Today is...
Tax Day

It’s Tax Day! Today is the day that tax returns are due to the United States federal government. Although this might not be the jolliest of occasions, checking this particular item off your to-do list is definitely worth celebrating. Send a free Tax Day eCard to congratulate your friends on surviving the paperwork!
Every year since 1955, people have paid their taxes on April 15, except when this date falls on a weekend or holiday. (In that case, Tax Day is the following business day.) Federal income tax was first established by the Revenue Act of 1861. Its purpose was to fund the Civil War. Over the years there have been several Supreme Court cases that have challenged the constitutionality of income taxes.
To celebrate Tax Day, send in your tax return and then have a little victory party. You won’t have to worry about taxes again for a whole year!

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History for April 15 1817 - The first American school for the deaf was opened in Hartford, CT. 1850 - The city of San Francisco was incorporated. 1892 - The General Electric Company was organized. 1947 - Jackie Robinson played his first major league baseball game for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Previously he had only appeared in exhibition games. 1952 - The first B-52 prototype was flight-tested. 1955 - Ray Kroc started the McDonald's restaurant chain. ______________________________________________________ "The essence of the whole situation is to have in one’s heart the romance of pilgrimage, to expect experience, both sweet and bitter, to desire the goal more than the prize; and to find the jewels of patience, hopefulness, and wisdom by the way, where one least expects to find them." --Arthur Christopher Benson