1956 Dutch swimmer Cockie Gastelaars broke two decades' world record for 100m freestyle
1945 International Monetary Fund was formally established by 29 member countries
1993 Czechoslovakia was divided into two independent states
1996 Sri Lanka won the Cricket World Cup
1994 Nelson Mandela sworn in as the first black president of South Africa
1932 Radio City Music Hall opened in New York City
1807 Innovation of the steamboat
2003 The Spirit Rover was launched by NASA to start the Mars Exploration Rover mission
1994 The implementation of the North American Free Trade Agreement
1767 King Taksin was crowned King of Thailand (Siam)
2018 WHO officially announced it will categorize gaming addiction as a mental health condition
1949 Queen Juliana of the Netherlands signed the papers to grant independence to Indonesia
1836 Spain recognized the independence of Mexico by signing the Santa María–Calatrava Treaty
1863 President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation