26th day of the Omer
Death of Methuselah
Cordoba Spain massacre, 1014
Purim Angora
Maimonides, Mishnayot published, 1492
Law concerning Jewish affairs in Wurtemberg promulgated, 1828
Baruch Auerbach Orphan Asylum in Berlin opened, 1833
Birth of Golda Meir, Israeli Prime Minister, 1898
Death of R. Menachem Zion of Altona, 1679, Nehamat Zion
Death of R. Samuel Judah Leib b. David Kauder, Prague, 1838, Olat Shmuel
Death of Akiva Fleischman, 1929
Death of Yehoshua Hana Rawnitzki, 1944
Death of R. Isaac Mehling, Prague, 1583
Abraham ben Solomon killed at Lemberg, 1664
Death of Beer Lema, Talmudic writer, 1781
Birth of Alexander McCaul, missionary to the Jews, Dublin, 1799
Birth of Jacob Bachrach, Hebrew writer, Seiny, 1824