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Events on Saturday 13 May 1916 1
1859 – 1916Sholem Aleichem (1859-1916)Died 13 May 1916, aged 57Sholem Aleichem was a Yiddish author whose stories of Tevye the Dairyman later formed the basis of "Fiddler on the Roof." He died in the Bronx, New York, and his funeral drew one of the largest public gatherings the city had seen.