The successful ditching of the stricken aircraft in the Hudson River, without a single loss of life among the 155 people on board, was an extraordinary feat of airmanship.
Most bird strikes are with smaller types of birds that might just cause dents, but if the bird is large enough and is ingested into an engine, that can cause serious failure like the Miracle on the Hudson.
In London, the British government decided that Oregon was not worth a war with the United States. It had demanded the Columbia River border because of the Hudson's Bay trading center on the river.