The Lake Merritt Wild Duck Refuge became the first US wildlife sanctuary.
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The first public Bat Mitzvah was held in New York City. It was for a girl named Judith Kaplan.
Wayne Rooney apologized to a 9-year-old fan after accidentally breaking his wrist.
Cosmonaut Alexey Leonov made the first spacewalk when he left his Voskhod 2 spacecraft.
$500 million worth of art was stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, US.
The UK government recognized British Sign Language (BSL) as an official language.
