Michigan became the 26th state to join the United States of America.
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The Ranger 3 robotic spacecraft launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Flight attendant Vesna Vulović survived the world's highest fall without a parachute after falling 33,330 feet.
England's first female bishop of the Church of England, Libby Lane, was ordained.
Frank Sinatra performed to 175,000 people who paid to see him in Rio de Janeiro.
After being unearthed in South Africa, a 3,106-carat diamond became the world's largest.
