1974 President Richard Nixon signed the national speed limit into law

1965 United States President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law

1964 United States President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act into law

1963 President John F. Kennedy signed the United States Equal Pay Act into law

1808 The slave trade became illegal when the United States enacted a law banning the importation of slaves

1835 The Treaty of New Echota was signed between the United States Government and representatives of a minority Cherokee Political Faction

1945 International Monetary Fund was formally established by 29 member countries

2018 WHO officially announced it will categorize gaming addiction as a mental health condition

1807 Innovation of the steamboat

1932 Radio City Music Hall opened in New York City

1924 Astronomer Edwin Hubble formally announced that the Milky Way is just one of many galaxies in the universe

1964 Kenya became a republic

1876 Innovation of the telephone

2002 The Legislative Assembly appointed Eduardo Duhalde as interim President of Argentina

1994 The implementation of the North American Free Trade Agreement

1767 King Taksin was crowned King of Thailand (Siam)

1895 German physicist Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen discovered X-Rays

1997 The United Kingdom returned Hong Kong to the People's Republic of China

1836 Spain recognized the independence of Mexico by signing the Santa María–Calatrava Treaty

1990 Panamanian dictator Noriega surrendered to the United States