On This Day in Inventor History – March 27th 1845 – Wilhelm Röntgen is Born On March 27, 1845, Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen was born in Germany. He would go on to become one of the most important figures in medical and scientific history. In 1895, Röntgen discovered X-rays, a groundbreaking moment that revolutionized diagnostic medicine. He didn’t just invent a machine; he opened up a whole new way of seeing the human body without surgery. Within weeks of his discovery, doctors were already using X-rays to locate bullets and broken bones. Röntgen refused to patent his discovery, believing it should benefit humanity freely. He was awarded the very first Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901. Fun Fact: X-rays were originally called Röntgen rays in his honor, and still are in many countries! Inventors like Röntgen remind us: some of the greatest inventions aren't things we can hold, they're ways of seeing the world in a whole new light.

Posted by InventorsInHistory at 2025-03-27 19:00:05 UTC