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.
The New York and Harlem Railroad became the first railroad to operate in the US.
The United States exhibited the country's first-ever lion in Boston.
President George Washington proclaimed the day an official National Day of Thanksgiving for the United States of America.
The Queen Adosinda of Asturias was placed in a convent at San Juan de Pravia for the rest of her life.
