British Novelist Charles Dickens and his wife Catherine left England for America on board the Britannia ship.
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A woman in Rome became the first person to receive a bionic hand that can sense touch.
During the Battle of Princeton, British forces were defeated in New Jersey by George Washington's revolutionary army.
Roman Emperor Decius ordered everyone in the Roman Empire to make sacrifices to the Roman gods.
Benito Mussolini's Fascist dictatorship over Italy began after an aggressive speech in parliament.
Alaska became the 49th State to join the United States of America.
