The first images from the surface of Venus were received after the Soviet spacecraft Venera 9 landed on the planet.
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The Marvel superhero movie 'Thor: The Dark World' premiered in London, UK.
Sam Houston was inaugurated as the first President of the Republic of Texas.
American bank robber Charles Arthur Floyd, AKA Pretty Boy Floyd, was shot dead by the FBI.
In-N-Out Burger opened its first restaurant in Baldwin Park, Los Angeles, US.
NASA announced that 16 researchers would be a part of a nine-month study on unidentified aerial phenomena or UFOs.
