Adolf Hitler signed the order to develop the V-2 rocket as a weapon during World War II.
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A powerful tsunami hit Indonesia.
The 2018 partial shutdown of the US federal government began.
Asteroid 323 Brucia became the first asteroid discovered using photography.
The Mummy film, directed by Karl Freund, was released in the US.
A samurai called Itō Hirobumi became Japan's first Prime Minister.