1847 Samuel Colt sells his first revolver pistol to the United States government.
1939 Hermann Goering appoints Reinhard Heydrich head of Jewish Emigration.
1945 US jeep-aircraft carrier Ommaney Bay sinks after Japanese kamikaze attack.
1951 Korean War: Chinese forces recapture Seoul.
1989 US F-14s shoot down 2 Libyan jet fighters over Mediterranean.
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