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.
Two Australian warships, the HMAS Melbourne and the HMAS Voyager, collided off the New South Wales coast.
Edmond Halley was given the senior post as the second Astronomer Royal at Greenwich Observatory.
The HMS Dreadnought battleship was christened.
