In 1698, Russia's Peter the Great imposed a tax on beards.
In 1774, the first Continental Congress assembled in Philadelphia.
In 1836, Sam Houston was elected president of the Republic of Texas.
In 1882, the nation's first Labor Day parade was held in New York.
In 1905, the Treaty of Portsmouth ending the Russo-Japanese War was signed in New Hampshire. President Theodore Roosevelt mediated the settlement.
In 1914, the First Battle of the Marne began during World War I.
In 1939, the United States proclaimed ins neutrality in World War II.
In 1945, Iva Toguri D'Aquino - a Japanese-American suspected of being radio broadcaster "Tokyo Rose" - was arrested in Yokohama. She served six years for treason, but was pardoned in 1977 by President Gerald R. Ford.
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