The 2018 partial shutdown of the US federal government began.
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Adolf Hitler signed the order to develop the V-2 rocket as a weapon during World War II.
Two robbers who wore police uniforms robbed an armored truck of $3 million in New Jersey.
The British ship HMS Minotaur sunk, killing 480 people.
The Mummy film, directed by Karl Freund, was released in the US.
Doctors Without Borders was founded in Paris by French doctors and journalists.