2014 Event Slovakia sets a new precedent by electing Andrej Kiska, a millionaire, as president; Mr. Kiska is the first president without ties to the Communist party to be elected since 1993, when the country was formed out of the breakup of Czechoslovakia 2014 Event Benigno Aquino III, President of the Philippines, considers the territorial claims China has made in the South China Sea comparable to the Nazi Germany invasion of Czechoslovakia 1997 Event Jana Novotna (Czechoslovakia) beats Mary Pierce (France) in Chase Tennis Champ 1994 Death Oldrich Cernik, Czechoslovakia premier (1968-70), dies at 72 1993 Death Lucia Popp, Czechoslovakia/Austria soprano (Vienna Opera), dies at 54 1993 Event Czechoslovakia separates into Czech Republic (Bohemia) and Slovakia 1992 Death Alexander Dubcek, President of Czechoslovakia (1968-69), dies 1992 Death Alexander Dubcek, premier Czechoslovakia (1968-69), dies at 70 1991 Death Gustav Husak, president of Czechoslovakia (1975-89), dies at 78 1990 Event Czechoslovakia beats U.S. 5-1 in World Cup soccer 1990 Event U.S.S.R. agrees to withdraw all 73,500 troops from Czechoslovakia by July, 1991 1989 Event Vaclav Havel becomes president of Czechoslovakia 1989 Event Alexander Dubcek elected parliament chairman of Czechoslovakia 1989 Event President Gustav Husak of Czechoslovakia, resigns 1989 Event Communist Party resigns in Czechoslovakia 1989 Event East Germans begin their flight to west (via Hungary and Czechoslovakia) 1986 Event 24th Tennis Fed Cup: USA beats Czechoslovakia in Prague, Czechoslovakia (3-0) 1985 Event 23rd Tennis Fed Cup: Czechoslovakia beats USA in Nagoya Japan (2-1) 1984 Event 22nd Tennis Fed Cup: Czechoslovakia beats Australia in Sao Paulo Brazil (2-1) 1983 Death Jiri Lederer, Czechoslovakia journalist/dissident, dies at 61 1983 Event Jarmila Kratochvilova of Czechoslovakia sets 800m woman's record (1:53.28) 1983 Event 21st Tennis Fed Cup: Czechoslovakia beats Germany in Zurich, Switzerland (2-1) 1979 Birthday Petra Cada, Prague Czechoslovakia, Canadian table tennis player 1996 Olympics 1978 Birthday Sandra Kleinova, Prague, Czechoslovakia, tennis star, 1995 Futures-Turku-FIN 1977 Birthday Radek Dvorak, born in Tabor, Czechoslovakia, NHL left wing for the Florida Panthers 1977 Birthday Lenka Cenkova, Trinec Czechoslovakia, tennis star, 1995 Futures-Vaihingen-GER 1976 Birthday Lubomir Visnovsky, born in Topolcany, Czechoslovakia, hockey defenseman, Team Slovakia 1976 Event Czechoslovakia becomes European soccer champ 1976 Birthday Josef Marha, born in Havl-brod, Czechoslovakia, NHL center for the Colorado Avalanche 1976 Birthday Lenka Nemeckova, born in Brno Czechoslovakia, tennis star, 1993 Futures-Maribor-SLO 1976 Birthday Radek Bonk, Koprivnice, Czechoslovakia, NHL center, Ottawa Senators, Team Czechoslovakia 1976 Birthday Richard Zednik, born in Bystrica, Czechoslovakia, NHL forward, Team Slovakia, Wash 1975 Event 64th Davis Cup: Sweden beats Czechoslovakia in Stockholm (3-2) 1975 Birthday Michal Grosek, born in Gottwaldov, Czechoslovakia, NHL left wing for the Buffalo Sabres 1975 Birthday Jiri Novak, Czechoslovakia, tennis star 1975 Birthday Bohdan Utihrach, Czechoslovakia, tennis star 1975 Birthday Vaclav Prospal, NHL forward, Team Czechoslovakia, Gold Medal 1998 