Lawyer Jerzy Wroblewski

Events in 1926 and 5-9

Events in the world in the birth year of Jerzy Wroblewski

• A general strike in Britain brings the nation's activities to a standstill.
• U.S. marines are dispatched to Nicaragua during the revolt; they remain until 1933.
• Chiang Kai-shek becomes leader of China's revolutionary party following the 1925 death of Sun Yat-sen.
• Richard E. Byrd and Floyd Bennett fly from Spitsbergen to the North Pole and back.

Birthday Jerzy Wroblewski (5-9) in history

• Day 5-9 year 1698: Peter, the Great of Russia, issued a strange decree, taxing bearded men.
• Day 5-9 year 1774: The first Continental Congress met in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
• Day 5-9 year 1836: The Republic of Texas made miltary hero Sam Houston its first president.
• Day 5-9 year 1905: The Treaty of Portsmouth, which ended the Russo-Japanese War, was signed at the Portsmouth naval base in New Hampshire.
• Day 5-9 year 1972: Palestinian guerrillas killed 11 Israelis at the Munich Summer Olympics.
• Day 5-9 year 1997: Humanitarian Mother Teresa, who won a Nobel Peace Prize for her work with the poor, died in Calcutta, India, at age 87.