20 November 1969 November 20, 2014 Author: Staff Activists from native American tribes seize control of Alcatraz Island. 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: 20 November 1969 14 November 1969 19 November 1969 15 November 1969 20 May 1969 8 October 1969 4 December 1969 17 March 1969 28 June 1969 21 December 1969 Categories: History Tags: 1969, 20 November