Two Australian warships, the HMAS Melbourne and the HMAS Voyager, collided off the New South Wales coast.
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A computer defeated world champion chess player Gary Kasparov for the first time.
Tom and Jerry made their debut appearance.
Edmond Halley was given the senior post as the second Astronomer Royal at Greenwich Observatory.
Hitler gave his first speech as Chancellor explaining why Nazi power should rule.
Oil well gusher fired 1,000 feet into the air near Tampico, Mexico making it the largest in history.
