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.
- 1894 - The New England Telephone and Telegraph Company put the first battery-operated switchboard into operation in Lexington, MA.
- 1902 - New York State introduced a bill to outlaw flirting in public.
- 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.
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