2006 Israel invades Lebanon in response to Hezbollah's kidnapping of Israeli soldiers
2006 Ehud Olmert becomes Prime Minister of Israel after Ariel Sharon suffers a stroke
2003 "Elizabeth ""Ma Pampo"" Israel", old woman, ", may have been world's oldest but ""undocumented"" person, ", dies at 128, disputed
1998 Zevulun Hammer, Vice PM of Israel, dies
1997 Chaim Herzog, President of Israel (1983-93), dies at 78
1996 New York City Mayor Guiliani visits Israel
1996 Israel frees hundreds of Palestinian prisoners
1995 Itzhak Rabin, PM of Israel (1968-73), assassinated
1995 Israel grants jailed U.S. spy Jason Pollard, citizenship
1995 Israel buries Yitzhak Rabin, assassinated by a fellow Jew who opposed peace with Palestinians
1995 Yitzhak Rabin, PM of Israel, assassinated at 73
1995 Israel begins W Bank pullback, frees hundreds of Palestinian prisoners
1995 Palestinian bomb attack in Beit Lid Israel, 21-22 killed
1994 Israel Aaron Maisels, lawyer, dies at 89
1994 Jordan and Israel sign peace accord
1994 Israel and PLO initialed accord giving autonomy to Palestinians in West Bank in education, health, taxation, social welfare and tourism
1994 Kalman Kahana, Polish co-founder of state Israel, dies at 81
1994 1st telephone link between Israel and Jordan
1994 Israel and Jordan agree to talks in Washington D.C. on July 25th
1994 Israel withdraws from the Gaza Strip
1994 Israel and PLO sign economic accord
1993 Vatican recognizes Israel
1993 Israel and PLO sign joint recognition statements
1993 PLO recognizes state of Israel
1993 Ezer Weizman elected president of Israel
1993 Israel recognizes PLO as no longer criminal
1992 Eddie Antar, CEO (Crazy Eddies), $74 m stock fraud caught in Israel
1992 Bible Lands Museum opens in Jerusalem, Israel
1992 Menachem Begin, PM Israel (1977-80, 81-83, Nobel 1979), dies at 85
1991 Israel evacuates 14,000 Ethiopian Jews
1991 Syria tells Germany they are ready to recognize Israel
1991 Iraq launches SCUD missiles against Israel
1991 Iraq fires 8 Scud missiles on Israel
1991 Israel reopens consulate in U.S.S.R. after 23 years
1990 Saddam says Israel will be Iraq's 1st target
1990 Saddam threatens to hit Israel with a new missile
1990 Israel begins handing out gas masks to its citizens
1990 Saddam says he will destroy Israel
1990 Iraq President Saddam Hussein says he is ready to resolve Gulf crisis if Israel withdraws from occupied territories
1989 Israel attacks border strip Taba near Egypt
1988 PLO leader Yasi Arafat accepts Israel's right to exist
1988 5 gunmen who hijacked Soviet Aeroflot jet, surrender in Israel
1988 Israel's supreme court uphold's ban on Kahane's Kach Party as racist
1988 Concert at Masada ends Israel's 40th-anniversary fest
1988 Israel and China sign trade deal, plan diplomatic relations
1988 Israel bans Meir Kahane's Kach Party on grounds of racism
1988 Israel launches 1st satellite, for secret military reconnaissance
1988 "Nightline" goes on location to Jerusalem Israel
1988 Israel orders 9 Palestinian "instigators" deported from W Beirut
1987 Occupied Palestinians start "intefadeh" (uprising) against Israel
1987 Palestinian uprising against Israel in West Bank
1987 John Demjanjuk, accused Nazi "Ivan the Terrible" testifies in Israel
1987 1st time in 20 years a delegation from U.S.S.R. lands in Israel
1986 Israel Prime Minister Shimon Peres resigns
1986 London Sunday Times reports Israel is stocking nuclear arms
1986 Jonathan Pollard, spy for Israel, pleads guilty in U.S. court
1986 Margaret Thatcher becomes 1st British Prime Minister to visit Israel
1986 Spain recognizes Israel
1985 Israel ships 96 TOWs to Iran on behalf of US
1985 Israel government confirms resettlement of 10,000 Ethiopian Jews
