2008 in Poland

Events during the year 2008 in Poland.

Incumbents

Events

January

• 1 January – Town rights of Boguchwała were restored.
• 23 January – Mirosławiec air disaster; an EADS CASA C-295 military transport plane crashed as it approached the Mirosławiec runway, killing all passengers and crew: 20 victims. 3 days of national mourning followed.

March

• 1 March – Cyclone Emma causes damage in Poland

April

• 16 April: Skra Bełchatów won their fourth Polish Volleyball Championship defeating AZS Częstochowa in the finals (see 2007–08 Polish Volleyball League).

June

• 4 June
• 6 miners died in a blast in Borynia Coal Mine.
• Prokom Trefl Sopot won their fifth Polish Basketball Championship defeating Turów Zgorzelec in the finals.

August

• 5–6 June – 2008 Poland tornado outbreak; 4 fatalities.

September

• 3–7 September 2008 – Pruszków hosts the 2008 UEC European Track Championships.

October

• 19 October – Unibax Toruń won their fourth Team Speedway Polish Championship defeating Unia Leszno in the finals (see 2008 Polish speedway season).

Deaths

July

• 10 July: Krystyna Kersten, Polish historian.
• 13 July: Bronisław Geremek, Polish politician, died in a car accident.
• 14 July: Antoni Heda, Polish general and partisan.

See also

• 2008 in Polish television

References