1876 Innovation of the telephone
1921 The Communist Party of China (CPC) was formed, and Chen Duxiu was elected its leader
1940 Winston Churchill became British Prime Minister, replacing Neville Chamberlain
1964 United States President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act into law
1901 Guglielmo Marconi sent and received the first wireless message across the Atlantic Ocean
1965 United States President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law
1895 German physicist Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen discovered X-Rays
1994 Nelson Mandela sworn in as the first black president of South Africa
1903 Innovation of the aeroplane
1767 King Taksin was crowned King of Thailand (Siam)
2003 The Spirit Rover was launched by NASA to start the Mars Exploration Rover mission
1997 The United Kingdom returned Hong Kong to the People's Republic of China