The United States exhibited the country’s first-ever lion in Boston.
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The New York and Harlem Railroad became the first railroad to operate in the US.
President George Washington proclaimed the day an official National Day of Thanksgiving for the United States of America.
British archaeologists entered the tomb of King Tutankhamun.
Queen Elizabeth II became Britain's first monarch to pay income tax.
The UK-based computer company Raspberry Pi released their $5 (£4) computer.
