The first US fire extinguisher patent was granted to Alanson Crane, Virginia.
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Oil well gusher fired 1,000 feet into the air near Tampico, Mexico making it the largest in history.
Two Australian warships, the HMAS Melbourne and the HMAS Voyager, collided off the New South Wales coast.
A computer defeated world champion chess player Gary Kasparov for the first time.
Glenn Miller's 'In the Mood' hit number one on this day and stayed there for 12 weeks.
Hitler gave his first speech as Chancellor explaining why Nazi power should rule.