1983 Israel's Knesset votes 60-53 to endorse Yitzhak Shamir as PM
1983 Israel premier Begin resigns
1983 Israel and Lebanon sign a peace treaty
1983 Lebanese parliament accept peace accord with Israel
1982 Shultz warns U.S. will withdraw from United Nations if they vote to exclude Israel
1982 Israel and Syria stop fighting in Lebanon
1982 Israel wipes out Syrian SAM missiles in Bekaa Valley
1982 Israel attacks targets in south Lebanon
1982 In accordance with Camp David, Israel completes Sinai withdrawal
1981 Israel annexes Golan Heights (seized from Syria in war of 1967)
1981 Moshe Dayan, Israel's general/minister of Defense, dies at 66
1980 Dutch embassy in Israel moves from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv
1980 Israel and Egypt exchange ambassadors
1980 Egypt and Israel exchange ambassadors for 1st time
1980 Egyptian parliament votes to end boycott of Israel
1980 Israel and Egypt establish diplomatic relations
1979 Israel returns Alma oilfields in Gulf of Suez to Egypt
1979 Israel performs nuclear test at Indian Ocean
1979 Sri Lanka forfeit ICC Trophy game vs Israel for political reasons
1979 Israel begins to return Sinai to Egypt
1979 Elton John becomes 1st pop star to perform in Israel
1979 Peace treaty between Israel and Egypt goes into effect
1979 Camp David peace treaty between Israel and Egypt
1979 Egyptian Parliament unanimously approve peace treaty with Israel
1978 Dikla Hamdy, Miss Israel Universe 1997
1978 Golda Meir, Israel's PM (1969-74), dies in Jerusalem at 80
1978 Israel's top negotiators broke away from Middle East peace talks
1978 Representatives of Israel and Egypt open talks in Washington
1978 ABC TV airs "Stars Salute Israel at 30"
1978 Yitzhak Navron elected 5th president of Israel
1978 Israel turns 3 milt outposts in West Bank into civilian settlements
1977 Egypt and Israel reps gather in Cairo for 1st formal peace conference
1977 Egyptian president Sadat visits Israel
1977 Egyptian President Anwar Sadat arrives in Israel
1977 Egyptian President Sadat formally accepts invitation to visit Israel
1977 Egypt President Sadat repeats willingness to visit Israel to Cronkite
1977 Shany Kedmy, born in Israel, Women's 470 yachter, Oly-14th-1996
1977 Menachem Begin (Likud), becomes Israel's 6th PM
1977 Menachem Begin becomes Israel's Prime Minister
1977 Menahem Begins Likoed-party wins election in Israel
1977 Simon Peres becomes premier of Israel
1977 Israel premier Rabin resigns
1977 Egypt's Anwar Sadat pledges to regain Arab territory from Israel
1977 Anti-French demonstrations takes place in Israel after Paris released Abu Daoud, responsible 1972 Munich massacre of Israeli athletes
1976 Israel's PM Yitzhak Rabin resigns
1976 Israel launches rescue of 103 Air France crew and passengers being held at Entebbe Airport in Uganda by pro-Palestinian hijackers
1976 Israel kills 6 Palestinians protesting land confiscation
1976 Israel opens "Good Fence" to Lebanon
1975 Nina Brosh, Afula Israel, model, Drakkar
1975 Israel formally signs Sinai accord with Egypt
1975 Viaceslav Ivanovski, Israel, Men's Weightlifting 99kg
1975 Israel signs an agreement with European Economic Market
1974 Ayelet Ohayon, Israel, Women's foil fencer, Oly-1996
1974 Israel and Syria sign an agreement concerning Golan Heights
1974 Israel Citkowitz, composer, dies at 65
1974 Israel and Egypt sign weapons accord
1973 Israel, Egypt, Syria, Jordan, U.S. and U.S.S.R. meet in Geneva
1973 David Ben-Gurion, founding father of Israel, dies in Tel Aviv at 87
1973 Egypt and Israel exchange prisoners of war
1973 Yom Kippur War ends, Israel 65 miles from Cairo, 26 from Damascus
1973 Egyptian tanks move further into Israel
