Louis Chevrolet incorporated the Chevrolet Motor Car Company.
Source
The Times of India was founded, making it the largest English-language newspaper in the world.
The International Radiotelegraph Conference in Berlin selected 'SOS' (· · · – – – · · ·) as the global standard for radio distress calls.
Political activist and French playwright Olympe de Gouges was guillotined.
George W Bush secured his second term as President of the United States.
The parliament of England passed the first Act of Supremacy, granting the monarch complete control of the Church of England.