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ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY

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Sir Michael Caine
(Maurice Joseph Micklewhite) is 80 today

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TODAY IN HISTORY

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From left: Walter Matthau and Art Carney in a scene from the play. Matthau
was replaced with Jack Klugman, starting in November 1965.

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COLT’S FIRST PISTOL ON THIS DAY IN 1836

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Sam Colt’s success story began with the issuance of a U.S. patent in
1836 for the Colt firearm equipped with a revolving cylinder containing
five or six bullets and folding trigger, the Paterson .34-caliber pistol.

            Samuel Colt 
                                                    Samuel Colt 

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NEWS ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY

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NEWS THAT MADE HISTORY

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