After recording for four years, Duffy released her debut studio album “Rockferry.”
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The previously known District of Louisiana became the Louisiana Territory.
In Auckland, New Zealand, Sky Tower opened, making it the tallest free-standing building in the Southern Hemisphere.
The US adopted the national anthem 'Star-Spangled Banner.'
Los Angeles police brutally beat an unarmed Rodney King with batons up to 60 times.
The US National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics was founded as an emergency measure during WWI.