1973 Israel announces loss of Bar-Lev defense line in Suez Canal
1973 Yom Kippur War begins as Syria and Egypt attack Israel
1973 Israel shoots down 13 Syrian MIG-21s
1973 9th Maccabiah games opens in Tel Aviv, Israel
1973 Israel Raybon, defensive end for the Carolina Panthers
1973 Reshef, Israel's missile boat, unveiled
1973 Mali and Niger break diplomatic relations with Israel
1972 "From Israel with Love" closes at Palace Theater New York City after 8 performances
1972 "From Israel with Love" opens at Palace Theater New York City for 8 performances
1972 Lilach Parisky, born in Israel, Women's foil fencer, Oly-1996
1972 German Chancellor Willy Brandt visits Israel
1971 Irena Slavutskay, Israel, athlete, Oly-1996
1971 Konstantin Matoussevich, Israel, Men's high jump, Oly-7th-1996
1970 Shay-Oren Smadja, born in Israel, men's half middleweight judoka, Oly-1996
1970 Israel Stanley, NFL/WLAF defensive end, NO Saints, Rhein Fire
1969 Konstantin Semyonov, Israel, Men's pole vaulter, Oly-11th-1996
1969 Nir Shental, Israel, Men's 470 yachter, Oly-15th-1996
1969 Golda Meir becomes Israel's 4th PM
1969 Steve Israel, NFL cornerback for the San Francisco 49ers, New England Patriots
1969 Levi Eshkol, [Sjkolnik], premier (Israel), dies at 73
1969 Golda Meir sworn in as Israel's 1st female prime minister
1969 France begins arms embargo against Israel
1967 Israel removes barricades, re-unifying Jerusalem
1967 Israel annexes East Jerusalem
1967 Israel, Syria, Jordan, Iraq and Egypt end "6-Day War" with United Nations help
1967 U.S.S.R. drops diplomatic relations with Israel
1967 Israel attacks USS Liberty in Mediterranean, killing 34 U.S. crewmen
1967 Israel captures Wailing Wall in East Jerusalem, Jericho and Bethlehem
1967 6 day war between Israel and Arab neighbors begin
1967 Egyptian president Nassar closes Straits of Tiran to Israel
1967 "Sing, Israel Sing" closes at Brooks Atkinson New York City after 14 performances
1967 Rogel Nachum, Israel, Men's triple jump, Oly-1996
1967 Beate Reinstadler, Stuttgart, Germany, tennis star, 1989 Futures Israel
1967 "Sing, Israel Sing" opens at Brooks Atkinson Theater New York City for 14 performances
1967 Yael Arad, Israel, Women's half middleweight judoka, Oly-1996
1966 Vladislav Neiman, born in Israel, Men's flyweight boxer, Oly-1996
1966 Tally Chanel, Tel Aviv Israel, actress, Warrior Queen
1965 1st freighter arrives in Ashdod Port Israel
1965 Martin Buber, German/Israel philosopher/zionist/theologist, dies at 87
1965 Several Arab nations break ties with West Germany after it established diplomatic relations with Israel
1965 Israel and West Germany exchange letters beginning diplomatic relations
1964 Pope Paul VI visits Jordan and Israel
1963 Edmond Fleg[enheimer], Swiss/French writer (Ecoute Israel), dies
1963 Archaeological digs begin at Masada, Israel
1963 Lydia Czuckermann-Hatuel, Israel, Women's foil fencer, Oly-1996
1963 John F. Kennedy offers Israel assistance against aggression
1962 Shahar Perkiss, Israel, tennis star
1962 U.S. sells Israel, Hawk anti-aircraft missiles
1962 Adolf Eichmann, war criminal, hanged at Ramie Prison in Israel at 56
1962 Nazi Adolf Eichmann hanged in Israel for crimes against Jews in WW II
1962 Alex Tripolski, born in Israel, Men's Shooting 50M air pistol, Olympics 1996
1962 Albert Israel Elkus, composer, dies at 77
1961 Adolf Eichmann convicted of crimes against humanity in Israel
1961 Adolf Eichmann is found guilty of war crimes, in Israel
1961 SS Col Adolf Eichmann found guilty of war crimes in Israel
1961 Israel welcomes its 1,000,000th immigrant
1961 Israel begins Adolf Eichmann WW II war crimes trial
1961 Adolf Eichmann tried as a war criminal in Israel
1961 David Ben-Gurion resigns as premier of Israel
