Benjamin Netanyahu was born on 21 October 1949 in Tel Aviv. An Israeli politician and leader of the Likud party, Netanyahu served in an elite army unit and later as Israel's ambassador to the United Nations before entering politics. He first became prime minister in 1996, as the youngest person to hold the post at that time, and returned to office in 2009, serving until 2021, the longest continuous tenure in Israeli history. He returned again after the 2022 elections. His governments have been associated with market-oriented economic reforms, expansion of settlements and a hard line toward Iran and the Palestinians. He has faced corruption charges in Israeli courts, which he denies, and in 2024 the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant that Israel rejects.
Before and after
- 23 September 1949Birth of Bruce Springsteen
- 25 September 1949Birth of Pedro Almodóvar
- from 7 October 1949 to 3 October 1990East Germany
- 8 October 1949Birth of Sigourney Weaver
- 21 October 1949Birth of Benjamin Netanyahu
- 1 December 1949Birth of Pablo Escobar
- from 6 December 1949 to 1 January 1958La Violencia
- 8 December 1949Founding of United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
- 21 December 1949Birth of Thomas Sankara
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- 6 August 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
- from January 1978 to February 1979Iranian Revolution
- from 25 December 1979 to 15 February 1989Soviet-Afghan War
- from 22 September 1980 to 20 August 1988Iran–Iraq War
- from 20 March 2003 to 15 December 2011Iraq War
- 28 February 20262026 Iran War
The era
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