One hundred years ago today, the German High Seas Fleet, which was interned at Scapa Flow, scuttled itself, sending 52 of the 74 ships to the bottom. Peace talks to formally end WWI (which technically was still in progress, since the armistice of November 11, 1918, was a cease-fire rather than a surrender) were dragging on, and the interned German sailors were worried that their ships were going to be seized outright, so it was ultimately decided to sink them in a final gesture of defiance to keep them out of enemy hands.
Income Tax Anniversary
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The Revenue Act of 1861, formally cited as Act of August 5, 1861, Chap. XLV, 12 Stat. 292, included the first U.S. Federal income tax statute
Okay, I quoted Wikipedia and that’s bad, I know. However, I heard it on the radio first, so I am going to assume it’s accurate. Today is the 152nd anniversary of the American Income Tax law.
I don’t want to get into politics and I WILL LOCK THE THREAD IF IT GOES THERE, I just thought it was interesting that today is the day.
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You are right Jen.
I have had less time to post anniversaries lately, but if I had today I would have posted about the battle of Mobile(1864). -
If someone had to telegraph the president about that battle, would that have been a mobile phone call? (I couldn’t help it! The pun escaped on it’s own, I didn’t do it, you didn’t see me do it, you cannot prove a thing!)
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You are Funny girl.
It was a great Northern victory, but it was not realised at the time.
Atlanta is all that mattered, so the action at Mobile was overlooked at the time
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