1876-Mar-07 Innovation of the telephone
1903-Dec-17 Innovation of the aeroplane
1807-Aug-17 Innovation of the steamboat
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
2003-Jun-10 The Spirit Rover was launched by NASA to start the Mars Exploration Rover mission
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
1932-Dec-27 Radio City Music Hall opened in New York City
1945-Dec-27 International Monetary Fund was formally established by 29 member countries
1835-Dec-29 The Treaty of New Echota was signed between the United States Government and representatives of a minority Cherokee Political Faction
1924-Dec-30 Astronomer Edwin Hubble formally announced that the Milky Way is just one of many galaxies in the universe
1863-Jan-01 President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation
1945-Oct-24 The United Nations was officially established
1974-Jan-02 President Richard Nixon signed the national speed limit into law
1917-Apr-02 President Woodrow Wilson asked Congress to declare war against Germany
1921-Jul-01 The Communist Party of China (CPC) was formed, and Chen Duxiu was elected its leader
1836-Dec-28 Spain recognized the independence of Mexico by signing the Santa María–Calatrava Treaty
1999-Jan-01 The Euro became the official currency in 11 European countries
1991-Jul-10 Boris Yeltsin was sworn in as the first elected President of Russia
1973-Oct-20 Queen Elizabeth II opened the Sydney Opera House
1949-Dec-27 Queen Juliana of the Netherlands signed the papers to grant independence to Indonesia
2002-Jan-02 The Legislative Assembly appointed Eduardo Duhalde as interim President of Argentina
1959-Jan-01 Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista ousted by Castro-led revolution
1956-Mar-03 Dutch swimmer Cockie Gastelaars broke two decades' world record for 100m freestyle
1964-Dec-12 Kenya became a republic
1804-Jan-01 Haiti declared its independence from France
1994-Jan-01 The implementation of the North American Free Trade Agreement
1926-Jan-26 John Logie Baird gave the first public demonstration of a live television system
1993-Jan-01 Czechoslovakia was divided into two independent states
2018-Jun-18 WHO officially announced it will categorize gaming addiction as a mental health condition
