Lewis Carroll’s “Alice in Wonderland” novel was published in the US.
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The Titanic of New England, the SS Portland, sunk off the coast of Maine.
The UK-based computer company Raspberry Pi released their $5 (£4) computer.
British archaeologists entered the tomb of King Tutankhamun.
NASA launched the Mars Science Laboratory probe, which carried the Curiosity Rover to Mars.
Queen Elizabeth II became Britain's first monarch to pay income tax.