1965 United States President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law

1767 King Taksin was crowned King of Thailand (Siam)

1956 Dutch swimmer Cockie Gastelaars broke two decades' world record for 100m freestyle

1974 President Richard Nixon signed the national speed limit into law

2018 WHO officially announced it will categorize gaming addiction as a mental health condition

1940 Winston Churchill became British Prime Minister, replacing Neville Chamberlain

1917 President Woodrow Wilson asked Congress to declare war against Germany

1959 Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista ousted by Castro-led revolution

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

1921 The Communist Party of China (CPC) was formed, and Chen Duxiu was elected its leader

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

1932 Radio City Music Hall opened in New York City

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

1990 Panamanian dictator Noriega surrendered to the United States

1895 German physicist Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen discovered X-Rays

1963 President John F. Kennedy signed the United States Equal Pay Act into law