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 * In 3515 (247 BCE), the Torah was translated into Greek. According to the Talmud, three days of metaphoric darkness descended upon the world. While the Sages wished to declare these three days as a fast, they decided it would be too difficult for people.
 * In 5722 (1961 CE), Adolf Eichmann was sentenced to death.