🇲🇽 1824 – Mexico adopted its first constitution, establishing the United Mexican States as a federal republic and breaking from its Spanish colonial past. 📜🎉

🇧🇪 1830 – The Belgian Revolution against Dutch rule culminated in Belgium’s declaration of independence, securing its official recognition in 1831. 🏳️✊

🚆 1883 – The Orient Express made its maiden journey from Paris to Istanbul, becoming an iconic luxury train service immortalized in literature and film. 🎩🚂

🗼 1887 – Construction began on the Eiffel Tower in Paris, initially met with criticism but later becoming one of the world’s most famous landmarks. 🏗️🇫🇷

⚽ 1906 – Italian football club Torino FC was founded in Turin, going on to achieve major success, especially during the 1940s. 🇮🇹🏆

💻 1957 – Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) was founded, pioneering the development of minicomputers and paving the way for the personal computer revolution. 💾🖥️

🚀 1957 – The Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the first artificial Earth satellite, marking the dawn of the space age and intensifying the space race. 🌍🛰️

💔 1976 – The Thammasat University massacre occurred in Bangkok, with government forces brutally attacking student protesters, leading to hundreds of deaths. 😔🇹🇭

🛡️ 1993 – Russian President Boris Yeltsin ordered tanks to shell the Russian Parliament in a dramatic political crisis, solidifying his power and ending Soviet-style governance. 🔥🇷🇺

💻 2016 – A Colombian government website was hacked following a referendum rejecting a peace deal with FARC rebels, raising concerns about political data security. 🔐🇨🇴