American inventor Samuel Colt received the first government order for his revolver firearms from Captain Samuel Walker of the Texas Rangers.
10th December 1768: First edition of the Encyclopaedia @Britannica published (Corrected)
10th December 2017
The gunfight at the O.K. Corral took place between the Earp brothers and a gang of outlaws in Tombstone, Arizona.
The Waco siege began in Texas after agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms raided the Branch Davidian church.
The Kalashnikov AK-47 assault rifle went into production in the Soviet Union.
25th September 1956: Inauguration TAT-1, the first transatlantic telephone cable
25th September 2017
18th March 1314: Execution of last Knights Templar Grand Master
18th March 2019
16th March 1968: My Lai Massacre committed by US troops
16th March 2019
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2018
9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
9th November 2017