Cosmonaut Alexey Leonov made the first spacewalk when he left his Voskhod 2 spacecraft.
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The Lake Merritt Wild Duck Refuge became the first US wildlife sanctuary.
A magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Western Turkey, killing 1,070 people.
The Portage Railroad Line in Pennsylvania built the first railroad tunnel in the US.
Valletta was made the capital city of Malta.
The first public Bat Mitzvah was held in New York City. It was for a girl named Judith Kaplan.
