President George Washington proclaimed the day an official National Day of Thanksgiving for the United States of America.
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The Titanic of New England, the SS Portland, sunk off the coast of Maine.
The UK-based computer company Raspberry Pi released their $5 (£4) computer.
J.B. Sutherland from Detroit patented refrigerated railroad cars.
British archaeologists entered the tomb of King Tutankhamun.
France successfully launched their first satellite, Astérix, into Earth's orbit.