Izhak Ben-Zvi elected second Israeli president, 1952
Death of R. Eliezer b. Elijah Ashkenazi of Cairo, 1585, Cracow, Yosef Lekah
Death of R. Shalom Margintu, 1809, Darkhei Shalom
Death of R. Zevi Judah Maisels of Lask Poland, 1932, Hedvat Ya'akov
Death of Mordecai b. Hillel ha-Kohen, writer, 1936
Death of David Yellen, Hebraist, 1941
Death of R. Solomon Mirels, Altona, 1706
Birth of Dom Pedro, Emperor of Brazil, lover of Jewish literature, 1825
Death of H. Gerson, physician and medical writer, Hamburg, 1844
Death of Abraham Placzeck, chief rabbi of Moravia, Boskowitz, 1884
Death of Giuseppe Finzi, Italian patriot and senator, 1886
Death of Peter Sbarbaro, advocate of the Jews, Rome, 1893