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Please file under April 15: Abraham Lincoln was shot on April 14 and died on the 15th, 1865. The Titanic struck an iceberg on April 14 and sank on the 15th, 1912. The modern income tax system was established by ratification of the 16th amendment on February 3, 1913. Why did we choose the 15th as Income Tax Day?
A bit of February 3rd history...
1743 - Philadelphia establishes a “pesthouse” to quarantine immigrants
1876 - Albert Spalding invests $800 to start sporting goods company, manufacturing 1st official baseball, tennis ball, basketball, golf ball, and football
1913 - 16th Amendment to US Constitution, federal income tax, ratified
1928 - Paleoanthropologist Davidson Black reports on the ancient human fossils found in China and declares them to be a new species he names ‘Sinathropus pekinensis - now known as Homo erectus
1941 - US Supreme Court upheld Federal Wage and Hour Law; sets minimum wage and maximum hours
1959 - “The Day the Music Died” plane crash kills musicians Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and The Big Bopper in Iowa (pictured)
1993 - Federal trial of 4 police officers charged with civil rights violations in videotaped beating of Rodney King begins in LA, California
Thoughts?
A bit of February 3rd history...
1743 - Philadelphia establishes a “pesthouse” to quarantine immigrants (pictured)
1876 - Albert Spalding invests $800 to start sporting goods company, manufacturing 1st official baseball, tennis ball, basketball, golf ball, and football
1913 - 16th Amendment to US Constitution, federal income tax, ratified
1928 - Paleoanthropologist Davidson Black reports on the ancient human fossils found in China and declares them to be a new species he names ‘Sinathropus pekinensis - now known as Homo erectus
1941 - US Supreme Court upheld Federal Wage and Hour Law; sets minimum wage and maximum hours
1959 - “The Day the Music Died” plane crash kills musicians Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and The Big Bopper in Iowa
1993 - Federal trial of 4 police officers charged with civil rights violations in videotaped beating of Rodney King begins in LA, California
A bit of July 12th history...
1630 - New Amsterdam’s governor buys Gull Island from the natives for cargo, renames it Oyster Island, later known as Ellis Island
1843 - Mormon leader Joseph Smith says God allows polygamy
1909 - 16th Amendment passed by congress - power to tax income
1933 - US Congress passes 1st minimum wage law - 33 cents per hour
1979 - “Disco Demolition Night” at Comiskey Park; fans go wild destroying disco records and cause White Sox to forfeit game
2013 - Malala Yousafzai addresses UN and calls for worldwide access to education
2017 - World’s largest iceberg breaks away from Larsen C Ice Shelf in Antarctica, about 6000 sq km in length
Here’s a politics themed ask for all you nerds out there
Stormy Daniels: which politician is the sexiest?
Hillary Clinton: do you let your email inbox pile up?
FBI: do you ignore your problems?
Roy Moore: do you like kids?
Bernie Sanders: name 5 things that you hate
Thomas Jefferson: what are you most passionate about?
Al Gore: what is your favorite conspiracy theory?
Elizabeth Warren: what’s the biggest lie you’ve ever told about yourself?
16th Amendment: how do you feel about income tax?
Donald Trump: talk about yourself for a couple paragraphs
Joe Biden: what is your favorite meme?
Theodore Roosevelt: what is your favorite outdoor activity?
Peter Strzok: who was the last person you texted?
George W. Bush: is there a word you pronounced wrongly for a long time?
NRA: have you ever shot a gun?
Patrick Henry: what’s something you would rather die than do?
Ronald Reagan: do you like Star Wars?
Nikki Haley: how many fucks do you give?
Martin Luther King: what was your last dream?
Benjamin Franklin: do you like to tinker?
Jimmy Carter: would your friends say you’re naïve?
Ted Kennedy: what kind of car do you drive?
Aaron Burr: how do you handle conflict?
filibuster: how talkative are you?
Nancy Pelosi: how dramatic are you?
Watergate: have you ever stolen anything?
Tucker Carlson: do you have resting bitch face?
Barrack Obama: where were you born?
Ted Cruz: what serial killer scares you the most?
George Washington: are you missing any teeth?
David Hogg: would you rather have the carefree life of a child but still be treated like one or the freedom of an adult but always be stressed?
Russia: how nosy are you?
Jimmy Kimmel: what was the reason you last cried?
Melania Trump: would you ever marry for power/money?
ANTIFA: have you ever punched someone?
Rand Paul: do people think you’re annoying?
Calvin Coolidge: are you the silent and mysterious type?
Ben Carson: do people have to ask you to speak louder?
Bill Clinton: have you ever been caught in a lie?
Thomas Paine: how much common sense do you have?
Nancy Reagan: how easy is it for you to say no?
On Feb 25, 1913, The 16th Amendment to the US Constitution was ratified.
While instituting the largest tariff increase in modern history, Trump claimed that the income tax was passed for “reasons unknown to mankin
