The previously known District of Louisiana became the Louisiana Territory.
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The USS Nautilus, the world's first nuclear-powered submarine, was decommissioned in California.
In Auckland, New Zealand, Sky Tower opened, making it the tallest free-standing building in the Southern Hemisphere.
The notorious John Dillinger used a wooden pistol to break out of prison.
The US National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics was founded as an emergency measure during WWI.
Los Angeles police brutally beat an unarmed Rodney King with batons up to 60 times.
