State Union of Serbia and Montenegro dissolves

On June 3, 2006, the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro formerly dissolved with the latter’s declaration of independence. After the dissolution of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 2003, Serbia and Montenegro was born as a union of the only nations that had not departed the Yugoslav federation. In 2006, Montenegro became the last nation of the former Yugoslavia to break from Serbia.

Read Montenegro’s 2007 Constitution.

THIS DAY @ LAW

Suffragist Carrie Chapman Catt born

Carrie Chapman Catt, suffragist, womens' rights advocate and co-founder of the League of Women Voters, was born on January 9, 1859.

Visit the Carrie Chapman Catt Childhood Home.

Great Britain's first income tax introduced

On January 9, 1799, British Prime Minister William Pitt introduced Great Britain's first income tax. The tax was announced the previous December as a means of raising money for war against Napoleon. Pitt's successor, Henry Addington, repealed the tax when hostilities subsided in 1802. Addington then reinstated the tax during the following year when fighting was renewed. The Addington tax model later became the model for the modern British income tax. Learn about the history of income taxation in Great Britain from Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs.