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- 1848 — Wyatt Earp, American lawman and gunfighter, was born in Monmouth, Illinois, to widower Nicholas Porter Earp and Virginia Ann Cooksey.
- 1918 — The Huot automatic rifle competes against the Lewis, Hotchkiss, and Farquhar-Hill in extensive British trials at the arms testing establishment at RSAF Enfield. The results are very favorable: The Huot did better in some tests than the Lewis. Even muddy, after firing four or five clearing rounds, it would function again, without the need for stripping and cleaning; the only weapon on the trial able to suffer immersion and do so.
- 1982 — Argentinian forces land on South Georgia Island, precipitating the Falklands War.
- 2003 — United States President George W. Bush orders the start of war against Iraq.
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