Olympics, Philadelphia 1974 Birthday Jaroslav Spacek, NHL defenseman, Team Czechoslovakia, Gold Medal 1998 Olympics, Sweden 1974 Birthday Miroslav Satan, born in Topolcany, Czechoslovakia, NHL forward, Team Slovakia, Edmonton 1974 Birthday Jana Nejedly, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, Canadian tennis player 1996 Olympics 1974 Birthday Libor Prochazka, hockey defenseman, Team Czechoslovakia, Gold Medal 1998 Olympics 1974 Birthday Roman Hamrlik, born in Gottwaldov, Czechoslovakia, NHL defenseman, Lightning, Gold Medal 1998 Olympics 1974 Birthday Katerina Kroupova, Olomouc Czechoslovakia, tennis star, 1994 Futures-Sofia-BUL 1974 Death Josef Smrkovsky, Czechoslovakia parliament chairman, dies at 62 1973 Event West German chancellor Willy Brandt normalizes trade with Czechoslovakia 1973 Birthday Frantisek Kaberle, hockey defenseman, Team Czechoslovakia, Gold Medal 1998 Olympics 1973 Birthday Robert Petrovicky, born in Kosice, Czechoslovakia, NHL forward, Team Slovakia, Dallas 1973 Birthday Michael Sykora, born in Pardubice, Czechoslovakia, NHL defenseman, Sharks, Gold Medal 1998 Olympics 1973 Birthday Milan Hnilicka, hockey goaltender, Team Czechoslovakia, Gold Medal 1998 Olympics 1973 Birthday David Moravec, hockey forward, Team Czechoslovakia, Gold Medal 1998 Olympics 1973 Birthday Eva Herzigova, born in Litvinov, Czechoslovakia, model, Guess Jeans, Wonderbra 1973 Birthday David Prinosil, born in Olmutz, Czechoslovakia, tennis star, 1995 ATP Newport 1973 Birthday Igor Murin, born in Trencin, Czechoslovakia, hockey goaltender, Team Slovakia 1998 1972 Birthday Jan Caloun, hockey forward, Team Czechoslovakia, Gold Medal 1998 Olympics 1972 Birthday Jozef Stumpel, born in Nitra, Czechoslovakia, NHL forward, Team Slovakia, Boston 1972 Birthday Martin Prochazka, born in Slany, Czechoslovakia, NHL forward, Toronto, 1998 Olympics Gold 1972 Birthday Lubomir Rybovic, born in Kosice, Czechoslovakia, hockey forward, Team Slovakia 1972 Birthday Vladimir Vujtek, NHL forward, Team Czechoslovakia, Gold Medal 1998 Olympics, Tampa Bay 1972 Birthday Jaromir Jagr, Kladno, Czechoslovakia, NHL right wing, Penguins, Czechoslovakian, Gold Medal 1998 Olympics, Bronze Medal 2006 Olympics 1972 Birthday Ivan Droppa, born in Liptovsky Mikulas, Czechoslovakia, NHL defenseman, Chicago 1971 Birthday Petr Nedved, born in Libercec, Czechoslovakia, NHL center, Team Czechoslovakia, Pitts Penguins 1971 Birthday Robert Reichel, born in Litinov, Czechoslovakia, hockey forward, New York Islanders, Gold Medal 1998 Olympics 1971 Birthday Jiri Slegr, born in Jihlava, Czechoslovakia, NHL defenseman, Edmonton Oilers, Gold Medal 1998 Olympics, Bronze Medal 1998 Olympics 1971 Birthday Milos Holan, born in Bilovec, Czechoslovakia, NHL defenseman, Anaheim Mighty Ducks 1971 Birthday Daniel Vacek, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, tennis star 1971 Birthday Martin Rucinsky, born in Most, Czechoslovakia, NHL left wing, Canadiens, Gold Medal 1998 Olympics 1971 Birthday Roman Cechmanek, NHL goaltender, Team Czechoslovakia, Gold Medal 1998 Olympics 1970 Birthday Marian Smerciak, born in Martin, Czechoslovakia, hockey defenseman, Team Slovakia 1998 1970 Birthday Rene Pucher, born in Presov, Czechoslovakia, hockey forward, Team Slovakia 1970 Birthday