On This Day in History | | | | 1847 Samuel Colt sells his first revolver pistol to the United States government. | | Luna 1 as exhibited in the "Kosmos" pavilion of the Exhibition of Achievements of National Economy of the USSR |
| 1959 USSR's Luna 1 (Mechta) becomes the 1st spacecraft to leave Earth's gravity. | 1961 Longest recorded strike ends as the Danish barbers' assistants end a 33 year strike. | 2007 The 110th United States Congress convenes and elects Nancy Pelosi as the 1st female Speaker of the House. | 2021 First Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines given to the general public with 82 year old Brian Pinker in the UK first to be jabbed. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | When he died on this day Cornelius Vanderbilt allegedly possessed more money than the U.S. Treasury. Much of it was squandered in lavish spending by descendants. | |
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