TODAY IN HISTORY

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT

March 14, 1923

President Warren G. Harding became the first chief executive to file an income tax return, paying a levy of $17,990 on his $75,000 salary. ALSO ON THIS DATE

1794

Eli Whitney received a patent for his cotton gin, an invention that revolutionized America’s cotton industry.

1885

The Gilbert and Sullivan comic opera “The Mikado” premiered at the Savoy Theatre in London.

1900

Congress ratified the Gold Standard Act.

1907

President Theodore Roosevelt signed an executive order designed to prevent Japanese laborers from immigrating to the United States as part of a “gentlemen’s agreement” with Japan.