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

1767 King Taksin was crowned King of Thailand (Siam)

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

1932 Radio City Music Hall opened in New York City

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

1917 President Woodrow Wilson asked Congress to declare war against Germany

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

1959 Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista ousted by Castro-led revolution

1994 The implementation of the North American Free Trade Agreement

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

1993 Czechoslovakia was divided into two independent states

1996 Sri Lanka won the Cricket World Cup

1814 Innovation of the steam locomotive (engine)

1974 President Richard Nixon signed the national speed limit into law

1990 Panamanian dictator Noriega surrendered to the United States

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

1807 Innovation of the steamboat