1895 German physicist Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen discovered X-Rays
1932 Radio City Music Hall opened in New York City
1949 Queen Juliana of the Netherlands signed the papers to grant independence to Indonesia
2002 The Legislative Assembly appointed Eduardo Duhalde as interim President of Argentina
1836 Spain recognized the independence of Mexico by signing the Santa María–Calatrava Treaty
1963 President John F. Kennedy signed the United States Equal Pay Act into law
1901 Guglielmo Marconi sent and received the first wireless message across the Atlantic Ocean
1804 Haiti declared its independence from France
1945 International Monetary Fund was formally established by 29 member countries
1993 Czechoslovakia was divided into two independent states
1956 Dutch swimmer Cockie Gastelaars broke two decades' world record for 100m freestyle
1917 President Woodrow Wilson asked Congress to declare war against Germany