1814 Innovation of the steam locomotive (engine)

1901 Guglielmo Marconi sent and received the first wireless message across the Atlantic Ocean

1807 Innovation of the steamboat

1767 King Taksin was crowned King of Thailand (Siam)

1964 United States President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act into law

1835 The Treaty of New Echota was signed between the United States Government and representatives of a minority Cherokee Political Faction

1903 Innovation of the aeroplane

1945 International Monetary Fund was formally established by 29 member countries

1932 Radio City Music Hall opened in New York City

1876 Innovation of the telephone

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

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

2003 The Spirit Rover was launched by NASA to start the Mars Exploration Rover mission

1895 German physicist Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen discovered X-Rays

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