41st day of the Omer
Six Day War begins, 1967
May Laws of Alexander III issued, 1882
Brussels massacre, 1370
Mayence massacre, 1096
Laws enacted in Holland compelling communities to organize public schools, 1817
Cherem prohibited in Austria, 1783
Russian edict adding one hundred and one towns to the Pale promulgated, 1903
Death of Sa'adia ben Joseph (Rav Saadia Gaon), 942
Death of Moses Hayyim Luzatto, poet, 1747, Mesillat Yesharim
Death of R. Josua Hayyim Kasovsky, Mishnah Concordance, 1960
Birth of J. G. Fichte, philosopher and anti-semite, 1762
Death of R. Saul Halevi, Hague, 1785
Death of R. Isaac Spitz, author, Jungbunzlau, 1842
Death of Leone Levi, juristic writer, London, 1880