1799-Income Tax introduced in U.K.
1848-First commercial bank in San Francisco established
1857-7.9 earthquake shakes Fort Tejon, CA
1912-U.S. marines invade Honduras
1936-Semi-automatic rifles adopted by U.S. army
1942-U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff created
1945-U.S. soldiers led by General Douglas MacArthur invade Philippines
1957-Dutch Newspaper Society expels communist daily paper "Truth"
1963-Mao Tse-tung writes his poem "Reply to Comrade Kuo Mo-jo"
1964-Anti-U.S. rioting breaks out in the Panamá Canal Zone
1970-Constitution of Singapore enacted
1973-Luna 21 launched, to Moon
1976 -Ringo releases "Oh My My" in UK
1980-63 beheaded in Mecca, Saudi Arabia
1984-John Lennon's "Nobody Told Me" is released
1987-Chinese/Vietnamese border fights, 1,500 killed
1990-64th U.S. manned space mission STS 32 (Columbia 10) launches into orbit
1991-Baseball officially bans Pete Rose from being elected to Hall of Fame
1994-14th United Negro College Fund raises $11,000,000
1998-Hockey News selects Wayne Gretzky best NHL player ever