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2012 In Poland
Events during the year 2012 in Poland. Incumbents Events March *3 March – Szczekociny rail crash Deaths *5 March – Marek Kuszewski, fencer (born 1933). *7 September – Leszek Drogosz, boxer and actor (born 1933). *10 October – Piotr Lenartowicz, philosopher (born 1934). *11 October – Edward Kossoy, lawyer, publicist and activist for victims of Nazism (born 1913). *17 November – Henryk Grzybowski, footballer (born 1934) See also * 2012 in Polish television References {{Year in Europe, 2012 Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ... pl:2012#Wydarzenia w Polsce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Presidents 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 el ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1933 In Poland
Events January * January 11 – Sir Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first commercial flight between Australia and New Zealand. * January 17 – The United States Congress votes in favour of Philippines independence, against the wishes of U.S. President Herbert Hoover. * January 28 – " Pakistan Declaration": Choudhry Rahmat Ali publishes (in Cambridge, UK) a pamphlet entitled ''Now or Never; Are We to Live or Perish Forever?'', in which he calls for the creation of a Muslim state in northwest India that he calls " Pakstan"; this influences the Pakistan Movement. * January 30 ** National Socialist German Workers Party leader Adolf Hitler is appointed Chancellor of Germany by President of Germany Paul von Hindenburg. ** Édouard Daladier forms a government in France in succession to Joseph Paul-Boncour. He is succeeded on October 26 by Albert Sarraut and on November 26 by Camille Chautemps. February * February 1 – Adolf Hitler gives his "Proclam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012 In Poland
Events during the year 2012 in Poland. Incumbents Events March *3 March – Szczekociny rail crash Deaths *5 March – Marek Kuszewski, fencer (born 1933). *7 September – Leszek Drogosz, boxer and actor (born 1933). *10 October – Piotr Lenartowicz, philosopher (born 1934). *11 October – Edward Kossoy, lawyer, publicist and activist for victims of Nazism (born 1913). *17 November – Henryk Grzybowski, footballer (born 1934) See also * 2012 in Polish television References {{Year in Europe, 2012 Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ... pl:2012#Wydarzenia w Polsce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012 In Polish Television
This is a list of Polish television related events from 2012. Events *2 June - Dawid Podsiadło wins the second series of '' X Factor''. *24 November - Acrobatic duo Delfina Przeszłowska & Bartek Byjoś win the fifth series of ''Mam talent!''. Debuts Television shows 1990s *'' Klan'' (1997–present) 2000s *'' M jak miłość'' (2000–present) *'' Na Wspólnej'' (2003–present) *'' Pierwsza miłość'' (2004–present) *''Dzień Dobry TVN'' (2005–present) *''Mam talent!'' (2008–present) 2010s *'' The Voice of Poland'' (2011–present) *'' X Factor'' (2011–present) Ending this year Networks and services Launches Conversions and rebrandings Closures Births Deaths See also *2012 in Poland Events during the year 2012 in Poland. Incumbents Events March *3 March – Szczekociny rail crash Deaths *5 March – Marek Kuszewski, fencer (born 1933). *7 September – Leszek Drogosz, boxer and actor (born 1933). ... {{E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henryk Grzybowski
Henryk Grzybowski (17 July 1934 – 17 November 2012) was a Polish footballer. He was part of Poland's squad at the 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad ( it, Giochi della XVII Olimpiade) and commonly known as Rome 1960 ( it, Roma 1960), were an international multi-sport event held ..., but he did not play in any matches. References 1934 births Poland international footballers Association football defenders Polish footballers Olympic footballers of Poland Footballers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Legia Warsaw players Footballers from Warsaw 2012 deaths {{Poland-footy-defender-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1913 In Poland
Events January * January 5 – First Balkan War: Battle of Lemnos (1913), Battle of Lemnos – Greek admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis forces the Turkish fleet to retreat to its base within the Dardanelles, from which it will not venture for the rest of the war. * January 13 – Edward Carson founds the (first) Ulster Volunteers, Ulster Volunteer Force, by unifying several existing Ulster loyalism, loyalist militias to resist home rule for Ireland. * January 23 – 1913 Ottoman coup d'état: Ismail Enver comes to power. * January – Stalin (whose first article using this name is published this month) travels to Vienna to carry out research. Until he leaves on February 16 the city is home simultaneously to him, Hitler, Trotsky and Josip Broz Tito, Tito alongside Alban Berg, Berg, Freud and Jung and Ludwig Wittgenstein, Ludwig and Paul Wittgenstein. February * February 1 – New York City's Grand Central Terminal, having been rebuilt, reopens as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Kossoy
