Before any other September 17 notes, a very short trip backward through time, noting September 17 in Polish history:<\/p>\n
2009<\/b> — The United States announces it is scrapping its missile shield for Poland and Czech Republic.<\/p>\n
1993<\/b> — The last Russian troops leave Poland.<\/p>\n
1980<\/b> — The independent trade union Solidarity is established in Gdansk.<\/p>\n
1939<\/b> — The Soviet Union joins Nazi Germany’s invasion of Poland.<\/p>\n
1924<\/b> — The Border Defense Corps is established in the Second Polish Republic for the defense against local bandits as well as armed Soviet raids.<\/p>\n
OK, so much for that brief introduction to Polish history. I’ll conclude this post with a few highlights from regular world history.<\/p>\n
1630<\/b> — Puritans led by John Winthrop establish a settlement on the Shawmut Peninsula in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. The settlement is later named Boston.<\/p>\n
1787<\/b> — The United States Constitution is signed in Philadelphia.<\/p>\n
1796<\/b> — President George Washington gives his Farewell Address. He declines to run for a third term as President and warns against foreign entanglements.<\/p>\n
1814<\/b> -\u2013 Francis Scott Key finishes writing The Star-Spangled Banner<\/i>.<\/p>\n
1859<\/b> -\u2013 Joshua A. Norton declares himself “Emperor Norton I” of the United States.<\/p>\n
1976<\/b> -\u2013 NASA unveils its space shuttle, Enterprise.<\/p>\n
1978<\/b> -\u2013 The Camp David Accords are signed by Israel and Egypt and the United States.<\/p>\n
2003<\/b> — Ohio re-ratifies the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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