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.
Alaska became the 49th State to join the United States of America.
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.
Roman Emperor Decius ordered everyone in the Roman Empire to make sacrifices to the Roman gods.
