←October→ 1 Birthdate of Jewish physicist Otto Frisch (1904) 2Egyptian King Saladin Captures Jerusalem (1187) 3First Jewish Congregation Founded in Chicago (1846) 4De-Gaulle Derides Anti-Semitic Laws of French Vichy Regime (1941) 5 Raoul Wallenberg Becomes an Honorary U.S. Citizen (1981) 6Start of the Yom Kippur War (1973) 7 Brandeis University Founded (1948) 8US Congress Passes "Global Anti-Semitism Review Act" (2004) 9 Oskar Schindler Passes Away at age 66 (1974) 10Pope Canonizes "Righteous Gentile" Maximilian Kolbe (1982) 11Deal Reached for Realease of IDF Soldier Gilad Shalit (2011) 12 IDF Sends Aid for Typhoon Victims in the Philippines (2009) 13Birthday of Jewish Comedian & Actor Sacha Baron Cohen (1971) 14Nazis Close Sobibor Camp After Prisoner Revolt (1943) 15 “Operation Yoav” Begins (1948) 16IDF Pilot Ron Arad Captured by Lebanese Forces (1986) 17PFLP Terrorists Assassinate Israeli MK Rehavam Ze'evi (2001) 18Kidnapped IDF Soldier Gilad Shalit Returned to Israel (2011) 19Simon & Garfunkel Release First Recorded Album (1964) 20Dozens of Jews Killed during Pogrom in Donetsk, Ukraine (1905) 21Birthday of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (1949) 22UNSC Adopts Resolution for Ceasefire in Yom Kippur War (1973) 23Netanyahu & Arafat Sign Wye River Memorandum (1998) 24Britian Declares Support for Arab Independence in Middle East (1915) 25Egypt, Jordan & Syria Sign Tripartite Military Alliance (1956) 26Israel & Jordan Sign Treaty of Peace (1994) 27Menachem Begin & Anwar Sadat Awarded Nobel Peace Prize (1978) 28Provisional State of Israel Unveils Official National Flag (1948) 29Backed by UK & France, Israel Launches Suez Campaign (1956) 30US,UK,USSR & China Join Forces at the Moscow Conference (1943) 31Beersheba First City in Palestine Captured by British in WWI (1917) CLICK ON ANY MONTH: January February March April May June July August September October November December