On July 12, 1543, England’s King Henry VIII married his sixth and last wife, Catherine Parr.

In 1909, the House joined the Senate in passing the 16th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, allowing for a federal income tax.

In 1962, The Rolling Stones played their first-ever gig at The Marquee in London.

In 1974, President Richard Nixon signed a measure creating the Congressional Budget Office.

In 1994, President Bill Clinton, visiting Germany, went to the eastern sector of Berlin, the first U.S. president to do so since Harry Truman.

In 2005, Prince Albert II of Monaco acceded to the throne of a 700-year-old dynasty.