Birth anniversary of 37th US president Richard Milhous Nixon (1913-1994).
More birth anniversaries: Bob Denver (1935-2005), Lee Van Cleef (1925-89)
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.
1929 - The Seeing Eye was incorporated in Nashville, TN. The company's purpose was to train dogs to guide the blind.
1951 - The United Nations headquarters officially opened 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.
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