 – ''Golden Donkey'' in Złoty Stok – 59 killed. *1880 – ''Renard'' coal mine in Sosnowiec – 200 killed. *1896 – ''Kleofas'' coal mine in Katowice – 105 killed. *1913 - ''Emma'' coal mine in Radlin - 17 killed *1923 – ''Rozbark'' in Bytom – 145 killed. *1931 – ''Wacław'' coal mine in Nowa Ruda – 151 killed. *1941 – ''Nowa Ruda'' coal mine in Nowa Ruda – 180 killed. *1954, 21 March – ''Barbara-Wyzwolenie'' coal mine in Chorzów – 81–102 killed. *1958, 28 August – ''Makoszowy'' coal mine in Zabrze – 72 killed. *1971, 23 March – ''Rokitnica'' coal mine in Zabrze – 10 killed (after seven days rescuers found Alojzy Piątek alive). *1974, 28 June – ''Silesia'' coal mine in Czechowice-Dziedzice – 34 killed. *1978, 5 July – ''Staszic'' coal mine in Katowice – 4 killed. *1979, 10 October – ''Dymitrow'' coal mine in Bytom – 34 killed. *1979, 30 October – ''Silesia'' coal m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Explosions In 2009
An explosion is a rapid expansion in volume associated with an extreme outward release of energy, usually with the generation of high temperatures and release of high-pressure gases. Supersonic explosions created by high explosives are known as detonations and travel through shock waves. Subsonic explosions are created by low explosives through a slower combustion process known as deflagration. Causes Explosions can occur in nature due to a large influx of energy. Most natural explosions arise from volcanic or stellar processes of various sorts. Explosive volcanic eruptions occur when magma rises from below, it has very dissolved gas in it. The reduction of pressure as the magma rises and causes the gas to bubble out of solution, resulting in a rapid increase in volume. Explosions also occur as a result of impact events and in phenomena such as hydrothermal explosions (also due to volcanic processes). Explosions can also occur outside of Earth in the universe in events s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 In Poland
Events during the year 2009 in Poland. Incumbents Events February * 17 February – Rescue helicopter Mil Mi-2 of the Polish Medical Air Rescue has crashed in Jarostów; pilot and HCM were killed and the doctor severely injured. * 27 February – Combat helicopter Mil Mi-24 of the Polish Air Force has crashed in Szadłowice; pilot was killed, two other crew members lightly injured. marzec * 31 March – An-28 Bryza-2RF transport plane of Polish Air Force has crashed in the Babie Doły district of Gdynia; entire crew (four persons) was killed. April * 6 April – one death and 25 wounded in a train crash near Białogard * 13 April – Kamień Pomorski homeless hostel fire. 23 deaths. President of Poland declared a 3-day national mourning. maj * 31 May – last flight of the Polish airline Centralwings June * Poland hit by 2009 European floods * 7 June: European Parliament election takes place in Poland. August * 30 August- Su-27 combat plane of Belar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 Mining Disasters
9 (nine) is the natural number following and preceding . Evolution of the Arabic digit In the beginning, various Indians wrote a digit 9 similar in shape to the modern closing question mark without the bottom dot. The Kshatrapa, Andhra and Gupta started curving the bottom vertical line coming up with a -look-alike. The Nagari continued the bottom stroke to make a circle and enclose the 3-look-alike, in much the same way that the sign @ encircles a lowercase ''a''. As time went on, the enclosing circle became bigger and its line continued beyond the circle downwards, as the 3-look-alike became smaller. Soon, all that was left of the 3-look-alike was a squiggle. The Arabs simply connected that squiggle to the downward stroke at the middle and subsequent European change was purely cosmetic. While the shape of the glyph for the digit 9 has an ascender in most modern typefaces, in typefaces with text figures the character usually has a descender, as, for example, in . The mod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Mining Disasters In Poland
The following mining disasters have occurred in Poland: *1565 – ''Golden Donkey'' in Złoty Stok – 59 killed. *1880 – ''Renard'' coal mine in Sosnowiec – 200 killed. *1896 – ''Kleofas'' coal mine in Katowice – 105 killed. *1913 - ''Emma'' coal mine in Radlin - 17 killed *1923 – ''Rozbark'' in Bytom – 145 killed. *1931 – ''Wacław'' coal mine in Nowa Ruda – 151 killed. *1941 – ''Nowa Ruda'' coal mine in Nowa Ruda – 180 killed. *1954, 21 March – ''Barbara-Wyzwolenie'' coal mine in Chorzów – 81–102 killed. *1958, 28 August – ''Makoszowy'' coal mine in Zabrze – 72 killed. *1971, 23 March – ''Rokitnica'' coal mine in Zabrze – 10 killed (after seven days rescuers found Alojzy Piątek alive). *1974, 28 June – ''Silesia'' coal mine in Czechowice-Dziedzice – 34 killed. *1978, 5 July – ''Staszic'' coal mine in Katowice – 4 killed. *1979, 10 October – ''Dymitrow'' coal mine in Bytom – 34 killed. *1979, 30 October – ''Silesia'' coal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Mourning
