NASA launched the Mars Science Laboratory probe, which carried the Curiosity Rover to Mars.
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British archaeologists entered the tomb of King Tutankhamun.
The last Concorde to ever fly made a lap of honor over the English channel.
The Titanic of New England, the SS Portland, sunk off the coast of Maine.
The Queen Adosinda of Asturias was placed in a convent at San Juan de Pravia for the rest of her life.
The New York and Harlem Railroad became the first railroad to operate in the US.
