The first lighthouse in America was given the green light to be built at Little Brewster Island, Massachusetts.
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Twelve doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston performed the first successful reattachment of a human limb – it was the severed arm of a boy.
A gasoline-powered car was tested in Springfield, Massachusetts, for the first time in the US.
The first polar bear in America was exhibited in Boston.
The very first .com domain was registered.
The rules of Basketball are published.
