The International Radiotelegraph Conference in Berlin selected “SOS” (· · · – – – · · ·) as the global standard for radio distress calls.
The SOS code was implemented internationally on July 1, 1908.
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The parliament of England passed the first Act of Supremacy, granting the monarch complete control of the Church of England.
Political activist and French playwright Olympe de Gouges was guillotined.
Emperor Constantius II was baptized on his deathbed hours before passing.
NASA launched the last space probe in the Mariner Program, Mariner 10.
The Times of India was founded, making it the largest English-language newspaper in the world.
