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David Ben-Gurion

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David Ben-Gurion

1886–1973

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1886
Birth

first Prime Minister of Israel (d. 1973)

October 16 →
1948
Event

Arab-Israeli War: Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion orders the expulsion of Palestinians from the towns of Lod and Ramla.

July 12 →
1955
Event

David Ben-Gurion wird zwei Jahre nach seinem Rücktritt erneut zum israelischen Ministerpräsidenten gewählt.

July 10 →
1957
Event

Israel's prime minister David Ben-Gurion and five of his ministers are injured when a hand grenade is tossed into Israel's parliament, the Knesset.

October 29 →
1960
Event

Prime Minister of Israel David Ben-Gurion announces that Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann had been captured.

May 23 →
1973
Death

first Prime Minister of Israel (b. 1886)

December 1 →

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