1903 Innovation of the aeroplane

1804 Haiti declared its independence from France

2003 The Spirit Rover was launched by NASA to start the Mars Exploration Rover mission

1767 King Taksin was crowned King of Thailand (Siam)

1940 Winston Churchill became British Prime Minister, replacing Neville Chamberlain

1964 Kenya became a republic

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

1932 Radio City Music Hall opened in New York City

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

1994 Nelson Mandela sworn in as the first black president of South Africa

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

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

1807 Innovation of the steamboat

1949 Queen Juliana of the Netherlands signed the papers to grant independence to Indonesia

1926 John Logie Baird gave the first public demonstration of a live television system