The Oneida Daily Dispatch (Oneida, NY)
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 1812against 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.