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1996. Death of Cardinal John Krol, Archbishop of Philadelphia, first Polish American Cardinal.

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1484. Death of St. Casimir, Prince, Patron of Poland.
1904. First issue of the Dziennik Polski, Detroit.

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1813. Birth of Kazimierz Gzowski, Polish engineer and bridge builder who emigrated to Canada.
1940. Birth of Connecticut DJ, polka musician and promoter Dick Pillar.

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1745. Birth, in Mazowia, Poland, of Casimir Pulaski, American Revolutionary War hero, general, and father of the American Cavalry.

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966. Mieszko I, Duke of Poland, accepts Christianity.

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1913. Birth in Paris of American fashion designer Paris as Oleg Cassini Loiewski. Raised in Italy, he came to the United States in 1936.

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1995. Death of Franciszek Gajowniczek, Auschwitz prisoner saved from death by Fr. Maximilian Kolbe, who later became a saint.

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St. Patrick. "Love is never defeated, and I could add, the history of Ireland proves it."—Pope John Paul II
1956. Death of Irene Joliet-Curie, Polish-French scientist, daughter of Pierre and Madame Curie, and Nobel Prize in Chemistry recipient. (b. 1897)

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1895. Riots erupt when Rev. Flaczek is appointed to St. Adalbert's Church, Buffalo, N.Y. His controversial tenure led to the establishment of the Holy Mother of the Rosary Polish Catholic Church by parishioners upset with perceived authoritarian rule by the bishop.

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St. Joseph.
 

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1673. Death of Fr. Augustyn Kordecki (b. 1603), led the defense of Czestochowa against Swedish invaders.
1842. First Polish immigrant society formed in New York City, Towarzystwo Polakow w Ameryce, Association of Poles in America.

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1822. Death of Jozef Wybicki, wrote the Polish National Anthem.
1980. Seventy year old Antoni Baylak sets himself on fire at the old town Square in Krakow to protest silence about the Katyn massacre.

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1839. Town of Chictowauga (now Cheektowaga) in Erie County, New York, is formed from the southern portion of the town of Amherst. It would eventually become a haven for Polish Americans in Western New York.

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1891. Death of Fr. Leopold Moczygemba in Detroit, Franciscan who founded the first Polish Church in the United States in Panna Maria, Texas. Also founder of Ss. Cyril & Methodius Seminary at the Orchard Lake Schools in Orchard Lake, Michigan.

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1794. Tadeusz Kosciuszko, recently returned from the United States, assumes the title of Supreme Commander of the Polish Insurrection of 1794 in defense of the Constitution of May 3. His oath is sworn in the Krakow marketplace.

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1928. Birth of Zbigniew Brzezinski, National Security Advisor to President Jimmy Carter.

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1928. Birth of ice hockey legend Gordie Howe, whose mother was Polish.