Tag: ephemerides
September 23rd, 1939: Sigmund Freud, founder of psychoanalysis, died
Freud, Sigmund (1856–1939), founder of psychoanalysis, was born on 6 May 1856 at Freiberg, Moravia, in the Austro-Hungarian empire (later Príbor, Czech republic), the first of the seven surviving children of Jacob Freud (1815–1896), wool trader, and...
September 20th, 1947: Fiorello LaGuardia, New York’s “Little Flower”, died at age 64
Fiorello LaGuardia, the son of an Italian father and a Jewish mother who became the progressive Republican mayor of New York for three terms between 1934 and 1945, died on this date in 1947...
September 19, 2005: Rebirth of the Estonian Jewish Community
Israeli President Moishe Katsav dedicated the cornerstone for the new Tallinn synagogue in Estonia on this date in 2005 — the first synagogue established since the Nazis had declared Estonia to be Judenrein, free of...
September 18, 1927: Elliot Welles (Kurt Sauerquell), Holocaust survivor and nazi-hunter was born
Elliot Welles (Kurt Sauerquell), who headed the Anti-Defamation League’s Task Force on Nazi War Criminals from its founding in 1979 until 2003, was born in Vienna on this date in 1927. He and his...
September 16, 1614: Frankfurt Jews Expelled
Frankfort-on-the-Main, some 400 years ago...
The city of Frankfurtwas even then an important center of business and trade. It was famous for its annual trade fairs, when merchants from far and near came to buy...
September 11, 2001: Terrorist Attacks on World Trade Center and Pentagon
On September 11, 2001, 19 militants associated with the Islamic extremist group al Qaeda hijacked four airplanes and carried out suicide attacks against targets in the United States. Two of the planes were flown...
September 10, 1947: Al Rosen, “The Hebrew Hammer”, played in his first major...
Al Rosen, third baseman and slugger with the Cleveland Indians for the entirety of his ten-year career, played in his first major league game on this date in 1947. Rosen had already acquired the...
September 9, 1911: Paul Goodman, social critic and anarchist philosopher Paul Goodman was born
Social critic and anarchist philosopher Paul Goodman was born to immigrant parents in New York on this date in 1911. Goodman was the author of dozens of books, several of which (most notably Growing Up...
September 5, 1144: The Blood Libel
According to historian Walter Laqueur, there have been at least 150 recorded cases of blood libels (accusations of ritual murder) against Jews that resulted in their arrest and/or execution. (The first was in Norwich,...
September 4, 1894 : The Great Tailors’ Strike
Twelve thousand New York tailors went out on strike on this date in 1894 to protest the sweatshop system that exploited their labor for half a year and then gave them no work off...