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.
The United States broke diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba.
Roman Emperor Decius ordered everyone in the Roman Empire to make sacrifices to the Roman gods.
During the Battle of Princeton, British forces were defeated in New Jersey by George Washington's revolutionary army.
A fire broke out at the top of the famous iconic Eiffel Tower in Paris, France.