Daniela Pestova, Chameleon, Prague Czechoslovakia, model, 1995 SI/L'Oreal 1970 Birthday Slava Dosedel, Czechoslovakia, tennis star 1970 Birthday Petra Langrova, born in Prostejov, Czechoslovakia, tennis star, 1995 Palermo doubles 1970 Birthday Radka Zrubakova, Czechoslovakia, tennis star 1970 Event Lubomir Strougal succeeds Cernik as premier of Czechoslovakia 1970 Birthday Richard Smehlik, born in Ostrava, Czechoslovakia, NHL defenseman, Buf Sabres, Gold Medal 1998 Olympics, Bronze Medal 1992 Olympics 1969 Birthday Josef Beranek, born in Litvinov, Czechoslovakia, NHL center, Vancouver Canucks, Gold Medal 1998 Olympics 1969 Event France's Une De Mai wins International Trot at Roosevelt Raceway Czechoslovakia (1st American to win cycling race title since 1912) 1969 Event Czechoslovakia's Communist Party chairman Alexander Dubcek deposed 1969 Death Jan Palach, protesting Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia, self immolates at 20 1969 Birthday Robert Svehla, born in Martin, Czechoslovakia, NHL defenseman, Florida Panthers, Slovakia 1968 Birthday Jozef Dano, born in Skalica, Czechoslovakia, hockey forward, Team Slovakia 1998 1968 Birthday Jiri Dopita, Sumperk, Czechoslovakia, hockey forward, Team Czech, Gold Medal 1998 Olympics 1968 Birthday Lubomir Sekeras, born in Liptovsky, Czechoslovakia, hockey defenseman, Team Slovakia 1968 Birthday Denisa Szabova, Bratislava Czechoslovakia, tennis star, 1987 Futures-GER 1968 Event Czechoslovakia and Russian "accord" rules allies Soviet forces 1968 Birthday Jana Novotna, Czechoslovakia, tennis star, 1995 Australia/Wimbledon doubles 1968 Event Radio Prague, Czechoslovakia at 12:50 AM announces a soviet led invasion 1968 Event Warsaw Pact forces enter Czechoslovakia to end reform movement 1968 Event 650,000 Warsaw Pact troops invade Czechoslovakia 1968 Event Czechoslovakia Cernik government forms 1968 Event General Ludvik Svoboda elected president of Czechoslovakia 1968 Event Jarmila Novotna resigns presidency of Czechoslovakia 1968 Birthday Regina Rajchitova, Czechoslovakia, tennis star 1968 Birthday Frantisek Kucera, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, NHL defenseman, Vanciyver Canucks, Gold Medal 1998 Olympics 1968 Birthday Petr Korda, Prague Czechoslovakia, tennis star, 1993 Doubles-Cincinnati 1968 Event Dubcek succeeds President Novotny as party leader of Czechoslovakia 1967 Birthday Vaclav Chalupa, Czechoslovakia, rower, Henley Royal Regatta 1989 1967 Birthday Robert Kron, born in Brno, Czechoslovakia, NHL right wing, Hartford Whalers 1966 Birthday Jan Zelezny, Czechoslovakia, javelin thrower, Olympics-2 gold-92, 96 1966 Birthday Stanislav Medrik, born in Nitra, Czechoslovakia, hockey defenseman, Team Slovakia 1966 Birthday Jan Varholik, born in Kosice, Czechoslovakia, hockey defenseman, Team Slovakia 1966 Birthday Petr Svoboda, Most Czechoslovakia, NHL defenseman, Philadelphia Flyers, Gold Medal 1998 Olympics 1966 Birthday Michal Pivonka, born in Kladno, Czechoslovakia, NHL center for the Washington Capitals 1965 Birthday Peter Draisaitl, born in Karvina, Czechoslovakia, hockey forward, Team Germany 1998 1965 Birthday Edward Hartman, born in Skalica, Czechoslovakia, hockey goalie, Team Slovakia 1965 Birthday Paulina Porizkova, Prostejov, Czechoslovakia, model, Playboy-Aug 