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

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

1926 John Logie Baird gave the first public demonstration of a live television system

1836 Spain recognized the independence of Mexico by signing the Santa María–Calatrava Treaty

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

1876 Innovation of the telephone

1814 Innovation of the steam locomotive (engine)

1767 King Taksin was crowned King of Thailand (Siam)

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

1994 Nelson Mandela sworn in as the first black president of South Africa

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

1895 German physicist Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen discovered X-Rays

1945 International Monetary Fund was formally established by 29 member countries

1932 Radio City Music Hall opened in New York City