1960 Israel announces capture of Nazi Adolf Eichmann in Argentina
1959 Isaac Halevi Herzog, chief rabbi of Israel (1936-59), dies at 71
1959 Israel begins exporting copper ore
1959 Joseph Sprinzak, Speaker of Israel Knesset (1949-59), dies at 73
1957 1st Japanese ambassador to Israel
1957 Hand grenade explodes in Israel's Knesset (Parliament)
1956 Israel liberates Sharm-el-Sheikh, reopening Gulf of Aqaba
1956 Israel captures Straits of Tiran and reach Suez Canal Egypt
1956 Israel captures Gaza and Sheham
1956 Israel captures Egyptian militay post at El-Thamad
1956 Golda Meir begins her term as Israel's foreign minister
1956 Egypt and Israel agree to a cease fire
1955 2 Egyptian fighters shot down over Israel
1955 Bar-Ilan University founded in Israel
1955 Bulgaria shoots down a plane heading for Israel (58 die)
1955 Yarkon Water Project opens to supply water to Negev desert in Israel
1955 Israel attacks Gaza
1955 Israel acquires 4 of 7 Dead Sea scrolls
1954 Boris Polak, Israel, Men's 50M Free Rifle 3 Positions, Oly-20-1996
1953 Israel's PM Ben-Gurion retires
1953 David Ben-Gurion, resigns as premier of Israel
1953 U.S.S.R./Israel recover diplomatic relations
1953 Steve Bond, born in Haifa, Israel, actor, General Hospital, To Die For
1953 U.S.S.R. breaks relations with Israel
1953 Russia breaks diplomatic relations with Israel
1952 Izhak Ben-Zvi elected 2nd president of Israel
1952 Yitchak Ben-Zvi elected 2nd president of Israel
1952 Isaak Ben-Zwi elected President of Israel
1952 Chaim Weizmann, bio-chemist/1st president Israel, dies at 77
1952 Egypt protests German retribution payments to Israel
1951 Israel demands DM 6.2 billion compensation from Germany
1951 International Table Tennis Federation bans Egypt (for refusing to play Israel)
1950 "Operation Magic Carpet"-All Jews from Yemen move to Israel
1950 Law of Return passes, guarantees all Jews right to live in Israel
1950 Israeli Knesset resolves Jerusalem is capital of Israel
1950 Belgium, Luxembourg and Netherlands recognize Israel
1949 Knesset votes to transfer Israel's capital to Jerusalem
1949 Victor Ostrovsky, Canadian/Israel, Mossad agent, By Way of Deception
1949 Jewish population of Israel reaches 1,000,000
1949 Shep Messing, Israel, soccer goal tender, New York Cosmos
1949 Gene Simmons, [Chaim Witz], Haifa Israel, rock guitarist, KISS-Beth
1949 Israel's 19 month war of independence ends
1949 By a vote of 37-12, Israel becomes 59th member of U.N.
1949 Israel and Jordan sign armistice agreement
1949 Turkey recognizes Israel
1949 Security Council of United Nations recommends membership for Israel
1949 Israel and Egypt sign an armistice agreement
1949 Chaim Weitzman elected 1st president of Israel
1949 1st session of Knesset (Jerusalem Israel)
1949 Brit, Belgium, Lux, Neth, NZ and Switz recognize Israel
1948 Canada recognizes Israel
1948 Operation Magic Carpet - 1st plane from Yemen carrying Jews to Israel
1948 Flag of Israel is adopted
1948 Israel recaptures Nizzanim in Negev
1948 Egyptian flagship King Farouk sunk by Israel
1948 Large scale fighting between Israel and Egypt
1948 Pinchas Zukerman, born in Tel Aviv, Israel, violinist and violist, Leventritt 1967
1948 Israel bombs Cairo
1948 Last British armies leave Israel
1948 Panama and Costa Rica recognize Israel
1948 Israel and Arabs agree to a cease fire
1948 Ramat Rahel gateway to Jerusalem is repossessed by Israel
1948 Saudi Arabia joins invasion of Israel
1948 Israel liberates Acre, Nebi Yusha and Telel-Kadi
1948 Soviet Union recognized Israel
1948 Chaim Weizmann elected 1st president of Israel
1948 Israel issues its 1st postage stamps
1948 Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Saudi Arabian troops attack Israel
