The Polish-Soviet War was the war that determined the borders between
two nascent states in post–World War I Europe. This armed struggle was
a result of conflicting attempts—by Poland, whose statehood had just
been re-established after her being partitioned in the late 18th
century, to secure territories which she had lost in partitions or
earlier—and by Soviets who aimed to take control of the same
territories that had since then been part of Imperial Russia until
their occupation by Germany during World War I. Both states claimed
victory in the war: the Poles claimed a successful defense of their
state, while the Soviets claimed a repulse of the Polish Kiev
Offensive, which was sometimes viewed as part of foreign interventions
in the Russian Civil War.
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1085:
King Alfonso VI of León-Castile conquered the Moorish taifa kingdom
of Toledo, a major milestone in the Reconquista.
(
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toledo%2C_Spain)
1521:
Martin Luther was declared an outlaw and a heretic by the Diet of
Worms.
(
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther)
1810:
May Revolution: Citizens of Buenos Aires ousted the Spanish viceroy
and established Primera Junta, the first independent local government
in Argentina.
(
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_Revolution)
1946:
The parliament of Transjordan proclaimed their emir as King Abdullah,
and formally changed the name of the country to the Hashemite Kingdom
of Transjordan.
(
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transjordan)
1961:
Project Apollo, with the goal of "landing a man on the Moon and
returning him safely to Earth before the decade is out" was announced.
(
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Apollo)
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Wikiquote of the day:
They reckon ill who leave me out; When me they fly, I am the wings; I
am the doubter and the doubt, And I the hymn the Brahmin sings. --
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ralph_Waldo_Emerson)