The Peasants’ Revolt was triggered when John Bampton arrived in Essex to investigate non-payment of the poll tax.
25th January 1947: Patent filed for the first interactive electronic game
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The British government had passed the Tea Act seven months earlier on 10 May, partly in an attempt to support the struggling East India Company.
On the 5th July 1948, healthcare provision in the UK was nationalized when the National Health Service was launched.
On the 7th June 1628, the Petition of Right was approved by King Charles I.
On the 4th May 1932, Al Capone began life as a convict in Atlanta Federal Penitentiary.
John Hancock, one of Boston’s wealthiest merchants and a leading figure in Boston politics, forcibly removed customs officials from his ship Lydia.
On the 9th January 1799, modern income tax was introduced for the first time. William Pitt the Younger, the British Prime Minister, announced the tax the previous December as a way to pay for the wars against France.
On the 5th September 1698, Tsar Peter I of Russia – otherwise known as Peter the Great – imposed a tax on beards.
12th July 1862: Creation of the Congressional Medal of Honor
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11th July 1922: The Hollywood Bowl opens in Los Angeles
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10th July 1913: Highest recorded temperature on Earth
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11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
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9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
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1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland
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