The Clermont steamboat by Robert Fulton made its maiden trip up the Hudson River.
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The cruise ship Costa Concordia sinks, killing 32.
The US Navy bought their first-ever submarine called the USS Holland or SS-1.
An atomic submarine circumnavigated the globe.
The Soviet K-278 Komsomolets nuclear submarine caught fire and sank off the coast of Norway.
The SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse becomes the first ship to send wireless signals to shore.
