Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  When did the first income tax law become effective?

2)  The Treaty of Versailles was signed in what year?

3)  In 1924, Harold Gray introduced this long-running comic strip.

4)  This track star won four gold medals in the 1936 Olympics.

Answers:

1)  Abraham Lincoln signed into law a 3% tax on incomes exceeding $800, which became effective January 1, 1861. It was rescinded in 1872. 

2)  The Treaty of Versailles was signed in 1919. bringing World War I to an end.

3)  Little Orphan Annie

4)  Jesse Owens won the four gold medals, greatly upsetting Hitler, who was hoping to prove his theory of a "superior" Aryan race.