Timetrip

1895: Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen,

German physicist, discovers X-rays. 1923: Adolf Hitler stages unsuccessful coup in Munich that comes to be known as the Beer-Hall Putsch. 1990: US President George Bush orders 200,000 more US troops to the Persian Gulf in preparation for an attack on Iraq. 2010: Scientists at the world’s largest atom smasher in Geneva say they have succeeded in recreating conditions shortly after the Big Bang. 2011: The Gillard government’s controversial carbon tax passes federal parliament. 2016: US Republican Donald Trump (above) is elected the nation’s 45th president after a close and often highly animated contest with his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton. 2017: The Cowboys co-captain and indigenous mentor Johnathan Thurston is named Queensland’s Australian of the Year for 2018.