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