A Sampler of Events That Made History Between 1900 AD and 1999 AD
1906 - Dutch law makes driver's license mandatory 1978 - Air India B747 explodes near Bombay killing 213 1966 - 12 day transit worker strike shuts down New York City subway 1941 - Netherlands begins taxing wages 1991 - 5% sales tax on consumer goods and services goes into effect in U.S.S.R. 1904 - Netherlands Indies colony begins opium production 1963 - G Woods succeeds Eugene Black as president of the World Bank 1905 - 9 hour work day for diamond miners 1947 - Benelux agress to work related issues 1907 - President Theodore Roosevelt shakes a record 8,513 hands in 1 day
