History events
1266 — (10 Tammuz 5026) Pogrom in Cologne. 12 Jews were murdered, including Rabbi Isaac ben Simson
1389 — (21nd of Sivan, 5149) Murad I, the Ottoman Sultan whose reign began in 1362, allowed Jews fleeing from persecution in Hungary to settle in Thrace and Anatolia which were part of his empire
1567 — (8th of Tammuz, 5327) Jews of Genoa were expelled
1834 — (8nd of Sivan, 5594) The «Great Looting of Safed» began — a pogrom organized by Arabs, lasting until July 17. The Arabs of Eastern Galilee took advantage of a regional crisis: the war between Egypt and Turkey. They attacked their Jewish neighbors, robbing them of everything they owned: clothing, homes, and the like. People were beaten in the streets, many to death. Synagogues were destroyed, and holy books were desecrated. About 2,000 people (according to other sources, 4,000) were forced to hide for 33 days in caves, ruins, inhospitable mountain peaks, and basements. Amidst this chaos, there were Arabs who saved Jews, for example, residents of the village of Ein Zeitim, but there were also those who promised to help for a large sum of money and then betrayed them.
1919 — (7 Sivan 5679) Another pogrom in Bratslav
1920 — (29nd of Sivan, 5680) The Haganah, the pre-Israel Self Defense Force was formed during a meeting of the Ahdut Avodah party. It was designed to take the place of the Ha-Shomer movement, and was dedicated to «havlagah» or pure self-defense. The Haganah was formed in response to a wave of Arab violence from which the British were unable or willing to protect the Jewish community
1920 — (29nd of Sivan, 5680) The operation to widen the Jaffa to Jerusalem Railway to “standard gauge” was completed today
1923 — (1th of Tammuz, 5683) The first financing by means of a bond issue for a city in Palestine was completed today when a loan 75,000 pounds was obtained for the city of Tel Aviv through the sale in New York of six and half percent municipal bonds. Tel Aviv is described as atypical American city in point of construction and improvements planted in the heart of Asia Minor
1928 — (26nd of Sivan, 5688) The Zionist Executive in Jerusalem intervened to prevent the deportation of four Jewish immigrants. Unfortunately, they were not able to keep the British from deporting their family members. The National Council of Palestine Jews sent a letter to Lord Plumer, the High Commissioner, protesting the deportations. The council reminded the High Commissioner that only 54 Jewish immigrants had been admitted into the country during all of April, 1928
1936 — (25nd of Sivan, 5696) As Arab violence escalated, The Palestine Post reported that ….. heavy firing marked an Arab attack on Ekron. Since there were only four Jewish defenders they sent up rockets to ask for assistance, but ultimately repulsed the marauders. There were also Arab attacks on Migdal, Geshur, Kfar Saba, Gan Yavne, Kfar Azor, Tel Mond, Tzofit and Givat Ada, Over 500 three-year-old vines were uprooted at Rehovot and Givat Brenner. The Jewish National Fund planned to replace some 40,000 trees that have been burned so far. Marine insurance premiums went up and some insurance companies refused to cover riot risks. Five Jews were injured in separate attacks on Egged buses
1942 — (30nd of Sivan, 5702) Deportations of Jews from the Netherlands to Poland and Germany began today. Over the next 15 months, more than 100,000 Jews would be transported from Westerbork to the various death camps in the East
1942 — (30 Sivan 5702) Shoah. The Smolensk ghetto was liquidated. About two thousand Jews were shot in Tanzova Grove by Germans and local police.
1942 — (30 Sivan 5702) Shoah. In Dzerzhinsk (Zhytomyr region), Jewish specialists and their families (122 people) were shot. On the same day, presumably, 78 Jews were shot in Tlumach (Ivano-Frankivsk region). 760 Jews, including about 250 children, were shot in Shpola (Cherkasy region).
1943 — (12 Sivan 5703) In the Land of Israel — a general strike and mass demonstrations, during which participants appealed to the world, demanding and begging to stop the destruction of Jews in Europe
1944 — (24nd of Sivan, 5704) The 1,684 “exempted Jews” selected by Reszoe (Rudolf) Kasztner, head of the Aid and Rescue Committee known as Va’adah leave Hungry by a special train that takes them safely to Switzerland
1948 — (8 Sivan 5708) Despite the ceasefire in the War of Independence, the ship «Boreya» arrived in Haifa with a large shipment of weapons: 10 light tanks.
1948 — (8 Sivan 5708) An agreement was reached with Yugoslavia to use its airfield as an intermediate stop for Israeli transport planes carrying weapons from Czechoslovakia. Prior to this, an airfield in Corsica had been used.
