The New York and Harlem Railroad became the first railroad to operate in the US.
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The UK-based computer company Raspberry Pi released their $5 (£4) computer.
France successfully launched their first satellite, Astérix, into Earth's orbit.
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.
NASA launched the Mars Science Laboratory probe, which carried the Curiosity Rover to Mars.
