British Novelist Charles Dickens and his wife Catherine left England for America on board the Britannia ship.
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The Mars Polar Lander was launched.
Aretha Franklin became the first-ever female artist to enter the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
The cryptocurrency 'Bitcoin' was created, providing a new digital currency.
A woman in Rome became the first person to receive a bionic hand that can sense touch.
Workers began construction on the Brooklyn Bridge in New York.
