1964 United States President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act into law
1993 Czechoslovakia was divided into two independent states
1926 John Logie Baird gave the first public demonstration of a live television system
1990 Panamanian dictator Noriega surrendered to the United States
1895 German physicist Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen discovered X-Rays
1997 The United Kingdom returned Hong Kong to the People's Republic of China
1903 Innovation of the aeroplane
1994 The implementation of the North American Free Trade Agreement
2003 The Spirit Rover was launched by NASA to start the Mars Exploration Rover mission
1836 Spain recognized the independence of Mexico by signing the Santa María–Calatrava Treaty
1963 President John F. Kennedy signed the United States Equal Pay Act into law
1917 President Woodrow Wilson asked Congress to declare war against Germany
1994 Nelson Mandela sworn in as the first black president of South Africa
1940 Winston Churchill became British Prime Minister, replacing Neville Chamberlain