1958 Birthday Nadieh, Dutch singer/guitarist/composer, Haifa Blue 1954 Event Darius Milhauds 4th Concert for piano/orchestra premieres in Haifa 1953 Birthday Steve Bond, born in Haifa, Israel, actor, General Hospital, To Die For 1949 Birthday Gene Simmons, Chaim Witz, Haifa Israel, rock guitarist, KISS-Beth 1948 Event Haganah takes control of Safed and port of Haifa 1940 Event Illeagal Jewish immigrants to Haifa are deported to Mauritius 1940 Event Patria, carrying illegal immigrants, sinks in port of Haifa, 200 die 1935 Birthday Noam Sheriff, born in Tel Aviv, Israel, musician, composer, conductor, most renowned Israeli musician, director of Haifa Symphony Orchestra 1933 Event Haifa Harbor in Palestine opens 1928 Birthday Sergiu Comissiona, born in Buch, Romania, conductor, Haifa Symph 1959-64 1925 Event Haifa Technion (Israel), opens 1912 Event Cornerstone of Technion in Haifa Palestine laid