1951 — (11nd of Sivan, 5711) The Jerusalem Post reported that Food Control Commission took care of the sale and distribution of ice for domestic use in Jerusalem
1952 — (22nd of Sivan, 5712) The first housing project specifically for immigrants from the United States and Canada was launched today when ground was broken for ten houses a Kfar Haroeh, a village midway between Tel Aviv and Haifa…The village which is being built on land donated by the JNF is only twenty minutes, by car from Natanya and Hadera two towns where the immigrants can go for jobs and western style entertainment
1967 — (7 Sivan 5727) Regular bus services began from the Damascus Gate in Jerusalem for Arabs leaving Israel. They traveled to Jericho, and from there people walked to Jordan. By June 26, the number of Arabs in Jerusalem had decreased to 60,000; by the end of August 1967, 200,000 people had left the West Bank heading for Jordan, while 14,000 had crossed back
1970 — (11nd of Sivan, 5730) Eleven Soviet citizens, nine of them Jews, tried to hijack a Soviet airplane so they could be flown out of the country. The plot was foiled before the plane took off and two of the Jews were sentenced to death for their part in the attempt. Due in no small part to protests from Jewish communities around the world, the sentences were commuted to 15 years at hard labor
1975 — (6th of Tammuz, 5735) At Kfar Yuval, “terrorists seize farmhouse, killing 1 person, injuring 6, and taking family hostage; Israeli soldiers storm farmhouse and kill all four terrorists plus 1 hostage;
Three were killed and another five were injured when terrorists fired three rockets into Nahariya
1994 — (6th of Tammuz, 5754) Israel and the Vatican established full diplomatic relations
1994 — (6 Tammuz 5754) The Knesset passed the National Health Insurance Law. The new law ended the Histadrut’s dependence on the Clalit health fund, which had held a near-monopoly on public healthcare, and as a result, increased the influence of other health funds.
2009 — (23 Sivan 5769) The Israeli pavilion was one of the largest at the 100th Aerospace Exhibition in Le Bourget — the world’s most important showcase for achievements in the aerospace industry. 2,000 companies from 42 countries participated. Israel was represented by 18 companies — seven more than two years earlier.
2011 — (13 Sivan 5771) Jewish Book Week began in Israel. It was marked by anniversaries — one hundred years since the founding of Tel Aviv, and fifty years since the first book fair in Israel. It ended on June 25.
2025 — (19 Sivan 5785) Operation «The People Rise as a Lion.» Day three. The Israeli Air Force continued to strike targets in Iran; in response, Iran launched missiles and drones at Israel. One of the missiles hit a high-rise building in Bat Yam, killing 9 people
People
1492 — (20 Sivan 5252) The baptism ceremony of Abraham Senior — a Spanish statesman, financier, rabbi, chief tax farmer, and his son-in-law Rabbi Meir Melamed. The King of Spain served as their godfather. The Spanish viewed this act as a triumph of their faith over Judaism.
1915 — Names. (3 Tammuz 5675) Shlomo Shamir was born in Russia — the third commander of the Israeli Navy. He held this position from 1949 to 1950. He died on May 19, 2009.
1916 — Herbert Alexander Simon was born — an American scientist and Nobel Prize laureate. He died on February 9, 2001.
1921 — (13nd of Sivan, 5684) In Tel Aviv, agronomist Yecheil Weizmann and his wife Ida gave birth to Ezer Weizmann the colorful RAF veteran who was one of the first to fly combat mission for the newly minted IAF in 1948 and capped off a career of public service by following in his Uncle Chaim Weismann’s footsteps by serving as President of Israel.He died on April 24, 2005
2024 — (9 Sivan 5784) War in Gaza. Day two hundred and fifty-three. Killed in battle: Captain Eitan Koplowitz, 28; Warrant Officer Elon Weiss, 49; Sergeant Tzur Avraham, 22; Sergeant Eliyahu Moshe Tzimbalist, 21; Sergeant Itai Amar, 19; Senior Sergeant Stanislav Kostarev, 21; Senior Sergeant Or Blumowitz, 20; Senior Sergeant Oz Yeshaya Gruber, 20; Captain Wasim Mahmoud, 23; Sergeant Yakir Yaakov Levy; Sergeant Shalom Menachem, 21; Sergeant Yair Roitman, 19, who was severely wounded on June 10 in battle in Rafah, died in the hospital.
2025 — (19 Sivan 5785) War in Gaza. Day six hundred and eighteen. Captain Tal Movshovich was killed