1948 Israel declares independence from British administration
1948 U.S. grants Israel de facto recognition
1948 1st attack by Egyptian irregular forces at Kfar Darom Israel
1947 Day after United Nations decree for Israel, Jewish settlements attacked
1947 1st Jewish immigrants to Israel disembark at Port of Eilat
1947 Israel Wetrin, managing director, Elonex
1947 British stop ships Independence and In-Gathering from landing in Israel
1946 Uri Geller, Israel, psychic, bends forks
1945 Assaf Dayan, Israel, actor, Operation Thunderbolt
1943 Yoran Ben Ami, born in Israel, producer/president, Triumph Pictures
1942 Daliah Lavi, Shavel Zion Israel, actress, Casino Royalle, Lord Jim
1942 129 degrees F (54 degrees C), Tirat Zevi, Israel
1940 Aliza Kashi, born in Israel, actress and singer, Merv Griffin regular
1939 Amos Oz, Jerusalem Israel, author, My Michael
1936 Israel Philarmonic Orch forms
1935 [Chaim] Topol, Tel Aviv Israel, actor, Fiddler on the Roof
1932 Israel Querido, writer (Jordan), dies
1930 5th Aliyah to Israel begins
1929 Arabs attack Jews in Israel
1927 Town of Netanya Israel founded by Nathan Strauss
1926 Israel Zangwill, British zionists writer (Ghetto tragedies), dies
1925 Haifa Technion (Israel), opens
1924 Jacob Israel de Haan, Dutch poet and writer (Pypelyntjes), dies at 42
1923 Simon Peres, [Persky], premier of Israel
1923 1st brain tumor operation under local anesthetic performed (Beth Israel Hospital in New York City) by Dr. K Winfield Ney
1922 Yitzak Rabin, premier Israel, 1992-95, Nobel 1994
1920 Israel publishes it's 1st medical journal "Ha-Refuah"
1920 Turkish Government renounces its claim to Israel, recognizes British mandate
1918 Chaim Herzog, president, Israel, 1983-93
1917 1st performance of Ernest Bloch's symphony "Israel"
1917 Emanuel Vardi, born in Jerusalem, Israel, violist, SD Symph 1978-82
1916 Ephraim Katzir, biophysicist/president, Israel
1912 National Council of Young Israel convenes
1909 Israel Durham, Phillies president dies
1909 Israel Citkowitz, composer
1905 Moshav Hertzlia forms in Israel
1905 Israel Aaron Maisels, lawyer
1899 Marcel Dalio, [Israel Blauschild], Paris, France, actor, China Gate
1888 Shmuel Agnon, born in Israel, novelist, Day Before Yesterday-Nobel 1966
1886 David Ben-Gurion, Plonsk Poland, 1st PM of Israel, 1948-53, 55
1884 Albert Israel Elkus, composer
1881 Jacob Israel de Haan, Dutch poet and writer, Pipelines, Jewish Song
1878 Settlers arrive at Petach Tikvah Israel
1874 Edmond Fleg[enheimer], Swiss/French author, Ecoute Israel
1874 Israel Bak, created 1st Hebrew printing press, dies
1872 Israel Querido, Dutch writer, Menschenwee
1864 Israel Zangwill, writer/Zionist/philanthropist, dies
1864 Israel Zangwill, England, Jewish author/Zionist, Children of Ghetto
1839 Israel Ashkenazi of Shklov, found Ashkenazic community (1815), dies
1816 Israel Vogdes, Brig General Union volunteers, died in 1889
1815 Israel Bush Richardson, Mjr General Union volunteers, died in 1862
1813 Israel Washburn, Governor, Union, died in 1883
1809 70 disciples of Gaon of Vilnus, arrive in Israel (Palestine)
1791 1st Jewish member of U.S. Congress, Israel Jacobs (PA), takes office
1776 Jacob Israel Emden, [Jacob ben Tswi], German rabbi, dies at 78
1730 1st Jewish congregation in U.S. forms synagogue, "Shearith Israel, New York City"
1728 Congregation Shearith Israel of New York purchases a lot on Mill Street in lower Manhattan, to build New York's 1st synagogue
1697 Jacob Israel Emden, [Jacob ben Tswi], German rabbi
1621 Rabbi Isaiah b Abraham aha-Levi Horowitz arrives in Israel
1586 Johann Hermann Schein, German composer, Fontana d'Israel
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