1stא׳AvאבAM 0000ה׳תשפ״ו

According to Rashi, the mountain tops became visible above the Flood waters.

According to Seder Olam, the dove left נח NOAḤ and did not return.

Death of אהרן הכהן AHARON HAʾKOHEN.

Death of ר׳ דוד הנגיד R. DAVID HANAGID.

Revolt at Treblinka extermination camp.

The immigrant ship Exodus reached the shores of ארץ ישראל EREẒ YISRAʾEL.

Egyptian officers led by Gamal Abdel Nasser overthrew King Farouk.

Egypt

President Lyndon Johnson signed Medicare into law.

United States

Apollo 11 launched toward the moon.

Cape Kennedy

Death of ר׳ שלמה הלברשטאם R. ŜLOMO HALBERSTAM of Bobov.

Beginning of the Nine Days before תשעה באב TIŜʾA BEʾAV.

ראש חודש ROŜ ḤODEŜ of אב AV.