Sam Houston was inaugurated as the first President of the Republic of Texas.
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American bank robber Charles Arthur Floyd, AKA Pretty Boy Floyd, was shot dead by the FBI.
Microsoft released the Windows 7 operating system.
Google Play was launched.
Inventor Chester Carlson created the first Xerox image.
NASA announced that 16 researchers would be a part of a nine-month study on unidentified aerial phenomena or UFOs.
