The United States exhibited the country’s first-ever lion in Boston.
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Lewis Carroll's 'Alice in Wonderland' novel was published in the US.
The Titanic of New England, the SS Portland, sunk off the coast of Maine.
The UK-based computer company Raspberry Pi released their $5 (£4) computer.
J.B. Sutherland from Detroit patented refrigerated railroad cars.
President George Washington proclaimed the day an official National Day of Thanksgiving for the United States of America.
