Glenn Miller’s “In the Mood” hit number one on this day and stayed there for 12 weeks.
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A computer defeated world champion chess player Gary Kasparov for the first time.
The HMS Dreadnought battleship was christened.
Twelve Anabaptists paraded through Amsterdam completely naked.
President Eisenhower stepped in to warn the US not to intervene in Vietnam.
The first US fire extinguisher patent was granted to Alanson Crane, Virginia.
