Florida became the 27th state to join the United States of America.
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The US National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics was founded as an emergency measure during WWI.
Elvis Presley's 'Heartbreak Hotel' made it into Billboard's Top 100 pop chart.
Los Angeles police brutally beat an unarmed Rodney King with batons up to 60 times.
Nintendo released Zelda: Breath of the Wild, the first fully open-world Zelda game.
After recording for four years, Duffy released her debut studio album ''Rockferry."