87 1965 Birthday Karel Novacek, born in Prostejov, Czechoslovakia, tennis star, 1994 Hilversum 1965 Birthday Marian Vajda, Czechoslovakia, tennis star 1965 Birthday Jan Sverak, Zatec Czechoslovakia, director, Kolya, Jizda, Ropaci 1965 Birthday Dominik Hasek, Pardubice, Czechoslovakia, NHL goalie, Gold Medal 1998 Olympics, Buffalo 1965 Birthday Jergus Baca, born in Liptovsky Mikulas, Czechoslovakia, IHL defenseman, Team Slovakia 98 1964 Birthday Petr Klima, born in Chaomutov, Czechoslovakia, NHL right wing, Tampa Bay Lightning 1964 Birthday Frank Musil, born in Pardubice, Czechoslovakia, NHL defenseman, Ottawa Senators 1964 Birthday Jakob Hlasek, Czechoslovakia, tennis star 1964 Event West Germany seeks talks with Czechoslovakia 1964 Birthday Miloslav Mecir, Czechoslovakia, tennis player 1988 Olympics gold 1963 Birthday Milan Srejber, Czechoslovakia, tennis star 1963 Birthday Dana Chladek, Decin Czechoslovakia, U.S. slalom Kayak, Olympics-br/silver-92, 96 1963 Birthday Jaromir Dragan, born in Liptovsky, Czechoslovakia, hockey goalie, Team Slovakia 1998 1963 Birthday Libor Pimek, Czechoslovakia, tennis star 1963 Birthday Vladimir Ruzicka, hockey forward, Team Czechoslovakia, Gold Medal 1998 Olympics 1962 Event Brazil Beats Czechoslovakia in soccer's 7th World Cup at Santiago 1962 Birthday Hana Mandlikova, Prague Czechoslovakia, tennis player, 1985 U.S. Open 1960 Event 2 passenger trains collided at high-speed killing 110 (Czechoslovakia) 1960 Birthday lva Budarova, born in Czechoslovakia, tennis star 1960 Event Czechoslovakia adopts Constitution 1960 Birthday Jozef/Josef Pribilinec, born in Czechoslovakia, speed walker, world record 10K 1960 Birthday Ivan Lendl, born in Czechoslovakia, tennis pro, U.S. Open 1985-87 1960 Event U.S. wins Olympic hockey gold medal by defeating Czechoslovakia 9-4 1958 Birthday Regina Marsikova, Czechoslovakia, tennis star 1958 Birthday Regina Marsikova, Czechoslovakia, tennis star 1957 Event Antonin Novotny appointed president of Czechoslovakia 1957 Death Antonin Zapotocky, premier/president of Czechoslovakia, dies at 72 1956 Birthday Martina Navratilova, Revnice Czechoslovakia, tennis, Wimbledon 1989,79,82-87 1956 Birthday Tomas Smid, Czechoslovakia, tennis star 1955 Event Warsaw Pact is signed by the Soviet Union, Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland and Romania 1953 Event 2 fast express trains crash head-on killing 103 (Czechoslovakia) 1953 Event Antonin Zapotocky chosen as president of Czechoslovakia 1953 Death Klement Gottwald, premier/president of Czechoslovakia, dies at 56 1951 Event Bread rationing in Czechoslovakia 1951 Birthday Jarmila Kratochvilova, Czechoslovakia, 400m/800m runner 1980 Olympics silver 1950 Event President Gottwald of Czechoslovakia confirms Milada Horakova's death sentence 1949 Birthday Helena Fibingerova, born in Czechoslovakia, shot putter 1976 Olympics bronze 1949 Birthday Ivana Trump,born in Gottwaldov, Czechoslovakia, ex-wife of Donald Trump, 1st Wives Club 1948 Birthday Vladimir Remek, Czechoslovakia, cosmonaut, Soyuz 28 1948 Death Eduard Benesj, president Czechoslovakia (1921-22, 35-48), dies 1948 Event Klemens Gottwald becomes president of Czechoslovakia 1948 Event Communist complete takeover of Czechoslovakia; President