French master chef Vincent La Chapelle formed a Freemason’s Lodge in the Netherlands.
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Home Box Office, otherwise known as HBO, was launched.
The Albanian Communist Party was formed, with Enver Hoxha as its leader.
German physicist Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen discovered x-rays.
All schools and colleges in Delhi, India, were closed for a week due to dangerous levels of smog.
Asteroid 2005 YU55 came dangerously close to hitting the Earth.
