History
- On 24 May 1945, the President of the State National Council, Bolesław Bierut, Prime Minister Edward Osóbka-Morawski and the Minister of Education Stanisław Skrzeszewski signed a decree on the establishment of the University of Lodz.
- Two days earlier, on 22 May, Teodor Vieweger died in a car accident near Ożarów Mazowiecki, on the way to Lodz.