1974-Jan-02 President Richard Nixon signed the national speed limit into law
1991-Jul-10 Boris Yeltsin was sworn in as the first elected President of Russia
2002-Jan-02 The Legislative Assembly appointed Eduardo Duhalde as interim President of Argentina
1924-Jan-25 The first Winter Olympic Games opened in Chamonix, France
1924-Dec-30 Astronomer Edwin Hubble formally announced that the Milky Way is just one of many galaxies in the universe
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
1959-Jan-01 Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista ousted by Castro-led revolution
1945-Oct-24 The United Nations was officially established
1926-Jan-26 John Logie Baird gave the first public demonstration of a live television system
1917-Apr-02 President Woodrow Wilson asked Congress to declare war against Germany
2018-Jun-18 WHO officially announced it will categorize gaming addiction as a mental health condition
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
