The last Concorde to ever fly made a lap of honor over the English channel.
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France successfully launched their first satellite, Astérix, into Earth's orbit.
J.B. Sutherland from Detroit patented refrigerated railroad cars.
The Titanic of New England, the SS Portland, sunk off the coast of Maine.
The New York and Harlem Railroad became the first railroad to operate in the US.
Scottish civil engineer Thomas Telford designed and completed The Pontcysyllte Aqueduct.
