Edmond Halley was given the senior post as the second Astronomer Royal at Greenwich Observatory.
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Hitler gave his first speech as Chancellor explaining why Nazi power should rule.
The HMS Dreadnought battleship was christened.
A computer defeated world champion chess player Gary Kasparov for the first time.
Amy Winehouse scored five awards at the 50th Grammy Awards.
President Eisenhower stepped in to warn the US not to intervene in Vietnam.
