1924-Dec-30 Astronomer Edwin Hubble formally announced that the Milky Way is just one of many galaxies in the universe
2002-Jan-02 The Legislative Assembly appointed Eduardo Duhalde as interim President of Argentina
1808-Jan-01 The slave trade became illegal when the United States enacted a law banning the importation of slaves
1926-Jan-26 John Logie Baird gave the first public demonstration of a live television system
1990-Jan-03 Panamanian dictator Noriega surrendered to the United States
1807-Aug-17 Innovation of the steamboat
1814-Jul-25 Innovation of the steam locomotive (engine)
1945-Oct-24 The United Nations was officially established
1924-Jan-25 The first Winter Olympic Games opened in Chamonix, France
1965-Aug-06 United States President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law
1963-Jun-10 President John F. Kennedy signed the United States Equal Pay Act into law
1959-Jan-01 Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista ousted by Castro-led revolution
1964-Jun-12 Nelson Mandela was sentenced to life in prison
1903-Nov-06 The USA recognized the independence of Panama
1863-Jan-01 President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation
1964-Jul-02 United States President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act into law