Lewis Carroll’s “Alice in Wonderland” novel was published in the US.
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The last Concorde to ever fly made a lap of honor over the English channel.
The Titanic of New England, the SS Portland, sunk off the coast of Maine.
France successfully launched their first satellite, Astérix, into Earth's orbit.
Queen Elizabeth II became Britain's first monarch to pay income tax.
J.B. Sutherland from Detroit patented refrigerated railroad cars.