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

1996 Sri Lanka won the Cricket World Cup