Monday, January 09, 2023

History for January 9

History for January 9 - On-This-Day.com 
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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