James Baldwin 1924
- 1791 - Samuel Briggs and his son Samuel Briggs, Jr. received a joint patent for their nail-making machine. They were the first father-son pair to receive a patent.
- 1861 - The United States Congress passed the first income tax. The revenues were intended for the war effort against the South. The tax was never enacted.
- 1887 - Rowell Hodge patented barbed wire.
- 1892 - Charles A. Wheeler patented the first escalator.
- 1983 - U.S. House of Representatives approved a law that designated the third Monday of January would be a federal holiday in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The law was signed by President Reagon on November 2.
- 1990 - Iraq invaded the oil-rich country of Kuwait. Iraq claimed that Kuwait had driven down oil prices by exceeding production quotas set by OPEC.
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