Henryk Jaskuła [SEP] place of birth
Henryk Jaskuła
Henryk Jaskuła (born 22 October 1923 in Radziszów) is a yachtsman, sailing captain, and electrician. He was the first Pole to perform a single-handed non-stop circumnavigation of the globe. He achieved it on the yacht "Dar Przemyśla".
Jaskuła became the third man to circumnavigate the globe non-stop and single-handed on 20 May 1980, the day he returned to Gdynia.
Orders.
- Polonia Restituta Officer's Cross
Bibliography.
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of The Career of Nicodemus Dyzma, a miniseries, based on a book by Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz,
- April 21. Seven coal miners die in a catastrophy at Barbara Coal Mine in Chorzów,
Events May.
- May 7. Polish Episcopal Conference warns about "Uncomfortable, negative phenomena in social, cultural, economic and political life of Poland", urging the government to introduce necessary reforms,
- May 20. Henryk Jaskuła returns to the port of Gdynia, after a 344-day single-handed non-