Google Play was launched.
The app store gives android users a platform to find and install applications.
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The Marvel superhero movie 'Thor: The Dark World' premiered in London, UK.
Paul McCartney publicly declared he's not dead.
The world's first recorded parachute jump occurred from 3,300 feet (1,000 m) above Paris.
The first images from the surface of Venus were received after the Soviet spacecraft Venera 9 landed on the planet.
The US gross national debt exceeded $1 trillion.