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
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
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