Today in History: Arabs Surrounded Jerusalem after the UN Voted for Israel's Establishement
On this date in 1947, after the UN voted for Israel’s establishment in Palestine, Arabs surrounded Jerusalem and isolated its 100,000 Jews from.... read more
Today in History: The first Human Heart Transplant in History Performed
By Toby FriedmanFifty-four years ago today, surgeon Christiaan Barnard performed the first-ever human.... read more
Today in History: Empress Elizabeth Expelled Jews from Russia
On December 1st, 1742, Elizabeth-the-first ordered the expulsion of all Jews in Russia. read more
Today in History: The UN Voted for Israel to Become a State
On November 29, 1947, a majority of the United Nations voted on Resolution 181, recommending the establishment of two separate.... read more
Today in History: John F. Kennedy’s Killer Was Shot
By Toby FriedmanOn November 24, two days after Lee Harvey Oswald killed President John F. Kennedy,.... read more
Today in History: President John F. Kennedy was shot
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Today in History: The Nuremberg Trial Begins
By Toby FriedmanAfter WWII, twenty-four major war criminals were brought.... read more
Today in History: The Emoira Ravina passes away marking the end of the Talmudic period
By Toby FriedmanMany years ago today, was the day the emoira Ravina passed away. Ravina’s father.... read more
Today in History: The Germans ym"s seal the borders of the Warsaw Ghetto
By Toby FriedmanLet us take a moment to commemorate what happened today, eighty-one years ago. It was.... read more
Today in History: China opens the “Great Wall of China” to tourists
By Toby FriedmanIf you haven’t heard about the Great Wall of China, listen in! This massive wall.... read more
Today in History: An attempt to assassinate Hitler ym’’s goes wrong
By Toby FriedmanA failed attempt to assassinate Hitler took place on today’s date in 1939. On that.... read more
Today in History: Abraham Lincoln, the president known for abolishing slavery, is elected.
By Toby FriedmanOn this day in 1860 Americans elected the humble yet courageous Abraham Lincoln.... read more