J.B. Sutherland from Detroit patented refrigerated railroad cars.
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NASA launched the Mars Science Laboratory probe, which carried the Curiosity Rover to Mars.
Scottish civil engineer Thomas Telford designed and completed The Pontcysyllte Aqueduct.
British archaeologists entered the tomb of King Tutankhamun.
President George Washington proclaimed the day an official National Day of Thanksgiving for the United States of America.
The New York and Harlem Railroad became the first railroad to operate in the US.