1894 – The Wilson-Gorman Tariff Act was passed by the U.S. Congress. The provision within for a graduated income tax was later struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court.
1939 – Nazi Germany demanded the Polish corridor and Danzig.
1962 – Mariner 2 was launched by the United States. In December of the same year the spacecraft flew past Venus. It was the first space probe to reach the vicinity of another planet.
1984 – U.S. President Ronald Reagan announced that the first citizen to go into space would be a teacher. The teacher that was eventually chosen was Christa McAuliffe. She died in the Challenger disaster on January 28, 1986.
1985 – The Space Shuttle Discovery left for a seven-day mission in which three satellites were launched and another was repaired and redeployed.
1990 – The U.S. State Department ordered the expulsion of 36 Iraqi diplomats.
1991 – The Soviet republic of Moldavia declared its independence.
1996 – California Governor Pete Wilson signed an order that would halt state benefits to illegal immigrants.
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