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Israeli Soldiers and their Families.
Our 'Passover Partners' project connects you with the heroes of Israel who defend our freedom every day. Join us in sending Passover packages and holiday greetings to IDF soldiers and their families.
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===Events
- 590 – Emperor Maurice proclaims his son Theodosius as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
- 1169 – Saladin becomes the emir of Egypt.
- 1344 – The Siege of Algeciras, one of the first European military engagements where gunpowder was used, comes to an end.
- 1351 – Combat of the Thirty : Thirty Breton Knights call out and defeat thirty English Knights.
- 1484 – William Caxton prints his translation of Aesop's Fables.
- 1812 – A political cartoon in the Boston Gazette coins the term "gerrymander" to describe oddly shaped electoral districts designed to help incumbents win reelection.
- 1830 – The Book of Mormon is published in Palmyra, New York.
- 1942 – World War II: The first female prisoners arrive at Auschwitz concentration camp in German-occupied Poland.
- 1945 – World War II: The Battle of Iwo Jima ends as the island is officially secured by American forces.
- 1958 – The United States Army launches Explorer 3.
- 1978 – Four days before the scheduled opening of Japan's Narita International Airport, a group of protestors destroys much of the equipment in the control tower with Molotov cocktails.
- 1979 – Anwar al-Sadat, Menachem Begin and Jimmy Carter sign the Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty in Washington, D.C..
- 1991 – Five South Korean boys, nicknamed the Frog Boys, disappear while hunting for frogs and are murdered in a case that remains unsolved.
- 1997 – Thirty-nine bodies are found in the Heaven's Gate cult suicides.
- 1998 – Oued Bouaicha massacre in Algeria: Fifty-two people are killed with axes and knives, 32 of them babies under the age of two.
- 1999 – A jury in Michigan finds Dr. Jack Kevorkian guilty of second-degree murder for administering a lethal injection to a terminally ill man.
- 2005 – The Taiwanese government calls on one million Taiwanese to demonstrate in Taipei, in opposition to the Anti-Secession Law of the People's Republic of China. Around 200,000 to 300,000 attend the demonstration.
Births
- 1031 – Malcolm III of Scotland (d. 1093)
- 1634 – Domenico Freschi Italian composer and priest (d. 1710)
- 1773 – Nathaniel Bowditch, American mathematician and navigator (d. 1838)
- 1814 – Charles Mackay, Scottish poet, journalist, author and anthologist (d. 1889)
- 1859 – A. E. Housman, English poet and scholar (d. 1936)
- 1859 – Adolf Hurwitz, German mathematician (d. 1919)
- 1874 – Robert Frost, American poet and playwright (d. 1963)
- 1881 – Guccio Gucci, Italian fashion designer, founded Gucci (d. 1953)
- 1904 – Joseph Campbell, American author (d. 1987)
- 1911 – Tennessee Williams, American playwright, author, and poet (d. 1983)
- 1913 – Paul Erdős, Hungarian mathematician (d. 1996)
- 1914 – Toru Kumon, Japanese mathematician and educator (d. 1995)
- 1914 – William Westmoreland, American general (d. 2005)
- 1929 – Edwin Turney, American businessman, co-founded Advanced Micro Devices (d. 2008)
- 1931 – Leonard Nimoy, American actor, singer, and director
- 1944 – Diana Ross, American singer and actress (The Supremes)
- 1948 – Richard Tandy, English keyboard player (Electric Light Orchestra)
- 1973 – Matt Burke, Australian rugby player
- 1973 – Larry Page, American computer scientist, co-founded Google
- 1985 – Keira Knightley, English actress
- 2005 – Countess Luana of Orange-Nassau, Jonkvrouwe van Amsberg
Deaths
- 752 – Pope-elect Stephen
- 1130 – Sigurd the Crusader, Norwegian son of Magnus Barefoot (b. 1090)
- 1827 – Ludwig van Beethoven, German pianist and composer (b. 1770)
- 1902 – Cecil Rhodes, English-South African businessman and politician, 6th Prime Minister of the Cape Colony (b. 1853)
- 1923 – Sarah Bernhardt, French actress (b. 1844)
- 1945 – David Lloyd George, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1863)
- 1973 – Noël Coward, English actor, director, composer, and playwright (b. 1899)
- 1983 – Anthony Blunt, English historian and spy (b. 1907)
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