President George Washington proclaimed the day an official National Day of Thanksgiving for the United States of America.
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The Queen Adosinda of Asturias was placed in a convent at San Juan de Pravia for the rest of her life.
Scottish civil engineer Thomas Telford designed and completed The Pontcysyllte Aqueduct.
British archaeologists entered the tomb of King Tutankhamun.
The United States exhibited the country's first-ever lion in Boston.
The last Concorde to ever fly made a lap of honor over the English channel.