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1945: The first Bastille Day for five years is celebrated enthusiastically by the French.
1945: The U.S. Third Fleet shells Kamaishi, 275 miles north of Tokyo.
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Less then two months after the French, under Napoleon, captured the city, the ghetto gates were torn down. A tree of liberty was erected while the local populace danced and celebrated. Then, with the active participation of the newly formed civic guard and some of the local priests, the gates were chopped up and burned. The ghetto was in existence for 281 years and 3... |
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Július 3.
1187 July 3, GUY DE LUSIGNAN (King of Jerusalem) (Eretz Israel)
Against the advice of Raymond III of Tripoli and others, he force-marched his troops through the dry, hot Galilee. He was defeated by the Moslems near the Sea of Galilee (the Kinneret) at a site known as the Horns of Hittim.
1475 July 3, MESHULLAM CUSI (Italy)
Established t... |
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... rioting was during the years 1734, 1750 and 1768. It is estimated that during these years 20,000 Jews were killed. The Haidamaks became part of the Ukrainian national movement and are celebrated in folklore and literature.
1812 June 18, WAR OF 1812
Was declared by Congress. During the war, John Ordroneaux, a naval commander, sank five British ships in one battle ... |
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... coast.
1942: The British Army, in retreat from Burma, reach India.
1943: The U.S. 8th Air Force attacks Kiel with 125 aircraft, destroying 3 U-boats.
1943: SS day is celebrated in Oslo.
TideWater Associated Ad - May 1944
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... Alton — who had also discovered Gene Kelly — and soon she joined the Freed Unit at MGM, where she became the resident MGM ballet dancer.
Charisse was principally celebrated for her on-screen pairings with Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly. She first appeared with Astaire in a brief routine in "Ziegfeld Follies" (produced in 1944 and released in 1946). Her next ap... |
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... that de Havilland went on to win two Academy Awards of her own, they remained permanently estranged.
In a rare act of reconciliation, Olivia and her sister Joan Fontaine celebrated Christmas 1962 together along with their then-husbands and children.
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Március 13.
205 HIPPOLYTUS OF ROME
Wrote Contra Judaeous, which blamed the harsh conditions of the Jews on their rejection of Jesus.
702 DAHRA (Dahiya) AL KAHINA (Southeast Algeria)
Jewish "priestess". She led an alliance of Berber tribes which was defeated by Moslem forces. She was said to have lived 127 years and ruled with her 3 sons over the t... |
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... of host desecration were acquitted by a Venetian court. Although further charges were brought claiming that the Jews had bribed the judges, this view was not accepted and the day was celebrated as a semi-holiday for many years by the Jewish community in Crete.
1791 MENAHEM MENDEL LEFIN (LEVIN) (1749-1826) (Poland)
An early leader of the Haskalah Movement. He publ... |
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... 1943
1943: The 25th Anniversary of the creation of the Red Army is celebrated in all allied countries.
1944: U.S. Marines complete the capture of Eniwetok Atoll, suffering 339 dead.
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