Jan Nowak-Jeziorański (Polish pronunciation: [ˈjan ˈnɔvak jɛʑɔˈraɲskʲi]; 2 October 1914 – 20 January 2005) was a Polish journalist, writer, politician, social worker and patriot. He served during the Second World War as one of the most notable resistance fighters of the Home Army. He is best remembered for his work as an emissary shuttling between the commanders of the Home Army and the Polish Government in Exile in London and other Allied governments which gained him the nickname "Courier from Warsaw", and for his participation in the Warsaw Uprising. After the war he worked as the head of the Polish section of Radio Free Europe, and later as a security advisor to the US presidents Ronald Reagan and Jimmy Carter. In 1996, President Bill Clinton awarded him with America's highest civilian award the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
He was born Zdzisław Antoni Jeziorański, (Jeziora Coat of Arms) in Berlin, but used a number of noms de guerre during the war, the best known of which was Jan Nowak which he later added to his original surname.
Read more...The October 3, 1914 was a Saturday under the star sign of ♎. It was the 275 day of the year. President of the United States was Woodrow Wilson.
If you were born on this day, you are 110 years old. Your last birthday was on the Thursday, October 3, 2024, 347 days ago. Your next birthday is on Friday, October 3, 2025, in 17 days. You have lived for 40,525 days, or about 972,601 hours, or about 58,356,065 minutes, or about 3,501,363,900 seconds.
Date: 04 October 1914
leaves for the front
Date: 04 October 1914
Date: 04 October 1914
British steamer Dawdon and Norwegian steamer Tromoe sunk by mines
Date: 04 October 1914
Date: 04 October 1914
Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES
list of British prisoners sent to England
Date: 04 October 1914
Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES
describes work of Legation in Holland
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By JOYCE KILMER
Joyce KILMER
Date: 04 October 1914