David Ben-Gurion.
• October 16, 1886, born David Grün in Płońsk
• 1906, moved to Jerusalem
• 1907, found a job picking oranges in Petah Tikva, and moved to a kibbutz in the Galilee
• May 14, 1948, declared the independence of the state of Israel
• August 16, 1948, David Ben-Gurion on the cover of TIME Magazine
• February 14, 1949, became Prime Minister of Israel
• December 1, 1973, died 47 years ago today
May his memory be a blessing.
