America - 1851AD
In 1851AD:
American author Herman Melville published
Moby-Dick
.
Harriet Beecher Stowe began publishing
Uncle Tom's Cabin
.
Henry Jarvis Raymond and George Jones founded the
New York Times
.
Isaac Merrit Singer invented the first practical sewing machine.
Jacob Fussell began making ice cream in commercial quantities in Baltimore.
The first college sorority was established at Wesleyan College, Georgia.
The U.S. yacht
America
defeated 17 British yachts in the first America's Cup contest.
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