Oil well gusher fired 1,000 feet into the air near Tampico, Mexico making it the largest in history.
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Two Australian warships, the HMAS Melbourne and the HMAS Voyager, collided off the New South Wales coast.
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.
The HMS Dreadnought battleship was christened.
Edmond Halley was given the senior post as the second Astronomer Royal at Greenwich Observatory.