The previously known District of Louisiana became the Louisiana Territory.
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The US National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics was founded as an emergency measure during WWI.
A field in Bath County, Kentucky, was showered by a steady rain of mystery meat. This became known as the Kentucky meat shower.
The USS Nautilus, the world's first nuclear-powered submarine, was decommissioned in California.
The notorious John Dillinger used a wooden pistol to break out of prison.
Elvis Presley's 'Heartbreak Hotel' made it into Billboard's Top 100 pop chart.
