Zionist Calendar
Listed on this page are many major events in our Zionist history. We hope you will find it useful for educational programming opportunities and to plan specific events in your community calendars
| 01/06/1990 | Historic First Direct El Al Flight From Moscow to Tel Aviv |
| 01/07/1936 | Debut of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra |
| 01/09/1927 | Anniversary of the Death of Ahad Ha’am (z"l) |
| 01/11/1917 | General Allenby Enters Palestine -- Beginning of British Mandate Rule |
| 01/19/1949 | Closure of the Last Jewish Refugee Camp on Cypress |
| 01/25/1949 | First Knesset Elections |
| 01/30/1882 | BILU is Founded |
| 02/10/1922 | Yarzheit of Aaron David Gordon (z"l) |
| 02/11/1986 | Release of Natan Sharansky |
| 02/14/1896 | Publication of Der Judenstaat (The Jewish State) |
| 02/15/1948 | First Publication of Ma'ariv |
| 02/17/1949 | Chaim Weizman is Sworn in as the First pPesident of the State of Israel. |
| 02/27/1920 | Yarzheit of Joseph Trumpeldor (z"l) |
| 03/01/1906 | The Bezalel Art School is Opened in Jerusalem |
| 03/06/1890 | Rehovot Founded |
| 03/10/1949 | War of Independence Ends |
| 03/14/1920 | Establishment of the Haganah |
| 03/23/1915 | Establishment of NILI |
| 03/26/1979 | Peace Agreement Between Egypt and Israel |
| 03/28/1932 | First Maccabiah Games |
| 04/01/1925 | Inauguration of Hebrew University on Mount Scopus |
| 04/01/1890 | "Zionism" Term is Coined |
| 04/11/1909 | The City of Tel Aviv Founded |
| 04/11/1961 | Trial of Nazi Leader Adolph Eichmann |
| 04/19/1943 | Warsaw Ghetto Uprising |
| 04/25/1976 | Re-opening of Hadassah Hospital |
| 04/25/1982 | Sinai Peninsula Returned to Egypt |
| 05/14/1948 | 4th of Iyar - Israel's Memorial Day |
| 05/15/1948 | 5th of Iyar - Israel's Independence Day |
| 05/14/1949 | Israel is Officially Accepted into the United Nations |
| 05/17/1939 | The British White Paper |
| 05/18/1951 | Operation Ezra and Nehemiah |
| 05/18/1965 | Execution of Eli Cohen (z"l) |
| 05/24/1991 | Operation Solomon |
| 05/30/1948 | Israel Defense Force (IDF) is Established |
| 06/05/1967 | Six Day War Begins |
| 06/06/1967 | Yom Yerushalayim |
| 06/07/1945 | Opening of Zim Lines |
| 06/08/1981 | Israel Air Force Destroys the Nuclear Reactor in Iraq |
| 06/17/1946 | Night of Bridges |
| 06/22/1948 | The Altelena Sinking |
| 06/25/1882 | Rishon L'Zion is Founded |
| 07/03/1904 | Yarzheit of Theodor Herzl (z"l) |
| 07/04/1976 | Entebbe Hijacking |
| 07/22/1920 | Keren HaYesod Founded |
| 07/24/1922 | British Mandate Established |
| 07/28/1934 | Yarzheit of Hayim Nachman Bialik (z"l) |
| 07/05/1950 | Law of Return Passed |
| 08/05/1927 | Kibbutz Me'uhad Founded |
| 08/06/1911 | Degania Founded |
| 08/07/1955 | Bar-Ilan University Opens |
| 08/07/1970 | The War of Attrition Ends |
| 08/17/1949 | Herzl's Remains Brought to Israel |
| 08/22/1976 | The Good Fence Opens |
| 08/29/1897 | First Zionist Congress |
| 09/01/1951 | Blockage of Suez Canal |
| 09/06/1972 | Munich Massace at Summer Games |
| 09/07/1906 | David Green Arrives |
| 09/10/1944 | Jewish Brigade Established |
| 09/13/1993 | Declaration of Principles Signed in Washington D.C. |
| 09/19/1988 | Ofek 1 Launched |
| 09/11/1946 | Negev Established with 11 Settlements |
| 10/10/1945 | Palmach Raid |
| 10/22/1903 | Gymnasia Herzlia Established |
| 10/22/1973 | Resolution 338 |
| 10/26/1994 | Peace Agreement Between Jordan and Israel |
| 10/22/1922 | First Census in Palestine |
| 10/30/1991 | First Peace Talks with Palestinians |
| 10/30/1902 | Publication of Altneuland (Old-New Land) |
| 11/02/1898 | Herzl's First Visit |
| 11/02/1898 | Herzl's First and Only Visit |
| 11/02/1917 | Balfour Declaration |
| 11/04/1995 | Assasination and Yarzheit of Yithak Rabin (z"l) |
| 11/08/1949 | Operation Magic Carpet |
| 11/08/1948 | First Census in Israel |
| 11/09/1952 | Yarzheit of Dr. Chaim Weizman (z"l) |
| 11/19/1977 | Anwar Sadat's Historic Visit to Israel |
| 11/11/1969 | Ben-Gurion University Opens |
| 12/01/1931 | The Jerusalem Post Founded |
| 12/06/1953 | David Ben Gurion's First Resignation |
| 12/09/1987 | First Palestinian Intifada |
| 12/10/1966 | Nobel Prize in Literature for Israeli/Jewish Writers |
| 12/15/1961 | Adolph Eichmann Sentence and Execution |
| 12/16/1970 | The Leningrad Trials |
| 12/16/1991 | Anti-Zionist Resolution of 1975 |
