1964-Jun-12 Nelson Mandela was sentenced to life in prison
1996-Mar-17 Sri Lanka won the Cricket World Cup
1924-Jan-25 The first Winter Olympic Games opened in Chamonix, France
1835-Dec-29 The Treaty of New Echota was signed between the United States Government and representatives of a minority Cherokee Political Faction
1903-Nov-06 The USA recognized the independence of Panama
1804-Jan-01 Haiti declared its independence from France
1959-Jan-01 Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista ousted by Castro-led revolution
1964-Dec-12 Kenya became a republic
1814-Jul-25 Innovation of the steam locomotive (engine)
1903-Dec-17 Innovation of the aeroplane
1924-Dec-30 Astronomer Edwin Hubble formally announced that the Milky Way is just one of many galaxies in the universe
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
1949-Dec-27 Queen Juliana of the Netherlands signed the papers to grant independence to Indonesia
1993-Jan-01 Czechoslovakia was divided into two independent states
