1767-Dec-28 King Taksin was crowned King of Thailand (Siam)
1993-Jan-01 Czechoslovakia was divided into two independent states
1903-Dec-17 Innovation of the aeroplane
1956-Mar-03 Dutch swimmer Cockie Gastelaars broke two decades' world record for 100m freestyle
1945-Dec-27 International Monetary Fund was formally established by 29 member countries
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
1999-Jan-01 The Euro became the official currency in 11 European countries
2002-Jan-02 The Legislative Assembly appointed Eduardo Duhalde as interim President of Argentina
1863-Jan-01 President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation
1895-Nov-08 German physicist Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen discovered X-Rays
1940-May-10 Winston Churchill became British Prime Minister, replacing Neville Chamberlain
1949-Dec-27 Queen Juliana of the Netherlands signed the papers to grant independence to Indonesia
1974-Jan-02 President Richard Nixon signed the national speed limit into law