1932-Dec-27 Radio City Music Hall opened in New York City
1949-Dec-27 Queen Juliana of the Netherlands signed the papers to grant independence to Indonesia
1945-Dec-27 International Monetary Fund was formally established by 29 member countries
1973-Oct-20 Queen Elizabeth II opened the Sydney Opera House
1991-Jul-10 Boris Yeltsin was sworn in as the first elected President of Russia
1901-Dec-12 Guglielmo Marconi sent and received the first wireless message across the Atlantic Ocean
1964-Jun-12 Nelson Mandela was sentenced to life in prison
1767-Dec-28 King Taksin was crowned King of Thailand (Siam)
1945-Oct-24 The United Nations was officially established
1924-Jan-25 The first Winter Olympic Games opened in Chamonix, France
2003-Jun-10 The Spirit Rover was launched by NASA to start the Mars Exploration Rover mission
1994-May-10 Nelson Mandela sworn in as the first black president of South Africa
1924-Dec-30 Astronomer Edwin Hubble formally announced that the Milky Way is just one of many galaxies in the universe
1993-Jan-01 Czechoslovakia was divided into two independent states
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
1945-Dec-27 International Monetary Fund was formally established by 29 member countries
