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