J.B. Sutherland from Detroit patented refrigerated railroad cars.
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The Queen Adosinda of Asturias was placed in a convent at San Juan de Pravia for the rest of her life.
The Titanic of New England, the SS Portland, sunk off the coast of Maine.
Lewis Carroll's 'Alice in Wonderland' novel was published in the US.
France successfully launched their first satellite, Astérix, into Earth's orbit.
President George Washington proclaimed the day an official National Day of Thanksgiving for the United States of America.
