The Bodleian Library, situated at The University of Oxford, England, opened its doors to the public.
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The Albanian Communist Party was formed, with Enver Hoxha as its leader.
German physicist Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen discovered x-rays.
French master chef Vincent La Chapelle formed a Freemason’s Lodge in the Netherlands.
All schools and colleges in Delhi, India, were closed for a week due to dangerous levels of smog.
Two hundred bodies were found in a mass grave site between Ethiopia and Somalia.