Thomas J Martin patented the fire extinguisher.
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Driving tests were introduced in the UK for the first time.
A Dutch art investigator recovered Pablo Picasso's stolen 'Buste de Femme' painting. It had been missing for 20 years.
Baltimore's iconic Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed after being struck by a cargo ship.
Up to 20,000 people were killed in an earthquake in Caracas, Venezuela.
The US tested the TX-17 thermonuclear bomb for the first time in Bikini Atoll of the Marshall Islands.
