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

1940 Winston Churchill became British Prime Minister, replacing Neville Chamberlain

1932 Radio City Music Hall opened in New York City

1990 Panamanian dictator Noriega surrendered to the United States

1996 Sri Lanka won the Cricket World Cup

1807 Innovation of the steamboat

1901 Guglielmo Marconi sent and received the first wireless message across the Atlantic Ocean

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

1863 President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation

1964 Kenya became a republic

1959 Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista ousted by Castro-led revolution

1999 The Euro became the official currency in 11 European countries

1804 Haiti declared its independence from France

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

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

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