Labels:text | font | screenshot | letter | paper OCR: CHRONOLOGY OCTOBER 16, 1886 Bom David Gruen, in Plonsk (now in Poland), son of an unauthorized lawyer. 1906 Settles in Israel and completes law studies in Salonika and Constantinople. MAY 30, 1916 Begins service in Jewish Legion, which he helped found to fight Turks in Palestine. 1921 Becomes general secretary of General Organization of Jewish Labor (Histradut). 1930 Elected leader of Israel's new Labor party, Mapai. 1933 Appointed chairman of World Zionist Organization and Jewish Agency for Palestine. MAY 14, 1948 Proclaims independence for the state of Israel. JANUARY 25, 1949 Becomes Israel's first democratically elected prime minister. DECEMBER 1, 1973 Dies in Tel Aviv, Israel.
