On This Day In History

Alexey.

This is a stamp forum not a history forum but lets stick to the facts.
What is your source of any agreement that involves the Sudetenland
in this?
It had nothing to do with it since the Sudetenland was going
to be returned to Czechoslovakia in any event after the war
as guaranteed by all four powers not just Russia.

Here is a link specifically about this treaty.

www.forost.ungarisches-insti...9450629-1.pdf



Maybe you're mixing up the so called "exchange" where Russia/USSR
annexed (grabbed, occupied) 1/3 of eastern Poland and rewarded the Poles with 1/4 of pre-war Germany.

Halina Konopacka was born on 26 Feb. 1900 in Rawa Mazowiecka, Russian Poland, and died on 28 Jan. 1989 in Daytona Beach, U.S. As well as being a poetess she was the first Polish Olympic Champion winning gold in the discus throw in Amsterdam, 1928.

Her win is commemorated on one of the Polish Olympic stamps of the 1960 games in Rome, Scott 914.




Halina Konopacka

Nadezhda Konstantinovna Krupskaya was born on 26 Feb 1869 & died on 27 Feb 1939. She was a Russian Bolshevik and the wife of Vladimir Lenin from 1898 until his death in 1924.

USSR 1956, Scott 1831

lithography said:





But "facts" can be nuanced by a person's point of view. We can have different "facts" depending on who wrote the history book.

Although I find it interesting to hear differing points of view on topics such as this, I'm sorry I brought non-stamp controversy to the discussion. I never intended to offend or misinform.

Let's get back to stamps!

I agree.And in the same vein here are some quotes.

History is a set of lies that people have agreed upon

Napoleon.

Plus a couple from unknown sources, probably from the loosers

History is written by the victors.


Victory has many fathers but defeat is an orphan.

Born on this day,
Johann Alois Senefelder (6 November 1771 – 26 February 1834)
German actor and playwright who invented the printing
technique of lithography in 1796




Even here there is some difference of opinion about the date
of the invention.

Wikipedia articles mention 1796 but the stamp says 1797

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was born on Feb. 27, 1807 & died on March 24, 1882. An American poet and educator his works include Paul Revere's Ride & The Song of Hiawatha.

Many collectors will know of the US stamp issues of 1940 & 2007 commemorating him, but he was also commemorated in 1958 by Romania (Scott 1222),& the USSR (Scott 2036).

As of 27 February 1936, Shirley Temple could command $50,000 per film.




"Heidi" was released in 1937.





http://www.history.com/this-day-in-...000-per-film

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley_Temple

Just for the fun of it.

On 28 Feb 1986 while walking home from a cinema with his wife Lisbet in Stockholm, Swedish prime minister Sven Olof Joachim Palme was fatally shot in the back, his killer was never apprehended. This was the first Swedish political assassination.



Sweden 1986, Scott 1601/2. The Polish engraver Czeslaw Slania, engraved these stamps in 5 days.

28 February 2013 Pope Benedict XIV resigned and became the first to do so since Pope Gregory XII in 1415.

BIG anniversary today. Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin was born on 1 March 1810. The parish baptismal record gives his birthday as 22 Feb. 1810 but the composer and his family used the birthdate 1 March which is now generally accepted as the correct date.

One of the greatest composers for piano, he died of T.B. (for which there was no cure at the time) on 17 Oct. 1849.

Out of the numerous issues commemorating the man I've chosen two.

Poland 1955, Scott 666/7. Fifth International Chopin Piano Competition, Warsaw.
This was available in a folder on the front cover of which was an engraving of Chopin by Czeslaw Slania.




Commem. cancel of the Piano Competition. The stamps were also engraved by Slania who kindly signed the folder for me when he was last in Melbourne.


Joint issue Poland-France 1999. 150th anniv. of Chopin's death.


The Polish stamp is also engraved by Slania

So how many books have our American colleagues read today it being 'National Read Across America' Day?

Theodor Seuss Geisel was born on March 2, 1904 & died on Sept. 24, 1991 He was an American writer and cartoonist most widely known for his children's books, which he wrote and illustrated under the pseudonym Dr. Seuss. The National Education Association has fittingly chosen his birthday to remind us of the joys of reading.

Three U.S. stamps issued in 1999, 2004 & 2006 commemorating Geisel & some of the characters he created.

Alexander Graham Bell (March 3, 1847 – August 2, 1922)


Canada issued this stamp on March 3, 1947

Scott/Unitrade 274




Sorry I jumped the gun on this one but
I'm ok in Australia, it's already March 3 there.

Plus I was thinking of Bell as I was paying
MyBell Utilities.

It is indeed March 3 here Down Under & here's the Australian stamp from 1976, Scott #629, commemorating the Centenary of the first telephone call by Alexander Graham Bell on Mar. 10, 1876.



And while we're at it, the Polish counterpart, Scott #2151, but with no indication that it is commemorating the centenary