My diary is incorrect, yet again, by claiming that Amy Johnson died after baling out of her plane over the Thames, which happened on 5th January.
What did happen? Today in 1799 William Pitt the Younger introduced income tax, at two shillings (10p) in the pound, to raise funds for the Napoleonic Wars.
Wednesday, January 09, 2008
On this day
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