2006 Israel invades Lebanon in response to Hezbollah's kidnapping of Israeli soldiers
2005 Peter Malkin, Israeli Public Servant
2003 Ilan Ramon, astronaut, ", first Israeli in space, mission specialist on Columbia, STS-107, ", dies at 48
1995 Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres address both house of U.S. congress
1995 Mordechai Gur, Israeli general, commits suicide at 65
1995 Shlomo Averbach, Israeli ultra-orthodox rabbi, dies at 84
1994 Sjlomo Goren, Polish/Israeli supreme rabbi, dies
1994 1st Jordanian plane to fly over Israeli airspace (King Hussein pilot)
1994 Jordan and Israeli end 46 year state of war (Washington D.C.)
1994 Tawfik Ziad, Palestinian communist/Israeli MP/mayor of Nazareth, dies
1994 Yehuda Mor-Mirkovsky, Israeli kibbutz-founder, dies at 96
1994 Israeli extremist Baruch Goldstein massacres 30 Palestinians in Hebron
1994 Israeli minister Shimon Perez signs accord with PLO's Arafat
1993 Deadline for Israeli troop withdrawal from Gaza, they don't
1993 Israeli min of Foreign affairs Peres and PLO-Abu Mazen sign peace accord
1993 Israeli Court of Appeal overturns (5-0) conviction of John Demjaujuk, saying not enough evidence he is Concentration Camp Ivan the Terrible
1993 Israeli offensive against terrorist bases in South Lebanon
1992 Eitan Berglas, Israeli banker/advisor, dies
1992 Ephraim Katz, Israeli/US encyclopedist (film encyclopedia), dies
1992 Rabin wins Israeli parliamentary election
1992 28 killed in truck bombing of Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentina by Islamic Jihad
1992 Menachem Begin, Israeli Statesman
1992 Mau Kopuit, Dutch editor-in-chief (New Israeli Weekly Newspaper), dies
1992 Menachim Begin, Israeli PM, dies at 78 of a heart attack
1990 Israeli ferry capsizes killing 21 U.S. servicemen
1990 Israeli police kill 17 Palestinian rioters
1990 10 Israeli tourists murdered near Cairo
1989 Challenge to "who is a Jew" law filed in Israeli Supreme Court
1988 PLO proclaims State of Palestine, recognizes Israeli existence
1988 Meir Kahane renounced U.S. citizenship to stay in Israeli Parliament
1988 Israeli diplomats arrive in Moscow for 1st visit in 21 years
1988 Khalil al-Wazir, PLO milt commander, assassinated by Israeli commandos
1986 Yitzak Rabin forms Israeli government
1986 President Mubarak receives Israeli premier Peres
1986 King Hassan II meets with Israeli premier Simon Peres
1986 Israeli fighters intercept Libyan passenger plane
1986 Israeli premier Simon Peres visits Netherlands
1985 Israeli air raid on PLO-headquarter at Tunis, 68 killed
1985 Palestinian terrorists kill 3 Israeli sailors at Lanaca Cyprus
1984 Simon Peres forms Israeli government with Likoed
1983 PLO exchanges 6 Israeli prisoners for 4,500 Palestinians and Lebanese
1983 Bomb attack on Israeli headquarter in Tyrus Lebanon, 60 killed
1983 Yitzhak Shamir (Herut) endorsed by Menachem Begin for Israeli PM
1983 Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin announces resignation
1983 Chaim Herzog elected Israeli president
1982 Gas explosion in Israeli army headquarters by Tyrus; kills 60
1982 Israeli forces began pouring into west Beirut
1982 Israeli General Ariel Sharon urges Palestinians to discuss peace
1982 Heavy Israeli bombardement of Beirut
1982 Heavy Israeli air bombardment on Beirut
1982 U.S. vetos United Nations Security Council resolution for a limited withdrawal from Beirut of Israeli and Palestine Liberation Organization forces
1982 Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin arrives in Washington
1982 Israeli troops reach outskirts of Beirut
1982 30,000 Israeli troops invade Lebanon to drive out PLO
1982 Israeli ambassador Shlomo Argov seriously wounded by Palestinians
1982 Leopold Trepper, Polish/Israeli spy (WW II), dies at 77
1981 Israeli bombers destroy PLO/al-Fatah headquarters in Beirut
1981 Premier Begin's Likud party wins Israeli elections