Bernes resigns 1948 Event Communists seize Czechoslovakia/C Gottwald becomes premier 1948 Event Communist Party seizes complete control of Czechoslovakia 1948 Event Czechoslovakia's non-communist minister resigns 1947 Event U.S.S.R. and Czechoslovakia sign trade agreement 1947 Death Emil Hacha, lawyer/president of Czechoslovakia, dies at 74 1946 Event Klement Gottwald becomes premier of Czechoslovakia 1945 Event Ruthenia, formerly in Czechoslovakia, becomes part of Ukrainian SSR 1945 Event Czechoslovakia liberated from Nazi occupation (National Day) 1945 Event Allies liberate 1st Nazi concentration camp, Buchenwald, Czechoslovakia 1944 Event Soviet troops invade Czechoslovakia during WW II 1944 Event Soviets march into Hungary and Czechoslovakia 1944 Birthday Karel Kryl, born in Kromenz, Czechoslovakia, folk singer, songwriter, guitarist, wrote protest songs critical of the Communist regime 1943 Birthday Oldrich Pelcak, Czechoslovakia, cosmonaut 1943 Birthday Barbara Bouchet, born in Reichenberg, Czechoslovakia, actress, Casino Royale 1942 Event Massacre at Lidice (Czechoslovakia), Gestapo kills 173 1942 Event Nazis kill all inhabitants of Lidice, Czechoslovakia 1942 Birthday Vera C slavsk -Odlozilova, Czechoslovakia, gymnast, Gold Medals 1964, 1968 Olympics 1939 Event Anti-German demonstrations in Czechoslovakia 1939 Birthday Lucia Popp, Uhorska Ves Czechoslovakia, soprano, Die Zauberflote 1939 Event Anti-German demonstrations/strikes in Czechoslovakia 1939 Event Germany occupies Czechoslovakia 1939 Event Hitler occupies Bohemia and Moravia (Czechoslovakia); Slovakia independ 1939 Event Nazi Germany dissolves Republic of Czechoslovakia 1938 Event Nazi forces occupy western Czechoslovakia and declared them German citizens 1938 Birthday Josef Odozil, Czechoslovakia, 1500m 1964 Olympic silver 1938 Event Germany completed annexation of Czechoslovakia's Sudetenland 1938 Event Germany annexes Sudetenland (1/3 of Czechoslovakia) 1938 Event Munich Agreement-forced Czechoslovakia to give territory to Germany 1938 Event Winston Churchill condemns Hitler's annexation of Czechoslovakia 1938 Event Adolph Hitler demands self-determination for Sudeten Germans in Czechoslovakia 1938 Event Sudeten Germans in Czechoslovakia demand self government 1937 Birthday Tom Stoppard, born in Czechoslovakia, playwright, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern-1968 Tony 1936 Birthday Vaclav Havel, writer/president Czechoslovakia, 1989-92 1936 Birthday Jan Nemec, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, director, Diamonds of the Night 1935 Event Edward Benes becomes president of Czechoslovakia 1935 Birthday Lubos Fiser, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, composer, wrote soundtracks, chamber music, studied at AMU, Prague Conservatory 1935 Event Frank Bartell, Czechoslovakia, cycles record 80.584 mph in Los Angeles 1934 Event Italy beats Czechoslovakia 2-1 (OT) in soccer's 2nd World Cup at Rome 1934 Birthday Jan Klusak, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, composer, author of incidental music, and music for television, film 1932 Birthday Olga Connolly-Fikotova, Czechoslovakia, U.S. discus thrower 1956 Olympics gold 1932 Birthday Marek Kopelent, born in Czechoslovakia, composer, contemporary