Saturday, August 4, 2018

On This Day in History

Historical Events

1558 1st printing of Zohar (Jewish Kabbalah)

1821 Russian Antarctic expedition led by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausenreturns to Kronshtadt after becoming the 1st to circumnavigate Antarctica

1942 1st train with Jews departs Mechelen Belgium to Auschwitz

1944 Anne Frank arrested in Amsterdam by German Security Police (Grüne Polizei) following a tip-off from an informer who was never identified

1993 Rwandian Hutus and Tutsis sign peace treaty in Arusha, Tanzania

Barack Obama
57th Birthday