1993-Jan-01 Czechoslovakia was divided into two independent states
1807-Aug-17 Innovation of the steamboat
1956-Mar-03 Dutch swimmer Cockie Gastelaars broke two decades' world record for 100m freestyle
1964-Jun-12 Nelson Mandela was sentenced to life in prison
1926-Jan-26 John Logie Baird gave the first public demonstration of a live television system
1901-Dec-12 Guglielmo Marconi sent and received the first wireless message across the Atlantic Ocean
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
1991-Jul-10 Boris Yeltsin was sworn in as the first elected President of Russia
1808-Jan-01 The slave trade became illegal when the United States enacted a law banning the importation of slaves
1804-Jan-01 Haiti declared its independence from France
1863-Jan-01 President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation
1917-Apr-02 President Woodrow Wilson asked Congress to declare war against Germany
1963-Jun-10 President John F. Kennedy signed the United States Equal Pay Act into law
1974-Jan-02 President Richard Nixon signed the national speed limit into law