FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 2020

1516-First ghetto. Jews are compelled to live in specific area of Venice

1790-U.S. patent system established

1868-British defeat King of Abyssinia at Magdala

1916-First professional golf tournament held

1923-Hitler demands "hatred & more hatred" in Berlin

1925-Scott Fitzgerald publishes "The Great Gatsby"

1938-Austria becomes a state of Germany

1945-U.S. troops land on Tsugen Shima, Okinawa

1957-Suez canal reopens for all traffic

1959-Japan's Crown Prince Akihito marries commoner Michiko Shoda

1961-Adolf Eichmann tried as a war criminal in Israel

1971-U.S. table tennis team arrives in People's Republic of China

1981-Imprisoned IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands elected to British Parliament