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August 15, 1896: Gerty Radnitz Corim, the first Jewish woman to receive a Nobel...
Gerty Theresa Radnitz Cori, the first Jewish woman to receive a Nobel Prize (and the third woman after Marie Curie and Irene Joliot-Curie), was born on in Prague on this date in 1896. Her...
August 14, 1889: 130 Russian Jewish families arrived in Argentina on the S.S. Weser...
On this date in 1889, 130 Russian Jewish families arrived in Argentina on the S.S. Weser and formed the settlement of Moisés Ville, named for Baron Maurice de Hirsch. Their presence and early rough-going...
August 13, 1961: Construction Begins on Berlin Wall
On August 13, 1961, the Communist government of the German Democratic Republic (GDR, or East Germany) began to build a barbed wire and concrete “Antifascistischer Schutzwall,” or “antifascist bulwark,” between East and West Berlin....
August 13, 2008: Hugo Chavez met with the WJC, LAJC, and Venezuelan Jewish leaders...
Venezuela's revolutionary president, Hugo Chavez, met with the head of the World Jewish Congress, the Latin American Jewish Congress, and Venezuelan Jewish leaders in Caracas on this date in 2008.
Also in attendance was Argentina's...
August 12, 1862: Julius Rosenwald was born
Julius Rosenwald, the part-owner and head executive of Sears, Roebuck & Co. and one of the more progressive philanthropists of American capitalism, was born on this date in 1862 in Springfield, Illinois.
Rosenwald became a...
August 11, 1929: The creation of the Jewish Agency for Israel as we know...
The Jewish Agency was established by the World Zionist Organization at the 16th Zionist Congress, on August 11, 1929, as a partnership between the WZO and “non-Zionist” Jewish leaders, among them such luminaries as...
August 6, 1945: The first nuclear attack in history took place
The first nuclear attack in history took place on this date in 1945 when the city of Hiroshima was largely destroyed by a single bomb dropped by an American B-29. Three days later, the...
August 4, 1962: Marilyn Monroe found dead due to a tragic overdose
Marilyn Monroe (Norma Jean Mortensen), who became a convert to Judaism when she married playwright Arthur Miller in 1956, was found dead of a drug overdose in her home on this date in 1962.
Monroe...
August 3, 1966: Pioneering comedian and free-speech warrior Lenny Bruce died
Pioneering comedian and free-speech warrior Lenny Bruce (Leonard Alfred Schneider) died on this date in 1966 at age 40 from a drug overdose. In the early 1950s he worked a double-act with his wife,...
August 2, 1790: The first U.S. Census began
The first U.S. Census began on this date in 1790. The total population was pegged at 3,929,326 (both President Washington and Secretary of State Jefferson considered that an undercount), including 694,280 slaves. Historians estimate...