History events
-1565 B.C.E. — (15 Sivan 2196) The birthday and death of Judah — the fourth son of Jacob and Leah.
-1273 B.C.E. — (3 Tammuz 2488) Joshua commanded the sun to «stand still in Gibeon.»
1361 — (28th of Sivan, 5121) In Spain orders are given for the construction of a Juderia (Jewish Quarter) in Tarazona. The Jewish Quarter is to be separated by walls from the Christian community. The Christians living where the Juderia is to be built were given property of the same value and relocated.
1423 — (23 Sivan 5183) By the Bull of the Sedes Apostolica, Martin V renewed the law requiring Jews to wear a distinguishing mark
1877 — (22th of Sivan, 5637) It was reported today that there are 152 synagogues in the United States with 33 in New York, 23 in Maine, 14 in Pennsylvania, 9 in Illinois and 7 each in California, Ohio and Vermont
1906 — (10 Sivan 5666) The conclusion of the pogrom in Bialystok, which began on June 1. Over 3 days, 83 Jews were killed and more than 70 were injured.
1922 — (7 Sivan 5682) The British government published the so-called «White Paper,» in which paragraph 25 concerning the administrative separation of the East Bank of the Jordan from the West Bank was added to the law regarding the British Mandate for Eretz-Israel. The concept of «the National Home of the Jewish People» was redefined in such a way that it could be interpreted not as a Jewish state, but as a spiritual center for Jews: «the development of the Jewish national home is not aimed at making Jews a national majority throughout all of Palestine, but is aimed at further developing the existing Jewish community there so that it can become the center that the Jewish people as a whole could be proud of and aspire to.»
1942 — (18 Sivan 5702) The Shoah. In Lipovets and Vakhnovka (Lipovets District of Vinnitsa Oblast), 167 and 413 Jews were shot, respectively. A Jewish operation began in Kovel: approximately 3,000 Jews were transported by train and shot north of the city
1946 — (4th of Sivan, 5706) The foundation stone of the Institute of Biophysics and Physical Chemistry was laid today under a blazing sun today Rehovoth
1948 — (25 Iyar 5708) The War of Independence. Operation «Yitzhak.» An unsuccessful counterattack by two battalions of the Givati Brigade against the advancing Egyptians near Ashdod. Nevertheless, the Arab advance was halted 32 km from Tel Aviv
1948 — (25th of Iyar, 5708) Tonight an Iraqi assault succeeded in overwhelming the remaining Israeli-held hills around Jenin.
1948 — (25th of Iyar, 5708) Modi Alon flew Israel’s one serviceable fighter aircraft across the Tel Aviv skies and attacked four Egyptian aircraft that were set to bomb the city. Alon shot down the two bombers and forced their fighter escorts to flee.
1960 — (8th of Sivan, 5720) Four newly deciphered letters of Bar Kochba describing organizational challenges faced by the leader of the revolt against the Roman Empire (132-135 CE) were presented in a lecture given today by Professor Yigal Yadin today at Hebrew University
1967 — (24th of Iyar, 5727) Shabbat was not a day of rest as the Arab vise squeezed around the state Israel. ….. The people were beginning to feel the psychological pain of being surrounded. The Israeli economy was unraveling under the pressure of continuous mobilization. Dyan continued to review the plans of the General Staff. Israel’s Ambassador to the United States, Avraham Harman landed in Israel and reported to Eshkol, Eban, and the senior military officers that the West would not come to Israel’s assistance. If the blockade were to be broken, Israel must do it herself. As the various leaders left that evening the plan was clear. Israel would take action against Egypt, and only Egypt. Jordan would not be attacked if Jordan stayed out of the fight. Contrary to revisionist historians, there was no grand military plan to seize the Sinai, the Golan, the West Bank and Jerusalem
1973 — (3 Sivan 5733) Prisoner exchange with Syria. IAF officers Captain Pini Nahmani, Captain Gidon Magen, and Lieutenant Boaz Eitan were exchanged for five high-ranking Syrian officers and 46 Syrian soldiers. The Israeli pilots spent over three years in Syrian captivity.
1974 — (13 Sivan 5734) Following the resignation of Golda Meir, who was forced to leave the post of Prime Minister after the publication of the Agranat Commission’s findings, a new government was formed. Yitzhak Rabin became Prime Minister, with Yigal Allon as Foreign Minister and Shimon Peres as Defense Minister.
2013 — (25th of Sivan, 5773) The seating capacity of Teddy Stadium, an athletic venue in the Malha neighborhood of Jerusalem named for Teddy Kollek, the city’s greatest mayor, was increased to 31,733 when the “south side stand was completed” today
People
1782 — (21 Sivan 5542) Aharon Goldsmid — founder of a family of bankers and public figures in Great Britain — passed away
1803 — (13th of Sivan, 5563) Birthdate of Talmudist Gabriel Jacob Polak whose works included “Dibre Kodesh,” a Dutch-Hebrew dictionary and “Halikot Kedem,” a collection of Hebrew poems
1829 — (2 Sivan 5589) Yosef Asher — composer and pianist — was born. He died on June 20, 1869.
1873 — Otto Levy — American pharmacologist — was born. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1936. He died on December 25, 1961.
1873 — Leonid Mironovich Leonidov — actor, director, educator — was born in Odessa. He died on August 6, 1941.
1879 — (12 Sivan 5639) Alla Nazimova (Miriam Adelaide Leventon) — theater and film actress — was born. She died on July 13, 1945.
1883 — Leopold Gottlieb — impressionist painter — was born. He died on April 22, 1934
1885 — (20th of Sivan, 5645) Birthdate of Yakov Mikhaylovich Sverdlov, a leader of the Bolsheviks who also was a leader of the infant Soviet Union
1903 — A. Beniaminov — artist — was born. He died on March 22, 1991.
1904 — Nadezhda Nadezhdina (Brushtayn) — choreographer, creator and artistic director (1948–1979) of the State Academic Choreographic Ensemble «Beryozka» — was born. She died on October 11, 1979.
1912 — Betty Vivian Dubiner — public figure in Israel — was born. She died in 2008.
1913 — Isaac Berman — lawyer, state and public figure in Israel — was born. He died on August 4, 2013.
1926 — Allen Ginsberg — American poet — was born. He died on April 5, 1997.
1982 — (12th of Sivan, 5742) The Israeli ambassador to Britain, Shlomo Argov, was shot on a London street. The failed assassination attempt was under the command of Fatah leader Abu Nidal. Argov survived but was permanently paralyzed
2006 — (7th of Sivan, 5766) A group of neo-Nazis assaulted Croatia’s Chief Rabbi Eliezer Aloni on a Zagreb street in front of his synagogue on Shabbat
2023 — (14 Sivan 5783) Armed incident on the Israeli-Egyptian border. In a shootout that occurred for unclear reasons, three IDF soldiers were killed: Sergeant Liya Ben Nun, Staff Sergeant Uri Itzhak Iluz, and Staff Sergeant Ohad Shimon Dagan, all aged 19-20.
2025 — (7 Sivan 5785) War in Gaza. Day six hundred six. In the north of the sector, Sergeant Alon Farkas, 27 years old, was killed. Another serviceman was seriously injured in the same battle. battle