2013 Event In a poll, only 30 percent of people in Brazil considered President Dilma Rousseff's administration 'great' or 'good' 2012 Event A poll by the British Film Institute's 'Sight and Sound' magazine lists Alfred Hitchcock's 1958 thriller 'Vertigo' as the greatest film of all time 2011 Event The Ames Straw Poll for 2012 Presidential election candidates is taken; Michele Bachmann is the winner 2011 Event In Iran, the Central Bank of Iran launches a website which it will use to poll Iranians on planned economic reforms and changing the national currency 1991 Event Colorado wins its 1st AP national title poll 1990 Death K L Poll, journalist/author, dies 1990 Event Riots began in London over the new poll tax laws 1987 Event 11th Soap Opera Digest Poll Awards - Days of Our Live wins 1986 Event 10th Soap Opera Digest Poll Awards - Young and Restless wins 1984 Death George H Gallup, pollster (Gallup Poll), dies at 82 1984 Event 8th Soap Opera Digest Poll Awards 1971 Death Elmo Roper, pollster (Roper Poll), dies at 70 1966 Event U.S. Supreme Court rules the poll tax unconstitutional 1964 Event Amendment 24 outlaws poll tax 1964 Event 24th Amendment ratified, barring poll tax in federal elections 1948 Event 5 day southern filibuster succeeds in maintaining poll tax 1942 Event "WW II" titled so, as result of Gallup Poll 1921 Birthday Lou Harris, pollster, Lou Harris Poll 1901 Birthday George Gallup, Jefferson Iowa, public opinion pollster, Gallup Poll 1900 Birthday Elmo Roper, pollster, Roper Poll 1851 Event Poll tax levied on Russo-Polish Jews entering Austrian Galicia ends 1824 Event Harrisburg Pennsylvanian newspaper publishes results of 1st public opinion poll. Clear lead for Andrew Jackson
