2002 Death Chaim Potok, writer, The Chosen, dies at 73 1997 Death Chaim Herzog, President of Israel (1983-93), dies at 78 1983 Event Chaim Herzog elected Israeli president 1952 Death Chaim Weizmann, bio-chemist/1st president Israel, dies at 77 1949 Birthday Gene Simmons, Chaim Witz, Haifa Israel, rock guitarist, KISS-Beth 1949 Event Chaim Weizmann becomes 1st Israeli president 1949 Event Chaim Weitzman elected 1st president of Israel 1948 Event Chaim Weizmann elected 1st president of Israel 1939 Event Chaim Weizmann informs England that Palestine Jews will fight in WW II 1935 Birthday [Chaim] Topol, Tel Aviv Israel, actor, Fiddler on the Roof 1934 Death Chaim Nachman Bialik, zionist poet, dies 1929 Birthday Chaim Potok, New York City, novelist, Promise 1918 Birthday Chaim Herzog, president, Israel, 1983-93 1918 Birthday Chaim Herzog, Israeli president 1918 Death Chaim Soloveitchik, Rabbi of Brisk, talmudic scholar, dies 1874 Birthday Chaim Weizmann, Israeli statesman, 1st President
