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1940 in Mandatory Palestine

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1940 in the British Mandate of Palestine

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1940 in the United Kingdom

Events in the year 1940 in the British Mandate of Palestine.

Incumbents

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Events

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5 November:The "Patria" sinking in Haifa harbor

Notable births

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Notable deaths

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Ze'ev Jabotinsky
  • 4 August – Ze'ev Jabotinsky (born 1880), Russian (Ukraine)-born Revisionist Zionist leader, author, orator, soldier, and founder of the Jewish Self-Defense Organization in Odessa
  • 29 December – Dov Hoz (born 1894), Russian (Belarus)-born Zionist leader, founding member of the Haganah, and aviation pioneer

References

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  1. ^ "Lebanon outclassed by Palestine selected". The Palestine Post. 30 April 1940. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  2. ^ Maya Zamir, The Day of The bombing Archived 12 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine , Tel Aviv Magazine, 7 September 2007 (Hebrew)