The first US fire extinguisher patent was granted to Alanson Crane, Virginia.
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The HMS Dreadnought battleship was christened.
Hitler gave his first speech as Chancellor explaining why Nazi power should rule.
A computer defeated world champion chess player Gary Kasparov for the first time.
Edmond Halley was given the senior post as the second Astronomer Royal at Greenwich Observatory.
President Eisenhower stepped in to warn the US not to intervene in Vietnam.
