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January 9, 1799, William Pitt introduces income taxes.
January 8, 1790, George Washington delivered the first State of the Union address.
January 7th, 1953, President Truman announces the hydrogen bomb.
January 6, 1941, FDR delivers his four freedoms speech.
January 5, 1914, Henry Ford raised his workers’ wages from $2.50 to $5 daily.
January 4, 1959, Luna 1 became the first spacecraft to leave Earth’s gravity.
January 3, 1521, Martin Luther was excommunicated by the pope.
January 2, 1941, the Andrew Sisters recorded the Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy.
January 1st, 1892, Ellis Island opens.
November 12, 1954, Ellis Island closed its doors.
