A rally to promoting public exercise as a way to stimulate national self importance (through organised gymnastic and athletic demonstrations - usually mass-participation). Sokol was founded on the philosophy that a physically fit, mentally alert and culturally developed people can make a nation strong. The word sokol translates to falcon and is symbolic of the Sokol ideals: Courage, Strength, Endurance, Fraternalism, Love of democratic principles, and Pride in country. Miroslav Tyrs (1832 -1884) (depicted in the centre) was a key exponent of this approach and is duly being honoured by the ranks of passing Sokol participants. Tyrs believed that a nation must be physically fit, morally on a high plane and intelligent in order to secure independence and retain it. Elevated to Doctor of Philosophy at Charles University and a member of the Education Staff of Riegers Encyclopedia, Tyrs formulated his Sokol plan, creating an entirely new gymnastic terminology. The next twenty years of his life were devoted to Sokol. He was the first Physical Director, editor of the Sokol paper and creator of calisthenics and exercises, placing the whole system on a firm scientific basis. Between the First and Second World Wars the organisation grew to have a million members. The Sokol programmes were organised to have mass appeal across all strata of Czech society and across all age groups. Date: 1920s,Image: 116950428, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no
Narozeniny slaví herecká legenda Jaromír Hanzlík a motocyklový fenomén Valentino Rossi.
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Narozeniny slaví Jaromír Hanzlík, český herec (1948)
Oskar Petr, český hudebník (1952)
Tracy Morrow aka Ice-T, americký rapper a herec (1959)
John McEnroe, americký tenista (1959)
Jaroslav Kmenta, český investigativní novinář a spisovatel (1969)
Mahershalalhashbaz George aka Mahershala Ali, americký herec (1974)
Lucie Žáčková, česká herečka (1978)
Valentino Rossi, italský motocyklový závodník (1979)
Abel Makkonen Tesfaye aka The Weeknd, kanadský zpěvák (1990)