6 January 1947 January 6, 2016 Author: Staff Pan American Airlines is first commercial airline that offers a round-the-world ticket. 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: 6 January 1960 9 January 1947 9 January 1947 25 November 1947 12 March 1947 18 November 1947 25 November 1947 17 August 1947 13 November 1947 25 February 1947 Categories: History Tags: 1947, 6 January