Lewis Carroll’s “Alice in Wonderland” novel was published in the US.
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British archaeologists entered the tomb of King Tutankhamun.
The Queen Adosinda of Asturias was placed in a convent at San Juan de Pravia for the rest of her life.
France successfully launched their first satellite, Astérix, into Earth's orbit.
The Titanic of New England, the SS Portland, sunk off the coast of Maine.
Queen Elizabeth II became Britain's first monarch to pay income tax.