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June / July 2012, Polish American News - Page 5 Museum’s Historic Reflections Project Part 2 June 9, 1922 - Jozef Tykocinski - (Made sound possible in motion pictures) Jozef Tykocinski was a Polish engineer and inventor from Wloclawek, Poland. In 1922, Tykocinski publicly demonstrated for the first time that sound was possible on film in motion pictures. He was awarded the patent in 1926. June 10, 1982 - Tara Lipinski (Born) Tara Lipinski is a Polish American who at the age of 15 became the youngest winner of the Women’s Figure Polish American Cultural Center Museum Gift Shop Skating Championship. She then proceeded to win a Gold Medal at the 1998 Olympic Winter Games held in Open during regular Exhibit Hall Hours Nagano, Japan. For an order form, call the Gift Shop, Monday through Friday June 11, 1857 - Antoni Grabowski (Born) between 9 A.M. and 5 P.M. and a form will be mailed to you. Antoni Grabowski was a Polish chemical engineer known If you are on the Internet, there is an order form you can download. for compiling the first chemistry dictionary in the Polish Visit the Museum Gift Shop on the Internet at: language. He was also an activist of the early Esperanto movement, and his translations had an influential impact PolishAmericanCenter.com on the development of Esperanto into a language of Items are shipped United Parcel Service or Priority Mail literature. June 12, 1887 - Polish Falcons of America For more information call (215) 922-1700. (Founded) All Major Credit Cards are accepted. Consider the Gift Shop The Polish Falcons of America is a fraternal insurance for that special gift for a family member or friend. benefit society headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA. It also sponsors youth groups, sporting activities, social, civic and Polish cultural events and publishes the newspaper, Polish Falcon. June 13, 1907 - Stanley Ketchel (Won Middleweight Boxing Championship) Bus Groups Welcome at the Stanley Ketchel was a Polish American who won the Polish American Cultural Center Museum middleweight boxing championship on June 13, 1907. Philadelphia welcomes many bus groups He kept the title for many years. A native of Grand and tour groups visiting the Historic District Rapids, Michigan, Stanley Ketchel’s real name was every day. If you are planning a group tour Stanislaus Kiecal. Ketchel is in the International Boxing to Philadelphia, be sure to visit the Polish Hall of Fame, and in 2004 was ranked number six among American Cultural Center Museum at 308 boxing’s all-time best punchers by Ring magazine. Walnut Street and the Kosciuszko House at June 14, 1811 - Antoni Patek (Born) 3rd and Pine Streets. Antoni Patek was a famous watchmaker and When you make your plans, call the Museum in advance so that co-founder of one of the most famous Swiss a representative can greet your group and give them a tour. watchmaking companies, Patek Philippe & Company. Call the Polish American Cultural Center Museum, Monday through Friday, between 9 A.M. and 4 P.M. and let them know when your group is planning to visit. Call 215-922-1700. June 15, 2006 - Dominic Pacyga (Named Acting For more info, visit: PolishAmericanCenter.com/busgroups.html Dean of Liberal Arts and Sciences) Dominic Pacyga, Ph.D., assumed the post of Acting Dean of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Columbia College in Chicago. Dr. Pacyga is an extremely popular teacher and an accomplished scholar and administrator. He has authored or co-authored four books concerning Chicago’s history, including Polish Immigrants and Industrial Chicago. June 16, 1943 - Joseph Sarnoski (Died) When visiting the Recognized with the nation’s highest military award as the “bravest of the brave,” 2nd Lt. Joseph Sarnoski, Polish American Cultural Center of the United States Army Air Corps and a member of Museum in historic Philadelphia the elite crew of “Eager Beavers”, lost his life during a combat mission over the Soloman Islands, near Enjoy a delicious Polish Water Ice Australia, in 1943. He was known as one of the best Available at the Museum’s Gift Shop gunners and bombardiers of the Air Corp. June 17, 1966 - (One Thousand Years As you make your vacation plans, be sure to check out: of Christianity in Poland) Polish American leaders, along with Polish American Congress President Charles Rozmarek, joined President Lyndon Johnson at the White House on June 17, 1966, to unveil a painting of Our Lady of Czestochowa to mark the millennium, one thousand years of Christianity in Poland. June 18, 1949 - Lech Kaczynski (Born) Lech Kaczynski, former president of Poland, was born this day in 1949. He held a Ph.D. from Gdansk University in Labor & Employment Law and served as President of Warsaw from 2002 to 2010. Kaczynski died tragically in a plane crash en route to commemorate the 70th Anniversary of the Katyn Forest Massacre in Russia on Saturday, April 10, 2010. June 19, 1873 - Valerian Sulakowski (Died) Valerian Sulakowski served as Colonel of the 14th Louisiana Infantry and later as Steam My Carpets chief engineer to Major General Magruder Commercial and Residential Properties in the Philadelphia Area of the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. One of his principal Contact Jay Gryczynski at 1-877-778-3263 accomplishments was the construction of SteamMyCarpets.com field fortifications that protected Richmond, VA. .