French master chef Vincent La Chapelle formed a Freemason’s Lodge in the Netherlands.
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German physicist Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen discovered x-rays.
Home Box Office, otherwise known as HBO, was launched.
Category five Typhoon Haiyan ripped through the Philippines and claimed the lives of more than 6,000 people with gusts up to 145 miles per hour.
Asteroid 2005 YU55 came dangerously close to hitting the Earth.
Donald Trump won an election to become the 45th president of the United States of America.