1981 Israeli F-15's and F-16's destroys Iraqi plutonium production facility
1980 U.N. Security Council condemns (14-0, U.S. abstains) Israeli declaration that all of Jersualem is it's capital
1980 Yigol Alton, Israeli Foreign Minister, dies at 61
1979 Israeli minister of Foreign affairs Moshe Dayan resigns
1979 Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin visits President Sadat in Cairo
1979 Israeli parliament approves peace treaty with Egypt
1978 Israeli Government approves "in principle," a draft compromise peace
1978 Israeli Knesset endorses Camp David accord
1978 Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin returns home after Camp David summit
1978 Gunmen open fire on an Israeli El Al Airline bus in London
1978 Israeli government rejects Sadat's call for return of 2 Sinai areas
1978 Egyptian and Israeli officials begin 2 days of talks
1978 Israeli jet fighters swooped over mostly Moslem West Beirut
1978 Operation Litani: Israeli offensive in South Lebanon
1978 Israeli government votes to 'strengthen' settlements in occupied Sinai
1977 Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin meets Egyptian President Sadat in Egypt
1977 Egyptian President Sadat became 1st Arab leader to address Israeli Knesset
1977 Menahem Begin forms Israeli government
1977 Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin meets President Carter
1977 Israeli soldier who died freeing hostages in Entebee Raid (1976)
1977 Anti-French demonstrations takes place in Israel after Paris released Abu Daoud, responsible 1972 Munich massacre of Israeli athletes
1977 France releases Abu Daoud, a Palestinian suspected of involvement in massacre of Israeli athletes at 1972 Munich Olympics
1977 Avraham Ofer, Israeli minister of housing, commits suicide
1976 Uganda asks United Nations to condemn Israeli hostage rescue raid on Entebbe
1976 Israeli raid on Entebbe, Uganda
1975 Israeli premier Yitzhak Rabin visits West-Germany
1974 Yitzhak Rabin forms a new Israeli government
1974 Yitzhak Rabin replaces resigning Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir
1974 Israeli forces leave western Suez
1973 Israeli forces reach Suez, trapping Egyptian army
1973 Israeli troops reconquer mountain Hermon
1973 Israeli tanks under Gen Sharon move through Suez Canal
1973 Israeli counter offensive in southern Syria
1973 Syrian/Israeli dogfight over Mediterranean Sea
1973 Israeli fighters shoot Libyan aircraft down, killing 108
1973 David Ben Gurion, Israeli Statesman
1972 11 Israeli athletes are slain at Munich Olympics by terrorists
1972 Josef Romano, Israeli olympian, murdered
1972 Mosje Weinberg, Israeli olympic wrestling coach, murdered
1970 Oded Fehr, Israeli Actor
1969 5 Israeli gunboats escape from Cherbourg harbor
1968 Israeli commandos destroy 13 Lebanese airplanes
1968 Israeli assault on Beirut Airport
1968 Israeli television begins transmitting
1968 Israeli forces cross Jordan River to attack PLO bases
1968 Israeli submarine Dakar crashes in Mediterranean Sea, 69 die
1967 Egypt sinks Israeli torpedo boat
1967 Israeli troops reach Suez Canal
1967 Israeli troops occupy Gaza
1967 Israeli/Syrian border fights
1966 Israeli Shmuel Yosef Agnon wins Nobel Prize for literature
1966 Bernhard Zondek, German/Israeli gynaecologist, dies at 75
1965 Israeli/Jordanian border fights
1965 Israeli Mapai-party nominates David Ben-Gurion
1965 Israeli cabinet approves diplomatic relations with West Germany
1964 Levi Eshkol forms Israeli government
1963 Levi Eshkol forms Israeli government
1963 Levi Eshkol replaces David Ben-Gurion as Israeli PM
1963 Israeli premier David Ben-Gurion resigns
1960 Argentina complains to United Nations about Israeli illicit transfer of Eichmann
1960 Israeli soldiers capture Adolf Eichmann in Buenos Aires
1959 Ben-Gurion's Mapai-party wins Israeli parliamentary election)
1959 Ben-Gurion's Israeli government resigns
1959 Israeli Knesset agrees to weapon sales to West-Germany
