Today is February 04, 2012 -
Learn which significant events happened on This Day in Jewish history, since ancient to current times. A vast collection of ephemerides.
| On This Day in Jewish History ... |
| 1997 | | OJ Simpson found libel in murders of Ron Goldman & Nicole Simpson |
| 1997 | | Sec of State Margaret Albright announces she just discovered that her grandparents were Jewish |
| 1990 | | 10 Israeli tourists murdered near Cairo |
| 1986 | | Israeli fighters intercept Libyan liner (passenger plane) |
| 1985 | | 20 countries (but not US) sign UN treaty outlawing torture |
| 1973 | | Reshef, Israel's missile boat, unveiled |
| 1969 | | Yassar Arafats takes over as chairman of PLO |
| 1959 | | Israel begins exporting copper ore |
| 1943 | | Bertolt Brecht's "Der gute Mensch von Sezuan," premieres in Zrich |
| 1938 | | Hitler seizes control of German army & puts Nazi in key posts |
| 1936 | | 1st radioactive substance produced synthetically (radium E) |
| 1933 | | German Pres Von Hindenburg limits freedom of the press |
| 1926 | | Austrian chancellor Seipel wants to join Germany |
| 1913 | | Louis Perlman patents demountable auto tire-carrying wheel rim |
| 1794 | | French National Convention proclaims abolishment of slavery |
| Famous Birthdays for This Day ... |
| 1945 | | David Brenner, Phila, comedian/TV talk show host (Nightlife) |
| 1931 | | Isabel Peron, [Maria Martinez], dancer/president Argentina |
| 1921 | | Betty Friedan, Peoria Ill, feminist writer (Feminine Mystique) |
| 1910 | | Alfred Mendelsohn, composer |
| 1908 | | Emmanuel "Manny" Klein, trumpeter |
| 1903 | | Alexander Oppenheim, mathematician |
| Famous Yortzaits for This Day ... |
| 1994 | | Harold Schneider, US producer (5 Easy Pieces, War Games), dies at 55 |
| 1939 | | Edward Sapir, US linguist/cultural antropologist (indian), dies at 55 |
| 0708 | | Sisinnius, Greek-Syrian pope (708, 20 days), dies |
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