1996-Mar-17 Sri Lanka won the Cricket World Cup
1997-Jul-01 The United Kingdom returned Hong Kong to the People's Republic of China
1767-Dec-28 King Taksin was crowned King of Thailand (Siam)
1863-Jan-01 President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation
1949-Dec-27 Queen Juliana of the Netherlands signed the papers to grant independence to Indonesia
1994-Jan-01 The implementation of the North American Free Trade Agreement
1903-Dec-17 Innovation of the aeroplane
1964-Jun-12 Nelson Mandela was sentenced to life in prison
1963-Jun-10 President John F. Kennedy signed the United States Equal Pay Act into law
1921-Jul-01 The Communist Party of China (CPC) was formed, and Chen Duxiu was elected its leader
1974-Jan-02 President Richard Nixon signed the national speed limit into law
1808-Jan-01 The slave trade became illegal when the United States enacted a law banning the importation of slaves
1965-Aug-06 United States President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law
1924-Jan-25 The first Winter Olympic Games opened in Chamonix, France