January 12

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1915 — Baron Arisaka Nariakira, the inventor of the Arisaka Rifle and regarded as one of the leading arms designers in Japanese history, died in Tokyo, Japan. 1998: Laurens County, Georgia: 23-year old Deputy Kyle Dinkheller is brutally murdered by Andrew Brannan during a routine traffic stop. Dinkheller's execution was captured on his own patrol cruiser recorder after he pulled Brannan over for speeding. The chilling video is now used nationwide to train police officers about the consequences of waiting too long to respond aggressively to an armed suspect.