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14th February 1949: The first Knesset, the parliament of the State of Israel, convenes for the first time in Jerusalem

14th February 2026
Tagged as: Government, Israel, Knesset, Mandatory Palestine, Politics

The Knesset, the parliament of the State of Israel, assumed responsibility for legislation, oversight of the government, and representation of the electorate.

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14th February 1949: The first Knesset, the parliament of the State of Israel, convenes for the first time in Jerusalem

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21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow

HistoryPod Extra: The Myth of Gavrilo Princip’s Sandwich

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

2nd August 1934: Hitler becomes Führer after President Hindenburg dies

11th October 1521: King Henry VIII of England given the title Defender of the Faith by Pope Leo X

10th October 1780: The Great Hurricane of 1780 kills an estimated 22,000 people, making it the deadliest Atlantic hurricane on record

9th October 1665: King Charles II moves Parliament to the University of Oxford to escape the Great Plague

8th October 1480: The Great Stand on the Ugra River by Ivan III

28th June 1914 & 1919: Trigger and end of the First World War

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland

9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall

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