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6
January
2020
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American Jewish Committee Organizes the First JewishandProud Day

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2
July
2016
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Elie Wiesel Passes Away

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28
January
1986
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Judith Resnik is Killed in Shuttle Challenger Explosion

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26
March
1953
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Jonas Salk Announces Polio Vaccine on Radio

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11
December
1941
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Adolf Hitler Declares War on the United States

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4
March
1925
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Florence Prag Kahn Becomes First Jewish US Congresswoman

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23
February
1913
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Solomon Schechter Starts the United Synagogue of America

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25
March
1911
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Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire Kills 126

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5
August
1906
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First Cuban Synagogue is Founded

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17
July
1862
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United States Law Protecting Chaplains from Army Discrimination Takes Effect

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18
January
1854
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Judah Touro Passes Away

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22
March
1851
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Mordecai Manuel Noah Passes Away

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31
January
1848
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Nathan Straus is Born

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29
January
1808
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Ezekiel Hart is Sworn in to the Canadian Parliament

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27
July
1655
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Jews in New Amsterdam Request Permission to Build a Cemetery

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8
April
1730
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Shearith Israel (Mill St. Synagogue) is Consecrated

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28
May
1773
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Rabbi Chaim Yiztchak Carigal Gives First Sermon in America

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