1978 Event Polish Cardinal Karol Wojtyla elected supreme pontiff-John Paul II 1974 Birthday Karol Kucera, born in Bratislava, Slovakia, tennis star, 1995-Rosmalen 1967 Birthday Karol Rusznyak, hockey forward, Team Slovakia 1998 1967 Event Pope Paul VI names 27 new cardinals, including Karol Wojtyla, archbishop of Krakow, who later became Pope John Paul II 1964 Event Karol Wojtyla becomes archbishop of Krakow 1954 Death Karol Rathaus, composer, dies at 59 1937 Birthday Karol Joseph Bobko, New York City, Col USAF/astronaut, STS-6, STS-51D, STS-51J 1937 Death Karol Szymanowski, Polish/Ukraine composer (Stabat Mater), dies at 54 1922 Birthday Leo Kraft, born in Brooklyn, New York, composer, author, educator, recorded on CRI label, studied composition with Karol Rathaus, Randall Thompson, Nadio Boulander 1920 Birthday John Paul II, Karol Wojtyla, Poland, Pope, 1978- 1918 Birthday John Paul II, Karol Wojtyla, 264th Roman Catholic pope, 1978- 1914 Death Karol I, Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, King of Romania (1881-1914), dies 1912 Death Jan Karol Gali, composer, dies at 56 1897 Death Karol Mikuli, composer, dies at 77 1895 Birthday Karol Rathaus, composer 1883 Death Karol Studzinski, composer, dies at 55 1882 Birthday Karol Maciej Szymanowski, Timoshovka Ukraine, composer, Stabatmater 1867 Death Karol Katski, composer, dies at 51 1861 Death Karol Joseph Lipinski, composer, dies at 71 1857 Death Karol Kazimierz Kurpinski, composer, dies at 72 1856 Birthday Jan Karol Gali, composer 1855 Death Walenty Karol Kratzer, composer, dies at 75 1828 Birthday Karol Studzinski, composer 1819 Birthday Karol Mikuli, composer 1815 Birthday Karol Katski, composer 1790 Birthday Karol Joseph Lipinski, composer 1785 Birthday Karol Kazimierz Kurpinski, composer 1780 Birthday Walenty Karol Kratzer, composer
