TODAY IN HISTORY

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT July 12, 1909

The House of Representatives joined the Senate in passing the 16th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, allowing for a federal income tax, and submitted it to the states.

ALSO ON THIS DATE 1543

England’s King Henry VIII married his sixth and last wife, Catherine Parr.

1812

United States forces led by Gen. William Hull entered Canada during the War of 1812 against Britain.

1817

Author, poet and naturalist Henry David Thoreau was born in Concord, Massachusetts.

1862

During the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln signed a bill authorizing the Army Medal of Honor.

1957

President Dwight D. Eisenhower was flown by helicopter from the White House to a secret mountaintop location as part of a drill involving a mock nuclear attack on Washington.

1960

The Etch A Sketch Magic Screen drawing toy, invented by French electrician Andre Cassagnes, was first produced by the Ohio Art Co.

1962

The Rolling Stones played their first-ever gig at The Marquee in London.