Israeli general, lawyer, and politician, 6th President of Israel (born 1918)

Chaim Herzog

Chaim Herzog was an Irish-Israeli politician, military officer, lawyer and author who served as President of Israel from 1983 to 1993. Born in Belfast and raised primarily in Dublin, the son of Ireland's Chief Rabbi Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog, he immigrated to Mandatory Palestine in 1935. He served in the Haganah Jewish paramilitary group during the 1936–1939 Arab revolt and in the British Army during World War II. Following the end of the British Mandate and Israel's Declaration of Independence in 1948, he served in the Israel Defense Forces and fought in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.

Born

1918

September 17

Died

1997

Era

1910s

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1997 Died

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What else happened on this day, through history

1111 Highest Galician nobility led by Pedro Fróilaz de Traba and the bishop Diego Gelmírez crown Alfonso VII as "King of Galicia".
1176 The Battle of Myriokephalon is the last attempt by the Byzantine Empire to recover central Anatolia from the Seljuk Turks.
1382 Louis the Great's daughter, Mary, is crowned "king" of Hungary.
1462 Thirteen Years' War: A Polish army under Piotr Dunin decisively defeats the Teutonic Order at the Battle of Świecino.

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The world in 1918

When Chaim arrived

april 1 The Royal Air Force is created by the merger of the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service.
april 20 World War I: Manfred von Richthofen, a.k.a. The Red Baron, shoots down his 79th and 80th victims, his final victories before his death the following day.
april 21 World War I: German fighter ace Manfred von Richthofen, better known as "The Red Baron", is shot down and killed over Vaux-sur-Somme in France.
april 23 World War I: The British Royal Navy makes a raid in an attempt to neutralise the Belgian port of Bruges-Zeebrugge.

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Bernhard Riemann 1826–1866 German mathematician and academic (born 1826) Charles Griffes 1884–1920 American pianist and composer (born 1884) Elizabeth Enright 1909–1968 American author and illustrator (born 1909) J. R. Jayewardene 1906–1996 Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 2nd President of Sri Lanka (born 1906) Jim Cornette 1961– American wrestling manager and sportscaster M. F. Husain 1915–2011 Indian painter and director (born 1915) Maria Luisa of Savoy 1688–1714 queen of Spain (born 1688) Marquis de Condorcet 1743– French mathematician and political scientist (died 1794) Paul V 1550– pope of the Catholic Church (died 1621)

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Abdul Haris Nasution 1918–2000 Indonesian general and politician, 12th Indonesian Minister of Defence (died 2000) Arthur Jackson 1918– American lieutenant and target shooter (died 2015) Arthur Kornberg 1918–2007 American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2007) B. K. S. Iyengar 1918–2014 Indian yoga instructor and author, founded Iyengar Yoga (born 1918) Brenda Milner 1918– English-Canadian neuropsychologist and academic Dave Bartholomew 1918– American bandleader, composer and arranger (died 2019) George Allen 1918–1990 American football player and coach (died 1990) Guy Gibson 1918–1944 Anglo-Indian commander and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient (died 1944) Henry Wittenberg 1918–2010 American wrestler (born 1918)

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