On this day in 1949, the Dutch–Indonesian Round Table Conference ended with the Netherlands agreeing to transfer sovereignty of the Dutch East Indies to the United States of Indonesia.
On this day in 1966, the Cuban Adjustment Act came into force, allowing 123,000 Cubans the opportunity to apply for permanent residence in the United States.
On this day in 1983, US President Ronald Reagan signed a bill creating Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
And on this day in 1988, the Morris worm, the first internet-distributed computer worm to gain significant mainstream media attention, was launched from MIT.
