The first US fire extinguisher patent was granted to Alanson Crane, Virginia.
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Glenn Miller's 'In the Mood' hit number one on this day and stayed there for 12 weeks.
Twelve Anabaptists paraded through Amsterdam completely naked.
President Eisenhower stepped in to warn the US not to intervene in Vietnam.
A computer defeated world champion chess player Gary Kasparov for the first time.
Two Australian warships, the HMAS Melbourne and the HMAS Voyager, collided off the New South Wales coast.
