The New York and Harlem Railroad became the first railroad to operate in the US.
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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.
Scottish civil engineer Thomas Telford designed and completed The Pontcysyllte Aqueduct.
NASA launched the Mars Science Laboratory probe, which carried the Curiosity Rover to Mars.
The United States exhibited the country's first-ever lion in Boston.
