April 22

Alexander Kohut, compiler of the Arukh ha-Shalem Talmudic dictionary and a founder of the Jewish Theological Seminary, was born in Hungary.

The Yiddish daily Forverts, The Forward, published its first issue in New York, becoming a leading voice of Jewish immigrant life.

Ahmad Baba al-Timbukti, the jurist and prolific author of the late Songhai era whose library was renowned across the Sahara, died on this day in 1627.