Chabad.org Today in Jewish History: Passing of Rambam(Maimonides) (1204)

Rabbi Moses ben Maimon, Talmudist, Halachist, physician, philosopher and communal leader, known in the Jewish world by the acronym "Rambam" and to the world at large as "Maimonides," passed away in Egypt on the 20th of Tevet in 1204.