A national day of mourning is a day or days marked by mourning and memorial activities observed among the majority of a country's populace. They are designated by the national government. Such days include those marking the death or funeral of a renowned individual or individuals from that country or elsewhere or the anniversary of such a death or deaths, the anniversaries of a significant natural or man-made disaster occurring either in the country or another country, wartime commemorations or in memory of the victims of a terrorist attack. Flying a national or military flag of that country at half-mast is a common symbol. List The following are lists for national days of mourning across the world: * Before 2000 * 2000–2019 * 2020–present Selected list of figures recognized State officials * A National Day of Mourning is typically declared for Presidents of the United States, usually on the day of their funerals. Beginning with John F. Kennedy, these days are also c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Irish Times
''The Irish Times'' is an Irish daily broadsheet newspaper and online digital publication. It launched on 29 March 1859. The editor is Ruadhán Mac Cormaic. It is published every day except Sundays. ''The Irish Times'' is considered a newspaper of record for Ireland. Though formed as a Protestant nationalist paper, within two decades and under new owners it had become the voice of British unionism in Ireland. It is no longer a pro unionist paper; it presents itself politically as "liberal and progressive", as well as being centre-right on economic issues. The editorship of the newspaper from 1859 until 1986 was controlled by the Anglo-Irish Protestant minority, only gaining its first nominal Irish Catholic editor 127 years into its existence. The paper's most prominent columnists include writer and arts commentator Fintan O'Toole and satirist Miriam Lord. The late Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald was once a columnist. Senior international figures, including Tony Blair and Bill Cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grzegorz Schetyna
Grzegorz Juliusz Schetyna () (born 18 February 1963) is a Polish politician who has been Civic Platform, Leader of Civic Platform and Leader of the Opposition from 26 January 2016 to 25 January 2020. He has served as Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Poland), Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland from 2014 to 2015, Marshal of the Sejm from 2010 to 2011, Acting President of Poland 2010, Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland, Deputy Prime Minister of Poland from 2007 to 2009 and Ministry of Interior and Administration (Poland), Minister of the Interior and Administration 2007 to 2009. He has been a Sejm, Member of the Sejm from 1997. Early career In the early 1990s, Schetyna co-founded a commercial broadcaster, Radio Eska, and chaired the Śląsk Wrocław basketball team in 1994–97. Political career Early beginnings In the late 1980s, Schetyna headed the University of Wrocław’s branch of the Independent Students’ Union, the student arm of the Solidarność (Solidarity ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Interior And Administration Of The Republic Of Poland
Ministry of the Interior and Administration ( pl, Ministerstwo Spraw Wewnętrznych i Administracji) is an administration structure controlling main administration and security branches of the Polish government. After 2011 Polish parliamentary election, Parliamentary Election on 9 October 2011 was transformed for two ministries: Ministry of Interior (Poland), Ministry of Interior (Minister: Jacek Cichocki) and Ministry of Administration and Digitization (Poland), Ministry of Administration and Digitization (Minister: Michał Boni). It was recreated in late 2015. History and function The ministry was founded in 1918 as the Ministry of Internal Affairs (Second Polish Republic), Ministry of Internal Affairs (''Ministerstwo Spraw Wewnętrznych''). During a reform of the Polish government in 1996 the administration branch was merged into the Ministry and it was renamed to its current name (on 24 December). That was one of the most important governmental Council of Ministers of the Rep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
President Of Poland
The president of Poland ( pl, Prezydent RP), officially the president of the Republic of Poland ( pl, Prezydent Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej), is the head of state of Poland. Their rights and obligations are determined in the Constitution of Poland. The president heads the executive branch. In addition, the president has a right to dissolve parliament in certain cases, can veto legislation and represents Poland in the international arena. History The first president of Poland, Gabriel Narutowicz, was sworn in as president of the Second Polish Republic on 11 December 1922. He was elected by the National Assembly (the Sejm and the Senate) under the terms of the 1921 March Constitution. Narutowicz was assassinated on 16 December 1922. Previously Józef Piłsudski had been "Chief of State" (''Naczelnik Państwa'') under the provisional Small Constitution of 1919. In 1926 Piłsudski staged the " May Coup", overthrew President Stanisław Wojciechowski and had the National Assembly elec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
