The Pedaliante, a human-powered aircraft, successfully flew 0.62 miles (1 km) in Milan, Italy.
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The Portage Railroad Line in Pennsylvania built the first railroad tunnel in the US.
$500 million worth of art was stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, US.
The first public Bat Mitzvah was held in New York City. It was for a girl named Judith Kaplan.
American Astronomer William Henry Pickering discovered Phoebe, one of Saturn's moons.
The Lake Merritt Wild Duck Refuge became the first US wildlife sanctuary.
