| 1 | 31.3.1939 | Event | Britain and France agreed to support Poland if Germany took any action against it |
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| 2 | 21.6.1945 | Event | A new communist government in Poland was established |
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| 3 | 2.6.1979 | Event | Pope John Paul II returned to Poland, his homeland |
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| 4 | 17.10.1982 | Event | The outlawing of the 'Solidarity' labour movement caused widespread strikes & demonstrations in Poland |
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| 5 | 21.7.1983 | Event | The authorities ended Martial Law in Poland |
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| 6 | 19.7.1989 | Event | General Jaruzelski was appointed President of Poland |
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| 7 | 27.5.1990 | Event | Poland held its first free elections in over fifty years |
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| 8 | 9.12.1990 | Event | In Poland, Lech Walesa won a landslide victory in the Presidential elections |
