13 March 1988 March 13, 2015 Author: Staff the longest undersea tunnel in the world opens between Aomori and Hakodate in Japan. Famous Words of Inspiration..."We should enact an 'e' tax. Government agents would roam the country looking for stores whose names contained any word that ended in an unnecessary 'e,' such as 'shoppe' or 'olde,' and the owners of these stores would be taxed at a flat rate of $50,000 per year per 'e.' We should also consider an additional $50,000 'ye' tax, so that the owner of a store called 'Ye Olde Shoppe' would have to fork over $150,000 a year. In extreme cases, such as 'Ye Olde Barne Shoppe,' the owner would simply be taken outside and shot." Dave Barry — Click here for more from Dave Barry Related posts: 16 March 1988 16 March 1988 20 August 1988 1 December 1988 20 August 1988 28 August 1988 21 December 1988 4 May 1988 8 August 1988 20 August 1988 Categories: History Tags: 13 March, 1988