Edward Kossoy (used the nom de guerre ''Marcinak''; 4 June 1913 – 11 October 2012) was a Polish lawyer, publicist and an activist for victims of Nazism.Muzeum Powstania Warszawskiego (Warsaw Uprising Museum), Archiwum Historii Mowionej (Archive of Oral History), Edward Kossoy, aka "Marcinak", pg. 1/ref> Early life Kossoy was born in Radom but spent his childhood in Yekaterinoslav, Russian Empire,Marek Radziwon, Polish Culture section of Gazeta Wyborcza, "EDWARD KOSSOY, 'NA MARGINESIE.../ON THE MARGIN...'"/ref> where his parents relocated during World War I. World War II After the Polish-Soviet War and the Peace of Riga in 1921 he moved back to Poland. In 1930 he finished the Tytus Chałubiński National Gymnasium in Radom and then studied at the Law School of Warsaw University. He graduated in 1934. In 1939, in the wake of the Nazi invasion of Poland, Kossoy fled Warsaw and escaped eastward to Lviv which was taken over by the Soviet Union after the Soviet invasi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1934 In Poland
Events January–February * January 1 – The International Telecommunication Union, a specialist agency of the League of Nations, is established. * January 15 – The 8.0 Nepal–Bihar earthquake strikes Nepal and Bihar with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (''Extreme''), killing an estimated 6,000–10,700 people. * January 26 – A 10-year German–Polish declaration of non-aggression is signed by Nazi Germany and the Second Polish Republic. * January 30 ** In Nazi Germany, the political power of federal states such as Prussia is substantially abolished, by the "Law on the Reconstruction of the Reich" (''Gesetz über den Neuaufbau des Reiches''). ** Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States, signs the Gold Reserve Act: all gold held in the Federal Reserve is to be surrendered to the United States Department of the Treasury; immediately following, the President raises the statutory gold price from US$20.67 per ounce to $35. * February 6 – French p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piotr Lenartowicz
Piotr Lenartowicz (25 August 1934 – 10 October 2012) was a Polish philosopher, vitalist, professor of philosophy at the Jesuit University of Philosophy and Education Ignatianum, jesuit. Life Lenartowicz was born in Warsaw, Poland, the son of Wiesław Lenartowicz and Krystyna Schneider. He completed his medical studies at School of Medicine in Warsaw in 1958. In 1961 he obtained a doctorate in neurophysiology at the School of Medicine in Warsaw. Studied philosophy (Lic. in philosophy (Jesuit Faculty of Philosophy, Cracow, 1965) and theology Lic. in theology (Jesuit Faculty of Theology, Warsaw, 1970). He studied philosophy in Rome, at the Philosophical Faculty of Pontifical Gregorian University, and received a doctorate in developmental biology in 1975. He received another degree (doctor habilitowany) at the Philosophical Faculty of Pontifical Academy of Theology, Cracow, working on theory of biological phenomena, in 1986. In 1999 he became a full professor. Lenartowicz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leszek Drogosz
Leszek Melchior Drogosz (6 January 1933 – 7 September 2012) was a Polish boxer and actor. Drogosz was born in Kielce. He thrice won the gold medal at the European Amateur Boxing Championships in the Light welterweight division at Warsaw 1953 and West Berlin 1955, and in the Welterweight division at Lucerne 1959. He participated in the Summer Olympics in Helsinki 1952, Melbourne 1956, and Rome 1960. He won the bronze medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. He was eight-time winner of the Polish Boxing Championship (1953, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1964, 1967). Following his boxing career, Drogosz became an actor in Polish movies. He played in fifteen movies. In 1966 he has appeared in the film ''Bokser'' directed by Julian Dziedzina. He twice played in the movies directed by Andrzej Wajda - '' Hunting Flies'' ( pl, Polowanie na muchy) in 1969, and '' Landscape After the Battle'' ( pl, Krajobraz po bitwie) in 1970. In 1988, he was chosen the best Polish S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marek Kuszewski
Marian Zygmunt Kuszewski (31 October 1933 – 5 March 2012) was a Polish fencer. He won a silver medal in the team sabre events at the 1956 and 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad ( it, Giochi della XVII Olimpiade) and commonly known as Rome 1960 ( it, Roma 1960), were an international multi-sport event held .... References 1933 births 2012 deaths Polish male fencers Fencers at the 1956 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Olympic fencers for Poland Olympic medalists in fencing Olympic silver medalists for Poland Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Kielce 20th-century Polish people 21st-century Polish people {{Poland-fencing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bronisław Komorowski
Bronisław Maria Komorowski (; born 4 June 1952) is a Polish politician and historian who served as President of Poland from 2010 to 2015. Komorowski served as Minister of Defence from 2000 to 2001. As Marshal of the Sejm, Komorowski exercised the powers and duties of head of state following the death of President Lech Kaczyński in a plane crash on 10 April 2010. Komorowski was then the governing Civic Platform party's candidate in the resulting presidential election, which he won in the second round of voting on 4 July 2010. He was sworn in as President on 6 August 2010. Komorowski thus became the second person to serve on two occasions as Polish head of state since 1918, after Maciej Rataj. On 25 May 2015, Komorowski conceded the presidency of Poland to the rival candidate Andrzej Duda, after the latter won the second round of the 2015 presidential election. Early life and education Bronisław Maria Komorowski was born in Oborniki Śląskie. Born as a son of Zygmunt Leon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
