Israeli leader Menachem Begin was born August 16th, 1913 in Brest-Litovsk, Poland. He fought for the establishment of a Jewish state in Palestine in the 1940s, serving as the leader of a militant Zionist group. In 1977, he became Prime Minister of Israel, and is best known for signing the 1979 Camp David Peace Accord between Israel and Egypt with President Jimmy Carter and President Anwar el Sadat of Egypt. #ThisDayInHistory