The last Concorde to ever fly made a lap of honor over the English channel.
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The United States exhibited the country's first-ever lion in Boston.
Queen Elizabeth II became Britain's first monarch to pay income tax.
The UK-based computer company Raspberry Pi released their $5 (£4) computer.
The Titanic of New England, the SS Portland, sunk off the coast of Maine.
France successfully launched their first satellite, Astérix, into Earth's orbit.