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.
Nintendo released Zelda: Breath of the Wild, the first fully open-world Zelda game.
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.
NASA launched Apollo 9 crewed mission.
