The New York and Harlem Railroad became the first railroad to operate in the US.
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The Titanic of New England, the SS Portland, sunk off the coast of Maine.
Queen Elizabeth II became Britain's first monarch to pay income tax.
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.
France successfully launched their first satellite, Astérix, into Earth's orbit.
