1808-Jan-01 The slave trade became illegal when the United States enacted a law banning the importation of slaves
1963-Jun-10 President John F. Kennedy signed the United States Equal Pay Act into law
1964-Jul-02 United States President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act into law
1965-Aug-06 United States President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law
1974-Jan-02 President Richard Nixon signed the national speed limit into law
1767-Dec-28 King Taksin was crowned King of Thailand (Siam)
1814-Jul-25 Innovation of the steam locomotive (engine)
2018-Jun-18 WHO officially announced it will categorize gaming addiction as a mental health condition
1926-Jan-26 John Logie Baird gave the first public demonstration of a live television system
1994-May-10 Nelson Mandela sworn in as the first black president of South Africa
1924-Dec-30 Astronomer Edwin Hubble formally announced that the Milky Way is just one of many galaxies in the universe
1964-Dec-12 Kenya became a republic
1895-Nov-08 German physicist Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen discovered X-Rays
1997-Jul-01 The United Kingdom returned Hong Kong to the People's Republic of China
1996-Mar-17 Sri Lanka won the Cricket World Cup
1949-Dec-27 Queen Juliana of the Netherlands signed the papers to grant independence to Indonesia
1901-Dec-12 Guglielmo Marconi sent and received the first wireless message across the Atlantic Ocean
1964-Jun-12 Nelson Mandela was sentenced to life in prison
2018-Jun-12 The 2018 North Korea–United States Summit was held in Singapore
1924-Jan-25 The first Winter Olympic Games opened in Chamonix, France
