Cole Porter (Cole Albert Porter) 1891 - Composer, songwriter
- 1534 - Jacques Cartier became the first to sail into the river he named Saint Lawrence.
- 1860 - The Ms. Ann Stevens book "Malaeska, the Indian Wife of the White Hunter" was offered for sale for a dime. It was the first published "dime novel."
- 1931 - Robert H. Goddard patented a rocket-fueled aircraft design.
- 1934 - Donald Duck made his debut in the Silly Symphonies cartoon "The Wise Little Hen."
- 1943 - The withholding tax on payrolls was authorized by the U.S. Congress.
- 2000 - The U.S. House of Representatives voted to repeal gift and estate taxes. The bill called for the taxes to be phased out over 10 years.
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