1956-Mar-03 Dutch swimmer Cockie Gastelaars broke two decades' world record for 100m freestyle
1964-Dec-12 Kenya became a republic
1807-Aug-17 Innovation of the steamboat
1994-Jan-01 The implementation of the North American Free Trade Agreement
1974-Jan-02 President Richard Nixon signed the national speed limit into law
1963-Jun-10 President John F. Kennedy signed the United States Equal Pay Act into law
1901-Dec-12 Guglielmo Marconi sent and received the first wireless message across the Atlantic Ocean
1835-Dec-29 The Treaty of New Echota was signed between the United States Government and representatives of a minority Cherokee Political Faction
1991-Jul-10 Boris Yeltsin was sworn in as the first elected President of Russia
1959-Jan-01 Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista ousted by Castro-led revolution
2003-Jun-10 The Spirit Rover was launched by NASA to start the Mars Exploration Rover mission
1932-Dec-27 Radio City Music Hall opened in New York City
1924-Jan-25 The first Winter Olympic Games opened in Chamonix, France
1903-Dec-17 Innovation of the aeroplane
1863-Jan-01 President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation