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Tuesday, May 17, 2005
May 16, 1943 German troops destroy the synagogue of Warsaw in Poland. Jewish resistance in the Warsaw ghetto ends after 30 days of fighting.
May 17, 1967 The Six Days War of Israel against the coalition of Egypt, Syria, and Jordan, triggered by the demand from Egyptian President Gamal Abdul Nasser for the UN troops to leave the Sinai Desert. Nasser then sends troops to the Sinai to close the Tiran Straits, which is Israel's
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