1901-Dec-12 Guglielmo Marconi sent and received the first wireless message across the Atlantic Ocean
1903-Nov-06 The USA recognized the independence of Panama
1924-Dec-30 Astronomer Edwin Hubble formally announced that the Milky Way is just one of many galaxies in the universe
1895-Nov-08 German physicist Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen discovered X-Rays
1926-Jan-26 John Logie Baird gave the first public demonstration of a live television system
1997-Jul-01 The United Kingdom returned Hong Kong to the People's Republic of China
1959-Jan-01 Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista ousted by Castro-led revolution
1996-Mar-17 Sri Lanka won the Cricket World Cup
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
1921-Jul-01 The Communist Party of China (CPC) was formed, and Chen Duxiu was elected its leader
1945-Oct-24 The United Nations was officially established
1901-Dec-12 Guglielmo Marconi sent and received the first wireless message across the Atlantic Ocean
1963-Jun-10 President John F. Kennedy signed the United States Equal Pay Act into law
1993-Jan-01 Czechoslovakia was divided into two independent states
1974-Jan-02 President Richard Nixon signed the national speed limit into law