Richard Milhous Nixon (U.S.) 1913
- 1799 - British Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger introduced income tax, at two shillings (10p) in the pound, to raise funds for the Napoleonic Wars.
- 1902 - New York State introduced a bill to outlaw flirting in public.
- 1940 - Television was used for the first time to present a sales meeting to convention delegates in New York City.
- 1969 - The supersonic aeroplane Concorde made its first trial flight, at Bristol.
- 1984 - Clara Peller was first seen by TV viewers in the "Where's the Beef?" commercial campaign for Wendy's.
- 2002 - The U.S. Justice Department announced that it was pursuing a criminal investigation of Enron Corp. The company had filed for bankruptcy on December 2, 2001.
- 2007 - Steve Jobs, Apple Inc.'s CEO, announced the first generation iPhone.
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