music, New Music movement pioneer 1931 Birthday Evald Schorm, Prague Czechoslovakia, director, Courage for Every Day 1931 Birthday Gunther Herbig, Usti-nad-Labem Czechoslovakia, conductor, East Berlin Orchestra 1931 Birthday Bohumil Golian, born in Czechoslovakia, volleyball player, Olympic-bronze-1968 1930 Death Alois Jirasek, writer, taught secondary school, wrote plays, historical novels, including, 'Against Everyone', dies in Prague, Czechoslovakia 1929 Birthday Josef Suk, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, violinist, Artist of Merit-1977 1928 Birthday Pavel Kohout, born in Czechoslovakia, director/author, Poor Murderer 1927 Event Thomas Masaryk elected Czechoslovakia president 1923 Birthday Ladislav Fuks, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, writer, novelist, psychological novels, involving despair, suffering, experience of Fascist rule, received doctorate at Charles University in Prague 1923 Birthday Robert Maxwell, Jan Hoch, Czechoslovakia, billionaire/CEO, New York Daily News 1922 Birthday Ilja Hurnik, born in Poruba, Czechoslovakia, composer, essayist, studied at Prague Conservatory, Prague Academy of Arts, recorded 'sonata da camera', for flute, oboe, cello and harpsichord on Cedille Records 1922 Event Schwebla replaces Benes government in Czechoslovakia 1922 Birthday Dana Zatopek, born in Czechoslovakia, javelin thrower 1952 Olympics gold 1922 Birthday Emil Zatopek, born in Czechoslovakia, 5K/10K/marathon 1952 Olympics gold 1922 Birthday Jiri Lederer, born in Czechoslovakia, journalist/dissident 1921 Birthday Jaroslav Drobny, born in Czechoslovakia, hockey, tennis, Silver Medal 1948 Olympics 1921 Birthday Karel Husa, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, composer, Trojan Women 1920 Event Little Entente formed by Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia 1920 Event Allies recognize Poland, Czechoslovakia and Romania 1920 Event Thomas Masaryk elected president of Czechoslovakia 1919 Birthday Vaclav Nelhybel, Polanka Czechoslovakia, composer, Everyman 1919 Birthday Vera Hruba Ralston, born in Czechoslovakia, actress, Dakota, Accused of Murder 1918 Event Republic of Czechoslovakia created with T.G. Masaryk as president 1918 Event Czechoslovakia gains independence as Austria-Hungary breaks up 1918 Event Czechoslovakia declares Independence from Austro-Hungarian Empire 1918 Event Czechoslovakia forms independence republic 1917 Event Russian secret police in Czechoslovakia forms under Felix Dzerzjinski 1917 Birthday Vaclav Kaslik, Czechoslovakia, opera composer and conductor 1917 Death Uritsky, leader of Petrogradse Czechoslovakia, dies 1917 Birthday Oskar Morawetz, Svetla Czechoslovakia, composer 1917 Birthday Herbert Lom, Czechoslovakia, actor, Pink Panther Strikes Again, Dorian Gray 1915 Event Thomas Masaryk demands independence for Czechoslovakia 1915 Event Thomas Masaryk claims independence for Czechoslovakia 1915 Birthday Jan Hanus, born in Czechoslovakia, composer, music expressed anti-Nazi, anti-Fascist, anti-Communist sentiments, studied with Otakar Jeremias a the Prague Conservatory 1914 Birthday Rafael Kubelik, born in Bychory, Czechoslovakia, conductor, Cornelia Farooli 1914 Birthday Jan Kapr, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, pupil