2012 Event A biblical picture of Samson and a Hebrew inscription is discovered in an ancient synagogue in the Galilee region of northern Israel 1993 Death Leon Liebgold, Pol/US actor/chairman (Hebrew Actors Union), dies at 83 1988 Event Soviet Union agrees to allow teaching of Hebrew 1970 Death Agnon, SJ Czaczkes, Hebrew writer (Nobel 1966), dies at 81 1962 Death Ephraim Lisitsky, Hebrew poet, dies 1960 Death Jacob Cohen, Hebrew poet and writer, dies 1932 Event 1st commencement exercises at Hebrew U in Jerusalem 1930 Event New York City public schools begin teaching Hebrew 1925 Event Cornerstone for Hebrew University, Jerusalem laid 1925 Event Hebrew University, Jerusalem dedicated 1913 Event Hebrew language officially used to teach in Palestinian schools 1910 Birthday Josef Tal, born in Pinne, Poland, born Joseph Gruenthal, composer, pianist, played hard with Palestine Orchestra, developed notational system for computer-generated compositions at Hebrew University 1902 Event Young Women's Hebrew Association organizes in New York City 1900 Death Isaac Mayer Wise, rabbi/found Amer Hebrew Congregations, dies at 80 1881 Event Revival of Hebrew language as Eliezer Ben-Yehuda and friends agree to use Hebrew exclusively in their conversations 1874 Death Israel Bak, created 1st Hebrew printing press, dies 1874 Event Young Men's Hebrew Association organizes in New York City 1873 Birthday Hayyim Nahman Bialik, Radi Ukraine, Hebrew poet/translator 1856 Birthday Achad Ha'am, Asjer Ginsberg, Hebrew philosopher and writer 1855 Birthday Eliezer Ben-Jehuda, Perelmann, Latvia, writer, 1st hebrew newspaper 1852 Death Micha Joseph Levenson, Hebrew poet, dies 1819 Birthday Isaac Mayer Wise, rabbi and founder American Hebrew Congregations 1798 Event Russia appoints 1st Jewish censor to censor Hebrew books 1731 Event All Hebrew books in Papal State are confiscated 1729 Death Meir Bacharach, Hebrew poet, dies 1601 Event Church authorities burn hebrew books in Rome 1550 Birthday John Drusius, Flemish hebrew translator 1514 Event Complutensian New Testament in Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek and Latin finished 1263 Event King James I of Argon censors Hebrew writing 1199 Event Rambam (Maimonides) authorizes Samuel Ibn Tibbon to translate Guide of Perplexed from Arabic into Hebrew
