First major pogrom in Russia (Odessa), 1871
Death of R. Samuel Judah Katzenellenbogen, talmudist, 1597
Death of R. Isaac Drohobyczer, hasid, 1794
Death of Moses ha-Kohen Reicherson, Hebrew grammarian, 1903, New York
Death of R. Meir Dan Plotzki, 1928, Kelei Hemdah
Birth of Harry Houdini, magician, 1874
Birth of Joseph Kohen Moline, poet, Brussels, 1834
Death of Leopold Feldmann, German poet, 1882
Death of Leo Lewanda, one of the first Russian Jewish authors, 1888
Death of Adolph Fischhof, Austrian politician, 1893
Death of R. L. M. Simmons, Manchester, 1900
Death of R. Ludwig Lewysohu, Stockholm, 1901