21st day of the Omer
British Mandate over Palestine granted, San Remo Day, 1920
Invasion starts War of Independence, 1948
Cordova Spain massacre, 1013
Death of R. Levi b. Gershom (Ralbag, Gersonides), 1344
Death of R. Samuel b. David ha-Levi of Mezhirech, 1681, Nahalat Shivah
Death of R. Isaac Ha-Levi Horowitz (Hurwitz) of Brody, 1767
Death of R. Joshua Ha-Kohen Perahyah, 1810, Vayikra Yehoshua
Death of Nelly Sachs, 1970, Nobel poet
Death of R. Abraham Katsenelenbogen Ashkenazi, Lemberg, 1637
Birth of Joseph Franco, violinist, 1816
Death of Solomon Lowisohn, author of a Jewish history, Vienna, 1822
Birth of Ulysses S. Grant, President of the United States, known for an anti-Jewish document, 1822
Death of Isaac da Costa, Dutch poet, Amsterdam, 1860
Death of Isidore Calisch, American rabbi, 1886
Death of Abr. Warshawski, manufacturer and philanthropist, St. Petersburg, 1888
Gustav Freytag, author, 1895, Soil und Haben