50 years Oct. 18, 1946
In Cyprus, 3,750 European Jews are imprisoned in “detention camps” by the British, charged with attempting to enter Palestine without proper entry documentation.
25 years ago Oct. 22, 1971
Responding to the demands of the Anti-Defamation League, Dr. Joseph Pauco, accused World War II Nazi collaborator, resigns as controller of the Republican National Committee’s Ethnic Council.
10 years ago Oct. 24, 1986
Stanford University, which acquired a 20,000 volume library of Jewish history, culture and religion, opens its new Jewish studies department.