1498-Jews are expelled from Nurenberg Bavaria by Emperor Maximillian
1879-F. W. Woolworth opens first store (failed almost immediately)
1919-Germans scuttle their own fleet
1939-Doctors reveal Lou Gehrig has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
1945-Japanese forces on Okinawa surrender to U.S. during WW II
1948-First stored computer program run, on Manchester Mark I
1975-Soyuz 19 returns to Earth
1977-Former White House chief of staff HR Haldeman enters prison
1977-Menachem Begin (Likud), becomes Israel's sixth PM
1982-Washington D..C jury finds John Hinckley Jr. innocent by insanity
1986-President Reagan gives speech defending his judicial appointments
1987-Discovery rolls over from OPF to Vandenberg AFB
1990-25,000 die in Iranian Earthquake
1990-NYC's Zodiac killer shoots 4th victim, Larry Parham