J.B. Sutherland from Detroit patented refrigerated railroad cars.
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The last Concorde to ever fly made a lap of honor over the English channel.
Queen Elizabeth II became Britain's first monarch to pay income tax.
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.
President George Washington proclaimed the day an official National Day of Thanksgiving for the United States of America.
