Elvis Presley’s “Heartbreak Hotel” made it into Billboard’s Top 100 pop chart.
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A field in Bath County, Kentucky, was showered by a steady rain of mystery meat. This became known as the Kentucky meat shower.
The US adopted the national anthem 'Star-Spangled Banner.'
NASA launched Apollo 9 crewed mission.
The previously known District of Louisiana became the Louisiana Territory.
Steve Fossett completed the first around the world airplane solo non-stop journey.
