Oil well gusher fired 1,000 feet into the air near Tampico, Mexico making it the largest in history.
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Twelve Anabaptists paraded through Amsterdam completely naked.
Glenn Miller's 'In the Mood' hit number one on this day and stayed there for 12 weeks.
Edmond Halley was given the senior post as the second Astronomer Royal at Greenwich Observatory.
The HMS Dreadnought battleship was christened.
The Carnival in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil was canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic.