2010 Event Tens of thousands of Poles line the streets to witness the procession of President Kaczynski, en route to the Presidential Palace, Warsaw, where he will lie in state 1993 Death Roy London, U.S. actor and director (Tiger Warsaw), dies of lymphoma at 50 1991 Event Warsaw Pact officially dissolves 1991 Event Soviet Republic of Georgia endorsed independence, Warsaw Pact dissolves 1990 Event East Germany leaves Warsaw Pact 1990 Event Romania bans Communist party (1st Warsaw Pact member to do so) 1987 Event 183 die aboard a Polish jetliner that crashes in Warsaw 1983 Event In Warsaw, police route 1,000 Solidarity supporters 1980 Event ZBZ Sangha registered after 5 years of administrative hassles in Warsaw 1977 Event Carter holds 1st news conference by U.S. President in Eastern Europe (Warsaw) 1976 Birthday Kasia Kulesza, born in Warsaw, Poland, Canadian synchro swimmer, Silver Medal 1996 Olympics 1968 Event Albania leaves Warsaw pact 1968 Event Albania announces it is withdrawing from the Warsaw Pact 1968 Event Warsaw Pact forces enter Czechoslovakia to end reform movement 1968 Event 650,000 Warsaw Pact troops invade Czechoslovakia 1968 Event Students demonstrate in Warsaw 1968 Birthday Diann Roffe-Steinrotter, born in Warsaw, New York, alpine skier, won Olympic gold and silver in 1992 1965 Birthday Sandra Cecchini, Bologna Italy, tennis star, 1995 Warsaw doubles 1956 Event Nagy government of Hungary withdraws from Warsaw Pact 1955 Event Warsaw Pact is signed by the Soviet Union, Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland and Romania 1954 Event 118 degrees F (48 degrees C), Warsaw and Union, Missouri (state record) 1952 Birthday Jill Long Thompson, born in Warsaw, Indiana, Representative-D-Indiana 1989 - 1995 1951 Death Jurgen Stroop, Nazi commander of Warsaw Ghetto, executed 1948 Birthday Agnieszka Holland, Warsaw Poland, actress/director, Europa Europa 1946 Birthday James C. Adamson, born Warsaw New York, Lt. Col. U.S. astronaut on STS-28, STS-43 1945 Event Warsaw freed by Soviet army 1945 Event Liberation of Warsaw by Soviet troops (end of Nazi occupation) 1944 Event Nazis crush Warsaw Uprising killing 250,000 people 1943 Event German troops destroy synagogue of Warsaw 1943 Event Jewish resistance in the Warsaw ghetto ends after 30 days of fighting 1943 Event Warsaw ghetto uprising ends, in it's destruction 1943 Death Mordicai Anielewicz, commander of Warsaw ghetto uprising, killed 1943 Event Revolt in Warsaw Ghetto under Mordechai Anielewicz 1943 Event Jews attack Nazi occupation forces at Warsaw Ghetto 1943 Event Jews in Warsaw Ghetto begin resistance of Nazis 1943 Event Uprising in Warsaw ghetto 1943 Event Heinrich Himmler views Warsaw 1942 Event Warsaw Ghetto Jews (300,000) are sent to Treblinka extermination Camp 1940 Event Nazi Germany began walling off the Jewish Ghetto in Warsaw 1940 Event Deadline for Warsaw Jews to move into Warsaw Ghetto 1940 Event Warsaw Ghetto forms 1939 Event Nazis begin mass murder of Warsaw Jews 1939 Event Warsaw Poland, surrenders to Germans after 19 days of resistance 1939 Event German Luftwaffe strikes Warsaw with (fire)bombs 1939 Event Battle of Kutno-pocket: Germans advance to Warsaw 1939 Event Nazi army reaches Warsaw 1939 Event General Von Reichenaus pantzer division reaches suburbs of Warsaw 1938 Birthday Jerzy Skolimowski, Warsaw, Poland, director, Hands Up, Deep End 1932 Birthday Bronislaw Geremek, born in Warsaw, given name Benjamin Lewertow, social historian, politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs 1929 Birthday Wanda Wilkomirska, Warsaw, Poland, violinist 1928 Birthday Zbigniew Brzezinski, born in Warsaw, national security advisor, Carter 1927 Death Voikov, Soviet ambassador to Warsaw, murdered 1926 Birthday Lee Richardson, Chicago, actor, Sweet Lorraine, Fly 2, Tiger Warsaw 1924 Birthday Benoit Mandelbrot, Warsaw Poland, mathematician, proved Zipf's law 1923 Birthday Baroness Ryder, of Warsaw and Cavendish, worked for sick and disabled 1915 Event German troops over run Warsaw 1915 Event Warsaw, evacuated by the Russians, is occupied by Germans 1914 Event Battle of Warsaw ends with German defeat 1914 Event Battle of Warsaw, begins (ends Oct 21) 1914 Birthday Andrzej Panufnik, Warsaw Poland, composer, Tragic Overture 1913 Birthday Witold Lutoslawski, Warsaw Poland, composer, Jeux Venitiens 1909 Birthday Jerzy Andrzejewski, Warsaw Poland, writer, Ashes and Diamonds 1909 Birthday Miliza Korjus, Warsaw Poland, actress, Great Waltz 1905 Event Warsaw and Lodz revolt against Russian occupation 1905 Event -40 degrees F (-40 degrees C) Warsaw, Missouri (state record) 1902 Birthday Alfred Tarski, Warsaw, mathematician/logician 1897 Birthday Iwan S. Konew, Russian marshal/supreme commander pact of Warsaw 1891 Birthday Osip E Mandelstam, Warsaw Poland, Russian poet, Noise of Time 1888 Birthday Marie Rambert, Warsaw, English ballet producer/director/teacher 1877 Birthday Wanda A. Landowska, Warsaw Poland, harpsichordist, Musique Ancienne 1873 Birthday Waclaw Rawicz, Berent, Warsaw Poland, biologist/writer 1863 Event Naval Engagement at Warsaw Sound GA-USS Weehawken vs CSS Atlanta 1861 Event Warsaw Massacre: Russians fire on crowd demonstrating against Russia 1808 Event Political rights of Jews suspended in Duchy of Warsaw 1794 Event Russian troops occupy Warsaw 1793 Event Battle of Warsaw 1784 Event Jews are expelled from Warsaw by Marshall Mniszek 1775 Event Jews expelled from outskirts of Warsaw Poland 1775 Event Marshal Oscar von Lubomirski expels Jews from Warsaw Poland 1716 Event Pacification Treaty of Warsaw: Czar Peter the Great guarantees Saxon monarch August I's Polish kingdom 1702 Event Swedish troops under King Charles XII occupy Warsaw 1676 Event Poland and Turkey sign Peace of Warsaw 1656 Event Battle at Warsaw: Swedish king Karel X Gustaafbeats Johan II Kasimir and occupies Warsaw 1656 Event Polish King Jan II Casimir recaptures Warsaw 1655 Event Swedish king Karel X Gustaaf occupies Warsaw 1655 Event Swedish king Karel X Gustaaf occupies Warsaw
