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1993 Roy London, U.S. actor and director (Tiger Warsaw), dies of lymphoma at 50

1991 Warsaw Pact officially dissolves

1991 Soviet Republic of Georgia endorsed independence, Warsaw Pact dissolves

1990 East Germany leaves Warsaw Pact

1990 Romania bans Communist party (1st Warsaw Pact member to do so)

1987 183 die aboard a Polish jetliner that crashes in Warsaw

1983 In Warsaw, police route 1,000 Solidarity supporters

1980 ZBZ Sangha registered after 5 years of administrative hassles in Warsaw

1977 Carter holds 1st news conference by U.S. President in Eastern Europe (Warsaw)

1976 Kasia Kulesza, born in Warsaw, Poland, Canadian synchro swimmer, Silver Medal 1996 Olympics

1968 Albania leaves Warsaw pact

1968 Albania announces it is withdrawing from the Warsaw Pact

1968 Warsaw Pact forces enter Czechoslovakia to end reform movement

1968 650,000 Warsaw Pact troops invade Czechoslovakia

1968 Students demonstrate in Warsaw

1968 Diann Roffe-Steinrotter, born in Warsaw, New York, alpine skier, won Olympic gold and silver in 1992

1965 Sandra Cecchini, Bologna Italy, tennis star, 1995 Warsaw doubles

1956 Nagy government of Hungary withdraws from Warsaw Pact

1955 Warsaw Pact is signed by the Soviet Union, Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland and Romania

1954 118 degrees F (48 degrees C), Warsaw and Union, Missouri (state record)

1952 Jill Long Thompson, born in Warsaw, Indiana, Representative-D-Indiana 1989 - 1995

1951 Jurgen Stroop, Nazi commander of Warsaw Ghetto, executed

1948 Agnieszka Holland, Warsaw Poland, actress/director, Europa Europa

1946 James C. Adamson, born Warsaw New York, Lt. Col. U.S. astronaut on STS-28, STS-43

1945 Warsaw freed by Soviet army

1945 Liberation of Warsaw by Soviet troops (end of Nazi occupation)

1944 Nazis crush Warsaw Uprising killing 250,000 people

1944 Uprising in Warsaw ghetto

1943 German troops destroy synagogue of Warsaw

1943 Jewish resistance in the Warsaw ghetto ends after 30 days of fighting

1943 Warsaw ghetto uprising ends, in it's destruction

1943 Mordicai Anielewicz, commander of Warsaw ghetto uprising, killed

1943 Revolt in Warsaw Ghetto under Mordechai Anielewicz

1943 Jews attack Nazi occupation forces at Warsaw Ghetto

1943 Jews in Warsaw Ghetto begin resistance of Nazis

1943 Uprising in Warsaw ghetto

1943 Heinrich Himmler views Warsaw

1942 Warsaw Ghetto Jews (300,000) are sent to Treblinka extermination Camp

1940 Nazi Germany began walling off the Jewish Ghetto in Warsaw

1940 Deadline for Warsaw Jews to move into Warsaw Ghetto

1940 Warsaw Ghetto forms

1939 Nazis begin mass murder of Warsaw Jews

1939 Warsaw Poland, surrenders to Germans after 19 days of resistance

1939 German Luftwaffe strikes Warsaw with (fire)bombs

1939 Battle of Kutno-pocket: Germans advance to Warsaw

1939 Nazi army reaches Warsaw

1939 General Von Reichenaus pantzer division reaches suburbs of Warsaw

1938 Jerzy Skolimowski, Warsaw, Poland, director, Hands Up, Deep End

1932 Bronislaw Geremek, born in Warsaw, given name Benjamin Lewertow, social historian, politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs

1929 Wanda Wilkomirska, Warsaw, Poland, violinist

1928 Zbigniew Brzezinski, born in Warsaw, national security advisor, Carter

1927 Voikov, Soviet ambassador to Warsaw, murdered

1926 Lee Richardson, Chicago, actor, Sweet Lorraine, Fly 2, Tiger Warsaw

1924 Benoit Mandelbrot, Warsaw Poland, mathematician, proved Zipf's law

1923 Baroness Ryder, of Warsaw and Cavendish, worked for sick and disabled

1915 German troops over run Warsaw

1915 Warsaw, evacuated by the Russians, is occupied by Germans

1914 Battle of Warsaw ends with German defeat

1914 Battle of Warsaw, begins (ends Oct 21)

1914 Andrzej Panufnik, Warsaw Poland, composer, Tragic Overture

1913 Witold Lutoslawski, Warsaw Poland, composer, Jeux Venitiens

1909 Jerzy Andrzejewski, Warsaw Poland, writer, Ashes and Diamonds

1909 Miliza Korjus, Warsaw Poland, actress, Great Waltz

1905 Warsaw and Lodz revolt against Russian occupation

1905 -40 degrees F (-40 degrees C) Warsaw, Missouri (state record)

1902 Alfred Tarski, Warsaw, mathematician/logician

1897 Iwan S. Konew, Russian marshal/supreme commander pact of Warsaw

1891 Osip E Mandelstam, Warsaw Poland, Russian poet, Noise of Time

1888 Marie Rambert, Warsaw, English ballet producer/director/teacher

1877 Wanda A. Landowska, Warsaw Poland, harpsichordist, Musique Ancienne

1873 Waclaw Rawicz, Berent, Warsaw Poland, biologist/writer

1863 Naval Engagement at Warsaw Sound GA-USS Weehawken vs CSS Atlanta

1861 Warsaw Massacre: Russians fire on crowd demonstrating against Russia

1808 Political rights of Jews suspended in Duchy of Warsaw

1794 Russian troops occupy Warsaw

1793 Battle of Warsaw

1784 Jews are expelled from Warsaw by Marshall Mniszek

1775 Jews expelled from outskirts of Warsaw Poland

1775 Marshal Oscar von Lubomirski expels Jews from Warsaw Poland

1716 Pacification Treaty of Warsaw: Czar Peter the Great guarantees Saxon monarch August I's Polish kingdom

1702 Swedish troops under King Charles XII occupy Warsaw

1676 Poland and Turkey sign Peace of Warsaw

1656 Battle at Warsaw: Swedish king Karel X Gustaafbeats Johan II Kasimir and occupies Warsaw

1656 Polish King Jan II Casimir recaptures Warsaw

1655 Swedish king Karel X Gustaaf occupies Warsaw

1655 Swedish king Karel X Gustaaf occupies Warsaw


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