1776 - Congress officially renames the country as the United States of America (Was the United Colonies)
1791 – Washington, D.C., the capitol of the United States, is named after President George Washington.
1850 - California is admitted as the thirty-first U.S. state
1850 - Territories of New Mexico & Utah created
1867 - Luxembourg gains independence
1948 – North Korea gains independence
1959 – Niko Nestor is the first Macedonian who has swam across the La Manche.
1969 – The legend of Macedonian woman swimming, Atina Bojadzi, becomes the first woman who has swam across the La Manche in a 13 hours & 20 minutes.
1991 – Tajikistan gains independence from USSR
