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December 1

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YahrzeitHebrew-calendar remembrance

The Hebrew anniversary of a passing drifts against the civil calendar; these fall on December 1 this year.

  • R. Tzvi Pesach Frankd. 1960 CE

    Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem; author of Har Tzvi and Mikraei Kodesh

  1. 1846 CEBuddhist · born

    Ledi Sayadaw, the Burmese monk and Abhidhamma scholar who helped revive lay vipassana meditation across Burma, was born on this day in 1846.

  2. 1783 CEScience

    Jacques Charles and Nicolas-Louis Robert rose from the Jardin des Tuileries in Paris aboard the first crewed hydrogen balloon, flying roughly two hours and pioneering a new science of aeronautics.

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