1996 Sri Lanka won the Cricket World Cup

1956 Dutch swimmer Cockie Gastelaars broke two decades' world record for 100m freestyle

1876 Innovation of the telephone

1808 The slave trade became illegal when the United States enacted a law banning the importation of slaves

1974 President Richard Nixon signed the national speed limit into law

1964 Kenya became a republic

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

2002 The Legislative Assembly appointed Eduardo Duhalde as interim President of Argentina

1917 President Woodrow Wilson asked Congress to declare war against Germany

1940 Winston Churchill became British Prime Minister, replacing Neville Chamberlain

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

1999 The Euro became the official currency in 11 European countries

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

1932 Radio City Music Hall opened in New York City

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

1814 Innovation of the steam locomotive (engine)