Today is the International Day of Freedom and Solidarity. The holiday was announced by a declaration adopted on August 31, 2005 in the Polish city of Gdansk on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the establishment in Poland of the trade union “Solidarity".
Noted by decision of the European Parliament of September 28, 2005
What else happened on today's date?
Events
1422 — At the age of nine months, Henry VI became King of England, as sole heir to the throne after the death of his father Henry V.
1754 — The city of Zlatoust was founded in Russia.
1888 — The body of the first victim of the unidentified serial killer Jack the Ripper has been found in London.
1888 — Scotsman John Boyd Dunlop receives a patent for his invention called the "pneumatic hoop" for means of transport.
1897 — Thomas Edison patented the kinetoscope, the first motion picture camera.
1907 — The Great Game: Russia and Great Britain sign the Anglo-Russian Agreement, which defines their spheres of influence in Persia, Afghanistan and Tibet.
1913 — The Dutch football team PSV Eindhoven was founded.
1939 — Gleiwitz incident after which Adolf Hitler announced Hermann Göring as his political successor.
1955 — The world's first car with a solar battery was demonstrated in Chicago.
1957 — Malaysia declares its independence from Great Britain.
1980 — The Solidarity trade union was founded in Poland.
1991 — Kyrgyzstan declares independence from the USSR.
1991 — Azerbaijan declares independence from the USSR.
1994 — The Irish Republican Army announces a temporary cessation of hostilities.
1997 — Princess Diana, her companion Dodi al-Fayed and the driver of the car were killed in a car accident in Paris.
1998 — North Korea reportedly launches its first artificial satellite — Gwangmyeongseong-1.
1999 — The first explosions in the series of terrorist bombings against residential blocks in Russia are going off.
Source: obekti.bg