1903 Innovation of the aeroplane
1956 Dutch swimmer Cockie Gastelaars broke two decades' world record for 100m freestyle
1965 United States President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law
1767 King Taksin was crowned King of Thailand (Siam)
1895 German physicist Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen discovered X-Rays
1863 President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation
1945 International Monetary Fund was formally established by 29 member countries
1876 Innovation of the telephone
1993 Czechoslovakia was divided into two independent states
1814 Innovation of the steam locomotive (engine)
1994 The implementation of the North American Free Trade Agreement
1945 The United Nations was officially established
1901 Guglielmo Marconi sent and received the first wireless message across the Atlantic Ocean
1949 Queen Juliana of the Netherlands signed the papers to grant independence to Indonesia
1997 The United Kingdom returned Hong Kong to the People's Republic of China