Republican (proto-fascist/socialist) President Theodore Roosevelt signs the War Revenue Repeal Act, ending the excise tax on long distance telephone calls.

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War Revenue Repeal Act, 32 Public Statutes at Large 96 (1902). 

“History of Phone Tax as Old as Invention, “Orange County Register, 26 May 2000, News:7.

Current U.s. National Debt:

$36,167,124,467,492

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