The United States exhibited the country’s first-ever lion in Boston.
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France successfully launched their first satellite, Astérix, into Earth's orbit.
The New York and Harlem Railroad became the first railroad to operate in the US.
NASA launched the Mars Science Laboratory probe, which carried the Curiosity Rover to Mars.
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.
