The King David Hotel, built in Jerusalem with locally quarried pink sandstone, was opened in 1931. It once hosted three monarchs who fled their countries: King Alfonso XIII of Spain (1931), Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia (1936) and King George II of Greece (1942). The King David Hotel is Israel's best known 5-star hotel. This page is about the Biblical king David. ... Jerusalem (31°46′ N 35°14′ E; Hebrew:   יְרוּשָׁלַיִם [?]; Yerushalayim; Arabic:   القُدس[?] al-Quds; see also names of Jerusalem) is an ancient Middle Eastern city of key importance to the religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. ... 1931 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Alfonso XIII of Spain (May 17, 1886 – February 28, 1941), King of Spain, posthumous son of Alfonso XII of Spain, was proclaimed King at his birth. ... 1931 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Haile Selassie Haile Selassie (Power of Trinity) (July 23, 1892 – August 27, 1975) was the last Emperor (1930–1936; 1941–1974) of Ethiopia, and is a religious symbol in the Rastafarian movement. ... 1936 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... George II (20 July 1890 - 1 April 1947), King of the Hellenes (Greece) ruled from 1922-1924 and 1935-1947. ... This article is about the year. ...

The King David Hotel is best remembered as a former administration headquarters of the British Mandate of Palestine, and particularly as the site of the King David Hotel bombing (July 22, 1946). After the bombing this hotel became a British fortress until May 4, 1948, when the Union Jack was lowered upon the Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel. It then became an Israeli fortress; however at the end of the War of Independence, the hotel found itself on the border that separated Israel and Jordan. The hotel was re-opened in 1967, after the Six-Day War, when Israel annexed East Jerusalem. Map of the territory under the British Mandate of Palestine. ... On July 22, 1946, members of Irgun, a militant Zionist group, exploded a bomb at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem during the British Mandate of Palestine. ... 22 July is the 203rd day (204th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 162 days remaining. ... 1946 was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... May 4 is the 124th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (125th in leap years). ... 1948 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Flag of the United Kingdom. ... David Ben Gurion (First Prime Minister of Israel) publicly pronouncing the Declaration of the State of Israel, May 14, 1948. ... The 1948 Arab-Israeli War, called the War of Independence (Hebrew: מלחמת העצמאות) by Israelis and al Nakba (Arabic: النكبة, the catastrophe) by Arabs, was the first in a series of wars in the Arab-Israeli conflict. ... 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Six-Day War (Hebrew: מלחמת ששת הימים transliteration: Milhemet Sheshet Hayamim), also known as the 1967 Arab-Israeli War, Six Days War, or June War, was fought between Israel and its Arab neighbors Egypt, Jordan, and Syria. ... East Jerusalem is that part of Jerusalem which was held by Jordan from the 1948 Arab-Israeli War until the Six-Day War in 1967. ...

External link

• The King David Hotel website