James Baldwin 1924
- 1861 - The United States Congress passed the first income tax. The revenues were intended for the war effort against the South. The tax was never enacted.
- 1887 - Rowell Hodge patented barbed wire.
- 1892 - Charles A. Wheeler patented the first escalator.
- 1939 - Albert Einstein signed a letter to President Roosevelt urging the U.S. to have an atomic weapons research program.
- 1939 - U.S. President Roosevelt signed the Hatch Act. The act prohibited civil service employees from taking an active part in political campaigns.
- 1983 - U.S. House of Representatives approved a law that designated the third Monday of January would be a federal holiday in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The law was signed by President Reagan on November 2.
- 1990 - Iraq invaded the oil-rich country of Kuwait. Iraq claimed that Kuwait had driven down oil prices by exceeding production quotas set by OPEC.
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