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
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