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Today in 1907, U.S. Congress raised the salary of congressmen to $7500– it went into effect March 4thof that year. Both House and Senate members got the same amount. As for the Vice President and the cabinet members – they earned $12,000.(Side note: Before you start thinking that they weren t being paid very much, consider that the Veep s salary at that time was enough to buy at least half a dozen houses. At the time, the richest man in the world was John D. Rockefeller, whose oil fortune was incredible by any measure…he was worth about $300-million – which would be about $8-billion today.)
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Today in 1836,Samuel Colt patented the first revolving barrel multi-shot firearm. He lost his business and patents in 1842, but regained them in 1846 when the U.S. Government ordered 1,000 revolvers.
Today in 1863, President Lincoln signed the National Currency Act– which established a single, national currency.
Today in 1919, Oregon became the first state to tax gasoline by the gallon. The one-cent per gallon tax was to be used for road construction.
Today in 1940,the New York Rangers and the Montreal Canadiens played the first hockey game to ever be aired on television in the U.S. It debuted on W2WBS in New York with one camera. The Rangers defeated the Canadiens six to two.