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A bit of January 4th history…
1847 - Samuel Colt sells his 1st revolver pistol to the US government
1853 - Solomom Northup, author of the memoir “Twelve Years a Slave”, regains his freedom
1902 - The French Panama Canal Company offers to sell its right to build a canal to the US for $40 million, tipping the balance away from a canal in Nicaragua
1903 - Topsy the elephant is electrocuted by her owners at Luna Park, Coney Island, and filmed by Edison Manufacturing movie company
2010 - The Burj Khalifa, world’s tallest building at 2722 ft officially opens in Dubai (pictured)
A bit of January 4th history… 1847 - Samuel Colt sells his 1st...