The last Concorde to ever fly made a lap of honor over the English channel.
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The New York and Harlem Railroad became the first railroad to operate in the US.
France successfully launched their first satellite, Astérix, into Earth's orbit.
NASA launched the Mars Science Laboratory probe, which carried the Curiosity Rover to Mars.
The United States exhibited the country's first-ever lion in Boston.
The Queen Adosinda of Asturias was placed in a convent at San Juan de Pravia for the rest of her life.
