Abraham Ibn Ezra begins writing Iggeret Shabbat, 1158
Kovno ghetto massacre, 1941
Congregation Beracha VeShalom of Surinam dedicated, 1685
Death of R. Meir b. Simeon ha-Kohen of Narbonne, 1263, Sefer ha-Me'orot
Death of R. Jonah b. Abraham Gerondi of Spain, 1263, Sha-arei Teshuvah
Death of R. Hayyim Rabinowitz, 1930, Yeshivah of Telz
Birth of Jonas Salk, microbiologist, 1914
Birth of Joseph Schwarz, author of the Geography of Palestine, Bavaria, 1814
Death of Samuel Phil Gans, jurist, Celle, 1843
Death of Simon Bacher, Neo-Hebraic poet, St. Miklosz, 1891
Death of David Levi, Italian poet, Turin, 1898