Lech Wałęsa
1943–present · Person
Polish trade unionist; led Solidarity; first democratically elected president of Poland after the Cold War.
On these timelines: Master, Cold War, People, Eastern Europe & the Balkans
Around 1943
- Decolonisation of Africa (1952)
- Apartheid (1948)
- Indian independence and Partition (1947)
- Battle of Stalingrad (1942)
- The Holocaust (1941)
- Chinese Civil War (resumed) (1945)
- Battle of Britain (1940)
- Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany (1933)
- Manhattan Project (1942)
- Berlin Airlift (1948)