The cryptocurrency “Bitcoin” was created, providing a new digital currency.
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Leonardo da Vinci unsuccessfully tried to fly his famous Flying Machine invention for the first time.
British Novelist Charles Dickens and his wife Catherine left England for America on board the Britannia ship.
The Mars Polar Lander was launched.
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.
