The United States exhibited the country’s first-ever lion in Boston.
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The UK-based computer company Raspberry Pi released their $5 (£4) computer.
The New York and Harlem Railroad became the first railroad to operate in the US.
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 last Concorde to ever fly made a lap of honor over the English channel.
