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.
J.B. Sutherland from Detroit patented refrigerated railroad cars.
Queen Elizabeth II became Britain's first monarch to pay income tax.
British archaeologists entered the tomb of King Tutankhamun.
Scottish civil engineer Thomas Telford designed and completed The Pontcysyllte Aqueduct.
