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