From the August 5, 2021 Chicago tribune "On August 5..."
Some very interesting things happening this date in history.
1305: Sir William Wallace who unsuccessfully led Scottish resistance to the English in 1298, was captured near Glasgow by the English; he was executed for treason on August 23, 1305. (From the movie "Braveheart.")
1833: Chicago was incorporated as a village with population of 200. (And, they weren't killing each other back then.)
1861: The U.S. government levied an income tax for the first time. Incomes of more than $800 were taxed at the rate of 3 percent. (Funds needed to fight the Civil War.)
1884: The cornerstone of the Statue of Liberty was laid on Bedloe's (now Liberty) Island near the entrance of New York Harbor.
1914: The first electric traffic lights were installed in Cleveland, Ohio.
--Cooter
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