of Jaroslav Ridky, second half of the 20th century's most prolific Czech composer 1913 Birthday Walter Susskind, Praha, Prague, Czechoslovakia, conductor 1913 Birthday Oskar Danon, born in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, composer, conductor, earned Ph.D. musicology in Prague, Czechoslovakia, conductor, director for Belgrade Opera, chief conductor Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra 1913 Birthday Gustav Husak, president of Czechoslovakia, 1975 - 1989 1912 Birthday Rudolf Firkusny, Napajedla Czechoslovakia, pianist, Julliard 1911 Birthday Josef Smrkovsky, Czechoslovakia MP chairman 1908 Birthday George Schick, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, conductor, Chicago Symphony 1907 Birthday Charles Korvin, Czechoslovakia, actor, Berlin Express, Ship of Fools 1907 Birthday Jarmila Novotna, soprano, Met Opera, President of Czechoslovakia, 1957-68 1906 Birthday Francis Lederer, Prague Czechoslovakia, actor, Diary of a Chambermaid 1905 Birthday Karl Jansky, Czechoslovakia, discoverer, cosmic radio emissions in 1932 1905 Birthday George Voskovec, Czechoslovakia, actor, Fred-Nero Wolfe, Peter-Skag 1904 Birthday Antonin Novotny, Czechoslovakia, President of Czechoslovakia, 1957-68 1904 Birthday Steven Geray, Uzhored Czechoslovakia, actor, French Line 1903 Birthday Anny Ondra, Czechoslovakia, actress, Blackmail, Manxman 1902 Birthday Hugo Haas, Brno Czechoslovakia, actor and director, 2 Smart People 1896 Birthday Klement Gottwald, premier/president of Czechoslovakia, 1946-53 1896 Birthday Jaromir Weinberger, Prague Czechoslovakia, composer, Bird's Opera 1893 Birthday Alois Haba, Czechoslovakia, opera, composer, Mother 1890 Birthday Bohuslav Jan Martinu, Policka Czechoslovakia, composer, Hry o Marti 1890 Birthday Ernst Deutsch, Dorian, Prague Czechoslovakia, actor, Moon is Down, 3rd Man 1890 Birthday Karel Capek, Czechoslovakia, writer, R U R, ; coined the word "robot" 1886 Birthday Jan Garrique Masaryk, Czechoslovakia, statesman/minister to London, 1918-35 1886 Birthday Otto Lederer, Czechoslovakia, actor, Jazz Singer 1884 Birthday Antonin Zapotocky, premier/president of Czechoslovakia 1884 Birthday Edvard Benes, premier/president of Czechoslovakia, 1921-22, 35-48 1883 Birthday Franz Kafka, Czechoslovakia, author, Metamorphosis, Trial, Amerika 1882 Birthday Leo Perutz, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, writer, wrote 11 novels, mathematician, emigrated to Palestine during Nazi Anschluss, 1938 1872 Birthday Emil Hacha, lawyer/president, Czechoslovakia 1854 Birthday Leos Janacek, Hukvaldy Moravia Czechoslovakia, composer, Foster Suite 1851 Birthday Alois Jirasek, born in Czechoslovakia, writer, taught secondary school, wrote plays, historical novels, including, 'Against Everyone' 1850 Birthday Tomas G. Masaryk, born in Czechoslovakia, Father/President of Czechoslovakia, 1918-35 1843 Birthday Jan Malat, born in Stary Bydzov, Czechoslovakia, composer, teacher 1841 Birthday Antonin Dvorak, Nelahozeves Czechoslovakia, composer, New World Symphony 1741 Event Prussian forces took Olmutz, Czechoslovakia 1670 Death Jan A Comenius, Komensky, Czechoslovakia/Netherlands educator/philosopher, dies 1539 Event Jews of Tyrnau Hungary (then Trnava, Czechoslovakia), expelled
