Mises Institute

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1902-The first "Tax Freedom Day" (the day each year after which Americans' earnings are their own).	1799- John Fries raises several hundred men in opposition to the direct federal property tax established in 1798 in anticipation of war with France	1905- Ayn Rand, pro-freedom novelist (" Atlas Shrugged"), born.	1781- First federal "impost" (tax) passed by Congress- tax supposedly essential for winning the war.	1861- At Montgomery, Alabama, the Confederate States of America is organized at the first session of the Provisional Confederate Congress.	1788-Robert Peel, British statesman, born.	1899- Spanish-American War ends.
			1861- Economist Edwin Cannan born.		1870- First motion picture shown to a theater audience, Philadelphia.	1953- US wartime controls on wages and consumer goods lifted.



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1891-Richard von Strigl, Austrian author of "Capital and Production," born.	1883-Joseph Schumpeter, economist and Mises contemporary, born.	1861-Jefferson Davis and Alexander Stephens are elected president and vice president of the Confederate States of America.	1933-Delivery of first singing telegram, New York.	1768-Samuel Adams circulates letter denying Parliament any power of taxation; this was the result of the Townshend Acts.	1851-Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk, Austrian finance minister and Mises mentor, born..	1920-League of Nations recognizes perpetual neutrality of Switzerland.
					1966-Wilhelm Röpke dies.



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1956-Khrushchev denounces Stalin at USSR Communist Party Conference.	1564-Galileo Gallilei born. 1791-Thomas Jefferson argues against charter for National Bank..	1878-Silver dollar is introduced as a US coin.	1801-Thomas Jefferson elected president.	1765-Citizens of North Carolina form an association to prevent operation of the Stamp Act.	1807-Aaron Burr arrested and later indicted for treason.	1906-Mises awarded Juris Doctorate degree from the University of Vienna.
	1842- Adhesive postage stamps introduced by private company in US		1922- Second annual "Tax Freedom Day"		1808- Lysander Spooner, American libertarian legal theorist, born.	1956- Mises's Doctorate commemorated by the University of Vienna
			Garet Garrett born 1878


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1765-North Carolina is made free from Stamp Act tyranny as citizens force court and customs officials to swear an oath not to execute the Stamp Act.	1630-Indians introduce Pilgrims to popcorn, at first Thanksgiving feast.	1841-Carl Menger, father of the Austrian school, born.	1803-Marbury vs. Madison: the first occasion that the high court held an act of Congress unconstitutional.	1791-First National Bank chartered by Act of Congress.	1848-"Communist Manifesto" published.	1867-Irving Fisher, economist, born.
	1784- First US ship to trade with China, "Empress of China," sails from New York.			1901-US Steel Corporation organizes under directorship of JP Morgan.	1921- Carl Menger dies.
		1913- 16th Amendment ratified, authorizing income tax.	Birth and Death of the Fed, Mises Conference


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1827-First commercial railroad in US, Baltimore & Ohio (B & O), chartered	1781- Enactment of the Articles of Confederation, a loose association of states with no central government.	1926- Economist Murray N. Rothbard, Mises's brilliant student, born.	1819- Gustave de Molinari born.	1789- Government under the US Constitution begins.	1770- Lord North moves to repeal all Townshend taxes except tea tax.	1836- Remember the Alamo.
	1781- Enactment of the Articles of Confederation, a loose association of states with no central government.		1863- Frank Fetter, American Austrian economist, born.		1933- FDR declares a four-day suspension of all bank transactions.