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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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 (http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ralph_Waldo_Emerson)