The red robin was officially named Britain’s National Bird.
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The Philadelphia Zoo opened. At the time, it was the only zoo in the 'New World.'
The first cloned animal from an adult animal cell was announced.
The United States received its first elephant.
Sputnik 2 soviet spacecraft burned up, returning through Earth's atmosphere.
The Pyrenean ibex went extinct after the last surviving member of the species was killed by a falling branch.
