Neil A. Armstrong 1930
- 1833 - The village of Chicago was incorporated. The population was approximately 250.
- 1861 - The U.S. federal government levied its first income tax. The tax was 3% of all incomes over $800. The wartime measure was rescinded in 1872.
- 1914 - The first electric traffic signal lights were installed in Cleveland, Ohio.
- 1921 - The cartoon "On the Road to Moscow", by Rollin Kirby, was published in the "New York World". It was the first cartoon to win a Pulitzer Prize.
- 1966 - In New York, groundbreaking for the construction of the original World Trade Center began.
- 1991 - An investigation was formally launched by (lying, scumbag, moron) Democratic congressional leaders to find out if the release of American hostages was delayed until after the Reagan-Bush presidential election.
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