1835-Dec-29 The Treaty of New Echota was signed between the United States Government and representatives of a minority Cherokee Political Faction
1863-Jan-01 President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation
1997-Jul-01 The United Kingdom returned Hong Kong to the People's Republic of China
1994-May-10 Nelson Mandela sworn in as the first black president of South Africa
1814-Jul-25 Innovation of the steam locomotive (engine)
1807-Aug-17 Innovation of the steamboat
1964-Jun-12 Nelson Mandela was sentenced to life in prison
1973-Oct-20 Queen Elizabeth II opened the Sydney Opera House
1895-Nov-08 German physicist Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen discovered X-Rays
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
1949-Dec-27 Queen Juliana of the Netherlands signed the papers to grant independence to Indonesia
1932-Dec-27 Radio City Music Hall opened in New York City
2002-Jan-02 The Legislative Assembly appointed Eduardo Duhalde as interim President of Argentina
2018-Jun-12 The 2018 North Korea–United States Summit was held in Singapore
1993-Jan-01 Czechoslovakia was divided into two independent states
