1861: Abraham Lincoln signed the first personal income tax into law, imposing a 3% tax on earnings of more than $800.
1905: Theodore Roosevelt hosted the Russo-Japanese peace talks at Roosevelt’s home in Oyster Bay.
1943: A shipwrecked Kennedy swam to Naru Island to look for fresh water and food.
1981: Ronald Reagan fired more than 11,000 striking air traffic controllers.
2000: Gerald Ford underwent surgery for a tongue mass that was an actinomyces abscess.