Alaska became the 49th State to join the United States of America.
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A woman in Rome became the first person to receive a bionic hand that can sense touch.
The Apple Computer Company became Apple Computers Inc.
During the Battle of Princeton, British forces were defeated in New Jersey by George Washington's revolutionary army.
British Novelist Charles Dickens and his wife Catherine left England for America on board the Britannia ship.
The United States broke diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba.
