Births on December 19

Edward Bernard Raczyński

Born on December 19, 1891

Edward Bernard Raczyński, Polish politician and diplomat, 4th President-in-exile of Poland (d. 1993)

Count Edward Bernard Raczyński (December 19, 1891 – July 30, 1993) was a Polish diplomat, writer, politician, President of Poland-in-exile (between 1979 and 1986).

He was the longest living (101), and oldest serving Polish President (from the age of 88 to 95).

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Edward Bernard Raczyński
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Events on 1891

10 Mar

Strowger switch
Almon Strowger, an undertaker in Topeka, Kansas, patents the Strowger switch, a device which led to the automation of telephone circuit switching.
15 May

Rerum novarum
Pope Leo XIII defends workers' rights and property rights in the encyclical Rerum novarum, the beginning of modern Catholic social teaching.
20 May

Kinetoscope
History of cinema: The first public display of Thomas Edison's prototype kinetoscope.

Births on December 19

Edward Bernard Raczyński

Born on December 19, 1891

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Events on 1891

Strowger switch

Rerum novarum

Kinetoscope