Julius Wolff supplied the first canned sardines from Maine, USA.
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The Lake Merritt Wild Duck Refuge became the first US wildlife sanctuary.
Canada's last-ever sighting of the Eastern Cougar was found in Ontario.
The first cloned animal from an adult animal cell was announced.
The Soviet Union sent a dog into space aboard the spacecraft Sputnik II.
Thousands of pigeons went missing after a freak weather incident.
