WEDNESDAY, June 21, 2023

1498-Jews are expelled from Nuremberg, Bavaria by Emperor Maximillian

1879-F. W. Woolworth opens 1st store (failed almost immediately)

1906-Max Wolf discovers asteroid #601 Nerthus

1913-Tiny Broadwick becomes first woman to parachute from an airplane

1939-Doctors reveal Lou Gehrig has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

1945-Japanese forces on Okinawa surrender to U.S. during WWII

1948-First stored computer program run on Manchester Mark I

1977-Menachem Begin (Likud) becomes Israel's 6th PM

1986-President Ronald Reagan gives speech defending his judicial appointments

1990-25,000 die in Iranian earthquake

1990-U.S. House of Reps vote 254-177 to stop U.S. flag burning, doesn't pass

1990-At Yankee Stadium rally, Nelson Mandela dons a NY Yankees baseball cap and proclaims, "I am a Yankee!"