1958 Joseph Klausner, Polish/Israeli new testament expert, dies at 84
1958 Israeli Navy inaugrates it's 1st submarine
1958 H Laskow replaces Moshe Dayan on as Israeli minister of Defense
1957 Israeli government of Ben-Gurion, resigns
1957 Sholem Asch, Polish/Israeli writer (East River), dies at 77
1957 Israeli troops leave Egypt; Suez Canal re-opened for minor ships
1957 United Nations adopts a resolution calling for Israeli troops to leave Egypt
1957 Israeli forces withdraw from Sinai Peninsula
1956 Israeli flag hoisted on Mount Sinai
1956 Israeli paratroopers drop into Sinai to open Straits of Tiran
1955 David Ben-Gurion forms Israeli government
1955 Israeli passenger plane shot down above Bulgaria, 58 die
1955 Israeli assault on Gaza, kills 48
1954 Israeli act of revenge in Qibiya Jordan, kills 53
1954 Mordechai Vanunu, Israeli Scientist
1953 Ludwig Strauss, German/Israeli writer (Heimliche Gegenwart), dies
1952 Czech government tells Israeli ambassador, he's persona non grata
1952 German and Israeli reach accord about recovery payments
1951 David Ben-Gurion forms Israeli government
1951 PM Ben-Gurion orders establishment of Israeli secret service Mossad
1951 David Ben-Gurion's Mapai-party wins Israeli parliamentary election
1951 Israeli Knesset officially designated April 13 as Holocaust Day
1950 Israeli airline El Al begins service
1950 Israeli Knesset resolves Jerusalem is capital of Israel
1949 Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli prime minister
1949 Chaim Weizmann becomes 1st Israeli president
1949 1st Israeli election - Ben-Gurion's Mapai party wins
1948 Israeli Defence Forces crosses Egyptian border
1948 Israeli forces liberate Meron and Gush-Halev
1948 Beersheba liberated by Israeli army
1948 Operation 10 Plagues - Israeli offensive against Egyptian army
1948 Demonstration by Moscow Jews honoring Israeli ambassador Golda Meir
1948 Israeli pound becomes legal tender
1948 Israeli army captures Nazareth
1948 Lydda Airfield captured by Israeli army
1948 Entire Hagana-arm forces sworn-in as Israeli soldiers
1948 1st use of Israeli Air Force and 1st war victory, defeating Syrian army
1948 Israeli Radio Station Kol Yisrael's 1st broadcast
1945 Itzhak Perlman, Israeli Musician
1942 Ehud Barak, Israeli Statesman
1936 Juda Bar-Norwegian, Israeli/Dutch mime/actor, King
1933 Itzhak Fuks, Israeli El Al captain, crashed in Amsterdam
1932 Aharon Appelfeld, Israeli Novelist
1928 Yaacov Agam, Israeli sculptor
1928 Ariel Sharon, Israeli Leader
1927 Peter Malkin, Israeli Public Servant
1923 Shimon Peres, Israeli Labor Party leader/prime minister
1923 Victor Hochhauser, British impresario, Israeli Philharmonic Orch
1922 Yitzhak Rabin, Israeli Statesman
1918 Jigal Allon, Israeli politician
1918 Chaim Herzog, Israeli president
1915 Moshe Dayan, Israeli general/minister of Defense
1915 Abba Eban, Israeli Diplomat
1913 Menachem Begin, Israeli Prime Minister, 1977-83, Nobel 1978
1909 1st Israeli kibbutz founded, Deganya Alef
1909 Silvan Shalom, Israeli Politician
1905 Nahman Avigad, Israeli archaeologist, Discovering Jerusalem
1904 Leopold Trepper, Polish/Israeli spy/founded, CP Palestina
1898 Golda Meir, [Meyerson], Kiev, Ukraine, 4th Israeli Prime Minister, 1969-74
1897 Paul Ben-Haim, [Frankenburger], Munich Germany, Israeli composer
1895 Levi Eshkol, [Sjkolnik], Israeli Prime Minister, MWP, 1963-69
1892 Ludwig Strauss, German/Israeli writer, Night Watch
1891 Bernhard Zondek, German/Israeli gynaecologist
1886 David Ben Gurion, Israeli Statesman
1885 Joseph Sprinzak, Speaker of Israeli Knesset, 1949-59
1878 Martin Buber, German/Israeli philosopher/theologist, Ich und Du
1874 Chaim Weizmann, Israeli statesman, 1st President
1874 Joseph Klausner, Polish/Israeli new testament expert
1817 Tsar Alexander I recommends formation of Society of Israeli Christians
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