[1]Tomorrow:
November 2
1698: Darien fleet in Darien, First landing in Caledonia Bay.
1876: Rev. Samuel J. Barrows,
1889: South Dakota, as 40th U.S. state
1889: ND,
1889: SD,
1889: North Dakota, becomes 39th U.S. state
1917: Balfour Declaration, Lord Balfour informs Lord Rothschild that
[2]``Dear Lord Rothschild, I have much pleasure in conveying to you,
on behalf of His Majesty's Government, the following declaration of
sympathy with Jewish Zionist aspirations which has been submitted to,
and approved by, the Cabinet. " His Majesty's Government view with
favour the establishment in Palestine of a National home for the
Jewish people, and will use their best endeavours to facilitate the
achievement of this object, it being clearly understood that nothing
shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of
existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine, or the rights and
political status enjoyed by Jews in any other country." I should be
grateful if you would bring this declaration to the knowledge of the
Zionist Federation.
``Yours sincerely,
``Arthur James Balfour''
Often seen as the initiation of the process that led to the
establishment of the State of Israel. Issuing of the statement is
believed to have been motivated just as much by British interests, as
by the sympathy for the Zionist cause. At the eve of the World War I
Britain needed the support from the World Jewry, which had been
neutral, and which represented a large part of the population of
Germany and Austria-Hungary. The declaration was drafted with the help
of US President, Woodrow Wilson, who was a strong supporter of
Zionism. --[3]labehotierre@wanadoo.fr
1948: Truman beats Dewey, in US Presidential Election, confounding
pollsters and newspapers Dewey states "Out of the jaws of victory we
have snatched defeat" --[4]labehotierre@wanadoo.fr
References
1. http://www.quarterman.org/q/timeline.html
2. http://www.lib.byu.edu/~rdh/wwi/1917/balfour.html
3. mailto:labehotierre@wanadoo.fr
4. mailto:labehotierre@wanadoo.fr
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